The new hipster house accessories you wouldn’t want to miss in 2017
House plants are the accessories of the moment. The most wanted accessories are terrariums (gardens under glass), desert succulents, moss-ball kokedama and cowboy cacti, according to hipster florists Grace & Thorn and Botanique Boutique.
“We need that connection between the world outside and our life indoors,” Ian Drummond, creative director of Highgate-based Indoor Garden Design, said. His interior landscape company creatively greens up private homes, shops and restaurants, according to Homes and Property. Furthermore, the company is also responsible for adding a touch of nature to places like Mandarin Oriental and events like Harrods and Sir Elton John’s annual White Tie & Tiara Ball.
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When bringing houseplants into your home, you should think about the space before thinking about the plant, as Drummond advises. For instance, a fireplace might hold back a small-scale garden that changes along with the seasons.
Drummond, together with Ikea, set out a three-room installation to reveal the decorative power of plants in a modern home at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show. In the living room, a great divider takes the form of a Ficus benjamina, dropped into felt cube planters, lined up on a trio of coffee tables that have been pushed together. In a corner, a yucca, stark against the white wall, makes a definitive vertical statement. “The yucca is a much-maligned plant,” Drummond says, “but it’s clean-cut, contemporary and is ideal for a corner or a narrow hallway.”
The bathroom is another story. There, small basketweave pots hold tabletop plants of maidenhair muehlenbeckia, a plant that is so unpretentious that it can be slotted into any corner and in any light levels and it will still thrive beautifully. White pots of guzmania bromeliads – humidity loving plants – are hooked on to every rung, as they hang from a small wooden ladder that might otherwise be used for holding towels.
In the bedroom, Drummond recommends having night-time oxygenators. For instance, pots of sansevieria, stripy mother-in-law’s tongue, represent a great choice, as they improve the quality of the air we breathe while we sleep. Other night-time oxygenators are: aloe vera, the peache lily, phalaenopsis and denbrodium orchids.
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