Interior Plants Can Creatively Hide Architectural Eyesores

| Monday, October 31, 2011
By Randolph Craig


Interior plants are considered as an essential item in modern building designs. It is well known among the fraternity that specialize in designing interiors, that every room becomes more pleasant to be in when it contains vegetation and flowers that are alive and healthy. These additions to an internal space bring to life often what would otherwise be a rather bleak and empty surrounding.

They may be placed in pots that are positioned to break a hard, uncompromising line in the architecture. Their presence adds warmth, creating an ambiance that is synchronized with the nature around them. They grow and change, making people get a sense of life from their surrounds and even become more aware of their natural environment.

Among the designers, it is said that suitable additions to an area must ideally have some function. Living foliage and flowers create a particular mood if positioned to be the focus of attention. Their presence is further dramatized by careful use of lighting, which may add an artistic dimension to a grouping.

Shrubs can define an area when placed so that they divide a room. For this, it is important to select ones that have plenty of interesting leaves and are tall enough for the task. They double as sound dampeners, reducing noise from both newly-created spaces. Baskets can hang down to meet them and other color coordinated pots could be put onto shelves etc. To attractively finish off the division.

In their role as camouflage agents, it is possible to place these useful flowers etc. So that they hide 'eyesores' in the architecture. Water pipes, particularly, are all too common and detract from the attractiveness of any internal space. It makes good sense to rather draw attention away from these by some beautiful, leafy specimen.

When considering them as part of window treatment, these delightful, life forms can break the monotony of big expanses of glass. The whole area can be made to look more interesting by them being present. Another important aspect is that they can have the effect of making the external scenery seem like an extension of the indoor living area.

If the glare from light entering is too bright, an obvious way to tone it down is to place vegetation in such a way as to partially filter the illumination. This is a win-win situation as everyone benefits. The atmosphere inside becomes soft, cool and natural. The area also looks more interesting due to the three-dimensional effect that achieved.

Aside from everything else, it is of interest to know that these indoor light-harvesting specimens can improve the air by decreasing carbon dioxide concentrations and increasing those of oxygen. Furthermore, even the soil may help to get toxic chemicals that evaporate from office equipment, like toluene, xylene and benzene out of the internal atmosphere. These can be harmful to us.

There is a pleasing variety of indoor plants available. They have different sizes, shapes and colors so it is easy to choose suitable ones for any space. As a result, wherever a person goes into a building, they are bound to encounter at least one that is tastefully displayed. It is an irrefutable fact that people must surround themselves with these living decorations.




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