Health Benefits and Home Improvements
Deadlines, rushed projects, snap judgments: these are what fill our lives today.
In this hectic modern world, we need a place that’s reserved for us to quiet away from the stress of the day.
Usually, your home should be your safe haven already, but most of the time – it’s not.
Whether you come home to a happy but chaotic family, or you do your job in your home office, you’re bound to need a room that’s for you to get some downtime. This is a safe haven that’s reserved for peace and calming calm!
And if you don’t have a room all to yourself, it makes sense that your bathroom would be the most ideal place for you to get time to yourself. You take a long bath and unwind without the worries of the world.
In this blog post, we discover how to do that – with plants! Because what better way to keep your bathroom cool and refreshing than items from Mother Nature herself?
We go over the various health benefits and advantages of having plants in your shower and in improving your home appeal. Then we look into a list of plants approved by our leading specialists on floristry and home improvement as great plants for high-humidity, low-light settings like your bathroom.
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Benefits and Perks of Shower Plants
There are a lot of things that plants or flowers do to help enhance your home in itself. But there are so many more health perks to having potted greens in your bathroom!
Besides their ornamental appeal, they bring a wonderful touch of nature to any room and a sense of peace in your environment. This is particularly vital to have in your own private sanctuary. So when you get into that room, you get a sense of peace and let your stress drift away.
Here is a brief introduction to the various health benefits and perks that plants in your shower will give.
Cleans the Air
Several studies in the last few years have proven that a wide variety of greens and flowers can “cleanse the air”. They absorb dangerous toxins from the air. They get rid of these dangerous chemicals to keep you taking in clean air. This is ideal for those who live in cities filled with smoke from cars, second-hand cigarette smoking, and factory smoke.
Sucks in the Humidity
Love hot showers but not a fan of the wet, sticky heat that stays so long after you’re done with your bath? Placing a few choice plants or flowers in your bathroom will eliminate the humidity without you ever having to do a thing.
Way Less Effort for Watering
Well, this is self-explanatory. Having plants in your bathroom, particularly when you love hot baths and showers, will be one less thing to stress over with your day-to-day plant care.
Happier & Healthier Home
Obviously, having greens and flowers in your home will bring about a cooler, cleaner, more environmentally friendly, healthier home. What else reason do you need to begin setting a couple of plants around your home?
Great Plants to Refresh Your Bathroom
So you want to spiff up your shower but don’t know which plants would be perfect for that? Here is a selection of plants that experts on flowers and home design advice for your bathroom and your house in general.
Enjoy a greener and cleaner home with a number of these beauties!
- Aloe Vera
- Asparagus Fern
- Begonia
- Bromeliads
- Cast Iron Plant
- Cyclamen
- Chinese Evergreen
- Lucky Bamboo
- Dieffenbachia
- Dumb Cane
- English Ivy
- Ferns
- Gardenia
- Ivy
- Peace Lily
- Philodendron
- Pothos
- Snake Plant
- Spider Plant
- Orchid
- Weeping Fig
- ZZ Plant
Photo by Judah Guttmann
