How Can Living Room Decor Transform Your Space – Chapter 1
LIFE IN APARTMENT
Introducing GREENS in your space
I have been residing in an apartment lifestyle since my birth. Although apartment life is compact, you have to give up on lots of aspects! But still, sometimes it feels amazing to be in the apartment. Your neighbors are immediate, & you have a good skyline from your window. You are on top and can observe what is going on around you, etc. Although everyone loves to live in an independent space, not everyone is blessed with one. The only simple way to make life beautiful is to create a beautiful ambiance where you are living.
Remember the saying, Rome wasn’t built in a day. Yes, why only Rome? Nothing on this earth that is breathtaking and moment-seizing is created in a day. Isn’t it?
Similarly, home is a space, a dream, a beauty that cannot be set up in a single day. It takes hours and dedication and strength to bring it all together.
NOW THE FIRST THING I ALWAYS WANTED TO INVEST IN MY HOME WAS GREENERY
After I got married, I and my husband bought a flat in Mumbai in a high-rise structure. We both used to spend 12 hours out of the house a day apart from weekends. I still felt the absence of something in my home. Work shifts were tiring and not peaceful at all. So in every room I would be relaxing or working, I wanted the greens to be there everywhere. I am literally a plant freak; in short, you can say. Hahaha…!
LIVING ROOM DECOR AND ORGANIZATION
- VIEW FROM MY SEATING AREA – OUTDOOR GREENERY
GREEN IS CALM AND SIGN OF PROSPERITY
As soon as I open the main door of my living room, this is that spectacular view I would get all the time. Though the picture is not doing enough justice. But trust me, this is just calming. Greens have the power to control your emotions. Go to a green farm; you feel very abundant. Go to a hill station; it feels breathtaking. Go to a forest, and you feel small. Go to a park; it feels romantic. They all are greens but still play with your brain in many different ways.
This is how my flowerbed looks, simply greenery flourishing all around. You can bring this nature into our home also. Indoor greens and outdoor greens. These are the two terms of enhancing green space around you or in your space when it comes to designing.
2. EXPLORING THE GREENS – INDOORS
ARRANGING THINGS THAT LOOKS PLEASING TO EYES AND ORGANIZED
It’s not that simple to introduce live plants inside your living space. Every plant’s growing conditions are different. Half of my time went into understanding what plants can survive where and in what conditions. But that is also an art. the art of displaying living sculptures in your space. I have tried almost hundreds of varieties of plant species, and a lot of them just gave up on me while I was experimenting… Haa !
Here in this image, I have a few handmade DIY things, and can you make out which one is real or artificial out of those two plants? Leave your answers in the comment section below.
DIY PLANTER:
- The shallow white cement planter holding the succulent with a black-dot design over it is one of my very first small DIY projects. Now, it was made out of white cement and is 4 years old by now. But it still shows steady signs of surviving even longer if anyone in my home leaves it untouched.
GUITAR
- That guitar holder is made out of wood. While I had been to Himachal Pradesh, India, I had picked it up from a local seller who carves the wooden logs and produces some amazing pieces intended for display. This piece was just raw with no finish on it. I purposely wanted it that way so I can customize some art that I wanted to create. I made some acrylic paint stamping with a piece of sponge. playing with some interesting color. I finally achieved a background on which I wrote the very popular quote ” Positive Vibes Only.”
- Guitar signifies love according to very deep research in feng shui. Any piece of art that displays a guitar promotes the same vibration among the members of that family.
QUOTES:
- Quotes play an integral part when displayed in the home. They speak back to you when you are in your high mood or low mood. Either way, they cheer you up. So introduce as many good words into your space. It does work.
3. PLANTS ARE STILL CONVINCING EVEN IF THEY ARE ARTIFICIAL.
In places where I could not occupy plants, I did introduce a few artificial plants. So there is a concept that keeps flowing throughout my entire home. either live plants or artificial. While setting up home decor, one thing we need to remember is to not puzzle up the entire house. Let there be a continuity and flow of certain aspects that bring your home into one piece. Else if your living room looks just totally opposite of your bedroom, then it may not justify your entire home’s personality. Keep the thread connected.
“PLANTS BRING GOOD LUCK AND CARRY A LOT OF BENEFITS.”
These were all about introducing green concepts into my living area.
The decor part in my home keeps changing at some intervals. Majorly, I rearrange a few things during the time of seasonal change or if I am bored of gazing at the same piece again and again. But the concept remains the same. Maybe I’ll research some new shape or color in that space.
Continue reading part 2 of this article
Playing with colors and mural art is another chapter in my home decor that you can see here.
https://youtu.be/8khWsJTDczk
https://youtu.be/oXoXXJOGCas
