15 Plant Shelf Ideas for Green Indoor Styling
Make your space come alive with these ideas.
Do you have an indoor green thumb? Decorating with plants – faux or real – is a great way to invite color, texture, and a touch of life to your home. For a green addition to any room, decorate with plant shelves that utilize free space on your walls or your floor. If you’re interested in learning how to decorate a plant shelf, we’ve got 15 plant shelf ideas to get you started.
1. Occupy a Cubby
Cubby shelves are great to display indoor wall decor since they’re made up of a series of blocks that allow each item to have its own space. Utilize a free cubby on your shelf for a potted plant or succulent to add an earthy element to your decorative mix.
We love the display variety some plant shelves offer, like the combination of hooks and multilevel shelves in the picture above. Multilevel plant stands and shelves create a well-balanced plant set up that allows you to be the creative mastermind behind your arrangement. Since these stands are rather large, they fit well in open spaces or spacious rooms.
Mini succulents, as the name suggests, are very compact in size, so they fit perfectly on mid-century modern shelves that include a lot of tiers. These small plants don’t require a lot of overhead clearance, so they still provide the desired touch of greenery to your shelf without the worry that your plant baby won’t have enough space to mature.
Do you have a free corner in a room that needs something extra? Use a corner wall shelf to style a few plants. Utilizing a corner takes an overlooked area of the home and transforms it into a useful space full of life. See another corner plant shelf idea below if your plants need a little more space.
Geometric floating wall shelves are playful in design, with their unique shape and clean lines, and they’re easily elevated by decorating them with potted plants or flowers. If you have a home office or remote home work space to spruce up, hang a hexagon wall shelf to add interest on the blank wall above your desk, then use one of the free shelves to house your favorite plant.
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For more on creating the perfect home workspace, check out our guide: How to Create the Ultimate Home Office Set Up
6. Use a Shelf Stand
Instead of a traditional planter, go with a plant stand that includes several tiers of shelving. Shelving allows you to choose individual planters with various designs to showcase your personality for a look that suits your style.
Instead of using a typical floor plant stand, switch it up by utilizing free vertical space with a set of bracket shelves. Using a set of bracket shelves as your plant stand keeps your floor open while still providing adequate space for plants to sit.
Does something feel like it’s missing from your room? Consider placing a corner plant shelf stand in the room for a rich decor touch. Not only do these stands have multiple tiers to hold several plants, but they also make your corner functional.
Most plant shelf ideas are seen in the living room, kitchen, or bedroom, but don’t forget to include your bathroom in on the fun. Wall shelves are useful here for storing your selfcare necessities, but if you have free shelf space, fill it with a potted plant. This touch invites warmth to the room, especially if your space features a light color palette.
Don’t have room for a bookcase? Wall shelves make great impromptu libraries for real or decorative books accentuated with plants. Adding plants to your floating bookcase increases its texture, warmth, and dimension.
One of our favorite plant shelf ideas for the kitchen is contrasting the rich earthiness of the greenery with bright white dinnerware. Using a tiered display shelf, place your plants on the top and bottom shelf with white dinnerware displayed in the middle, or mix and match by styling each shelf with both plants and dinnerware. This is a great hack for doubling a storage opportunity as decor in your kitchen if you have limited cabinet space for your dinnerware set.
If you have free room on your kitchen counters or bathroom vanity, fill it in with a small plant table as a simple indoor plant shelf. These shelves range in size to hold one to two small potted plants that you can place next to a window, in the corner, or anywhere else along your counters.
Take a minimalist approach to your floating wall shelf by styling the piece with only one or two plants. The best indoor wall shelf to use for this idea is one with a contemporary glam or modern design, since both styles utilize sharp lines. Putting one or two plants on the shelf, like in the picture above, keeps the shelf looking clean – pair it with as little decor as possible for a true minimalist take.
Not all plant shelf ideas are about showcasing your plants’ vibrant green leaves as the primary visual interest – some are a beautiful visual all on their own! We love a plant shelf that doubles as its own decor. Include one with arches and curves – especially if you like mid-century modern design – to play with lines and add depth and dimension to your room. Industrial plant stands like the example above are made up of large stands with shelves with plenty of room for all your plants.
If you have a lot of free space to work with in your home, let a plant stand with three or more tiers serve as your indoor plant shelf. These stands are lengthy and tall enough to fill the extra space in your room, and provide a lot of shelf space for your variety of plants. They’re perfect for green thumbs and plant lovers aspiring to create their own living room greenhouse!
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Now that you’ve seen some of the best plant shelf ideas, it’s time to get started on your indoor blooms!
