Orchids in the interior design.

So, my dear friend the magic has happened. You saw a flower and you liked it, or perhaps you went to a Orchid festival and saw the miracles of the nature and decided to take them home?

Or maybe perhaps you planned to make your house pure, clearer and harmonious?
But the problem always will be where does your orchids fit into all of this?
By interior design we should understand it's the art of creating or arranging the living space within a house (or flat) by specific compositions, measurements and elements that will be harmonious and the the sum of all of them will be equal and non vulgar to the eye and well-being of a person to whom the space belongs.
Many people don't understand this concept and they overweight the room with gadgets, and clutter they "like" and find necessary to live with, or just because it's their space and they need it. This has nothing to do with interior design to be honest because this concept is to create a liveable space, not the after work.
However to confuse this even more interior design is also about you, and when designing everything will be about you, so your passions and what interests you will be translated into surfaces and colours, types of light and furniture and decorations. There is many interior design schools, genera and styles, sometimes a person who is a strict minimalist may discover that he actually is attracted to Scandinavian design style or something from the Pop age.

Everything is possible.

The first rule of plants in the interior design is Never too much!.
Unless you are a orchid obsessed collector and you don't care about how it looks don't crowd your furniture and the windows space with plants because it will not look good. Instead try to spread the pots around the house in strategical positions, where they will be away from drafts and not in the direct sun.

Secondly match the colour, try to soften the vivid colours or brake the white and plain ones with something contrasty.

Thirdly remember that the plant is a living thing, it doesn't like to be bumped in, and constantly moved from one place to another. This is why you need to make sure it's positioned away from main traffic in the room.

However if you are trying to achieve a specific look and type of design either in the living room or the bathroom make sure that say, not everything will be white or red. Too much of one colour isn't healthy for your eyes and may even cause headaches and sight problems because it will be a shock for your eyes. This is why it's usually advised when you create a interior design and you are going for a Glamour white to have a orchid flower which is going to be a tone or two darker to stand out. Or even a orchid witch a different central colour of the lip, which will be a unexpected but attractive slash of colour.

I know sometimes people are worried about placing them in the bathroom, but as long as it's fairly warm and has access to light your plant will love it. Probably even more than the normal rooms because of the humidity from the source of water, also the plants will look really good with the stone, or tiles, or even wood.

Because they are unexpected orchids can be suited to every school of design, pop art? Done. Hollywood Regency? Done. Georgian? You would think no? Well to surprise you back in the Victorian times they already used orchids to decorate their houses so feel free to add these beautiful plants to your straight lines and high ceilings with magnificent windows. Remember the guidelines in interior design are only created to create a balance of tones and colour and space, the rest is for you to discover because you may be surprised that a colour you previously thought impossible will look beautiful with everything around it.

  No ideas for a big living space? But you think your orchid will turn it into a jungle? Nothing more misleading, the green foliage and flowers compliment your room and become an eye catching centrepiece, you may get compliments on that and somebody surely will ask you about it. How about if it hangs from the celling? Pots hanged on different hight in a pattern on transparent strings will create a excellent balance point, almost like paintings on a wall.

 Cut flower madness? Of course, sometimes people who really love plants but don't have the skills or time to look after them prefer a simpler method of making their houses vibrant and full of colour. Why not try to arrange a wonderful orchid show? You can buy the flower stalks in many flower shops and decorate your room by putting them in a glass vase filled with water.

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