Interior Decor Design Ideas

Interior Decor Design Ideas

 At artificial trees we are here to help you select the right silk trees, silk plants or silk flowers or your interior design project. Call our toll free number for unique suggestions on your decor.

Use this list to help you make decisions about matching artificial trees and artificial plants to different decor styles. The last column lists the recommended planters and baskets for planting the artificial trees and plants.

Room Decor

Plants

Flowers

Containers

Traditional

Ficus or topiaries

Spring flowers

Brass, plain cylinders

Tropical

Ficus varieties, Marginata, Asian plants

Calla lily, Iris, geometric arrangements

Faux metal or marble, especially brushed chrome

Mission

Podocarpus, Gingko, Smilax

Wildflowers, Thistle, Astilbe, Yarrow

Copper, brass, aged fiberglass, cylinders

Tuscan

Smilax, Cycad, Olive, Laurel, Weeping Ficus

Earth tones, Hydrangeas, Star Lily

Aged fiberglass, rolled rim, fluted resin

Asian

Bamboo, Ming, Nandina, Japanese Maple

Orchids, Lily

Fishbowls, Dark Wicker

Victorian

Fern, Ivy, Kentia Palm, Lady Palm

Orchids, Spring flowers in urns

Urns, Fishbowls

British Tropical

Palms and large leaf plants (Mango, Banana)

Tropical flowers

Dark wicker, terra cotta look aged fiberglass

French County

Ferns, topiary, herbs

Blue & white, green & white

Toile planters, Urns

Office- Corporate

Tropical trees, Lady Palm, 5’ poles

Spring or tropical flowers

Geometric cylinders, faux metal or marble, Roma

Home Decoration Ideas Considerations

Not every silk plant has to be tall. If you have space, try a tall Silk tree along with one or two bushy silk plants. We always recommend choosing plants with different leaf shapes for a nice arrangement. See our photo gallery for great design ideas.

As a rule, plants look their best when they are about 2 feet from the ceiling. If you have the standard 8 foot ceilings, a 6 foot plant will look great. If you have an older home with 9 foot ceilings, we suggest a 7 foot plant. The exception is for cathedral structures or big structures where anything over 10 feet will look terrific, as the plant will stand over your head. If you put a 15 foot palm in a 17 foot ceiling, it will look magnificent and seem to hit the ceiling!

Note that you need to fluff our Silk trees on arrival.  For shipping convenience and for protecting them from damage during transportation, we have to pack our trees tightly.  It does not take much effort to fluff our trees out of the box.  Simply bend the branches into the shape that you desire. We recommend bending the branches slowly, stepping back and admiring your work, then bending a little more. You can even spread this process out over a few days to let the tree settle into place as you are fluffing it. Please call our toll free number 888-532-0232, if you have any questions.

Home Decoration : Selecting Containers or Planters

Matching the container—its size, color and material—to the selected plant is both an art and science. The tabled sizes may be deceptive. You may have to choose containers based on the type of trees or plants, they have to hold. The size of a container is based on its outside diameter, but the shape of the pot can change the visual scale. For example, a 12 inch resin container is appropriate for a tabletop plant; but a 12 inch cylinder fits a 6 foot tree. Personal tastes and preference in styles also count. Some people prefer as wide a container as the plant, while others like the visual look of a smaller base. If your plastic pot doesn’t take up the entire planter, try adding some newspaper crumpled up to the the sides of the plastic pot. Then use decorate moss to hide the paper.

Here are some tips for cleaning the artificial plants and trees. If you follow these, the plants will last long without losing their luster and color.

• Mix 2 tablespoons of “pink” Avon bubble bath in a quart of warm water and take that in a spray bottle.
• Put plants into sink or put the larger plants in the shower.
• Spray away
• Let them drip dry for a fresh smell and look. If you use this procedure there won’t be any water spots seen on the silk plants and trees.