How to Bring the Outdoors Inside with Natural Elements
When you bring the outdoors inside, your home will feel more light and airy. Brining outdoor elements inside can also help you and your family stay more connected with nature.
We'll show you how to bring the outdoors inside through natural elements and inspirations from nature. From furniture and decor to simple changes like opening windows and scents.
1. Natural Furniture & Decor
One great way to bring the outdoors inside is to fill your home with nature inspired furniture and decor. You can purchase furniture made from natural fibers like wood, bamboo, wicker, rattan, or cotton.
The look and feel of the outdoors is playful and spacious. Rearranging furniture to create more space or having floor seating, can create that outdoors vibe inside your home.
Nature Inspired Furniture
Add furniture with nature inspired components to add to the look and feel of brining the outdoors inside the home. These Wayfair accent pieces with branches are a perfect example of furniture that brings the outdoors inside.
Floor Seating
Floor seating is a great way to create space in your home and add the playfulness of the outdoors inside.
Let your home feel like a camp group with cute floor seating like this set from Etsy.
Outdoor Inspired Decor
To make your home more outdoor inspired, add decor that is influenced by the aspects of nature. You can easily make fun branch decorations from fallen branches you find outside, like this one by This House Our Home.
If you aren't the DIY type, Etsy has a large collection of artisans that create and sell nature decor.
2. Natural Lighting
Use lighting to create a sense of the outdoors inside your home. It can be as simple as opening windows, or you can purchase a few sky, stars, and sun inspired lighting to create that sense of natural lighting even in a home that does not have many windows.
Open the Windows
Opening the windows is one of the easiest ways to bring the outdoors inside. When you open the windows, you can literally see the outside in your home.
When the weather is nice, you can get the nice smells, and breeze of the outdoors. Though, we know that the weather does not always cooperate with us to be able to open them too often. Even if the weather is not nice, open the curtains and blinds can still bring the feeling of the outdoors in.
If your view may not be that great when you open the windows, the natural lighting can still give you the sense of airiness and light from nature.
To add even more to the look and feel of the outdoors within your home when it comes to your windows, use sheer curtains. Sheer curtains still bring in the sunlight and airy feel of the outdoors even if the windows are closed and curtains are drawn.
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If you don't have a lot of natural light access in your home from windows, or you live in an area where sunlight isn't very bright, you can purchase a light therapy lamp.
Light therapy lamps simulate natural sunlight indoors and actually helps with seasonal affective disorder.
We chose to highlight the DayBright Lamp from Sunrise Sensations because it has a sleek design and uses natural wood as well, adding to the natural feel of the lamp.
Moon and Star Lighting
There is always something magical about the moon and stars. Bring that magic inside your home by adding moon and star lighting.
These cute moon night lights have gotten very popular and we love them, it adds that magic of the moon outdoors inside.
Like the moon, the stars and galaxy bring a sense of wonder from the great outdoors. You can bring this enchantment from the outdoors inside by bringing in a galaxy projector.
These are the modern day glow in the dark star stickers you remember from when you were a kid.
These awesome projectors bring the wonders of the vast universe inside your home. Everyone in the family will love this projection of the night sky indoors.
3. Water Elements
One of the outdoors natural elements is water. Add water features to your home to help bring the outdoors inside.
Indoor water fountains are the best way to add this natural component into your space. Not only do indoor water fountains add the element of water into your home, they are also very calming and relaxing. Indoor water fountains bring a sense of zen to your space with its calming sound, look, and feel. Be sure to buy a good quality fountain with other natural features like plants and stones.
4. Plants
Plants are a literal way to bring the outdoors inside. Add these beautiful living elements into your home to create a wonderful natural vibe.
Before buying plants to put into your home, do our research. If you are just starting out with plants, you will want to start slow with easy to take care of plants. Other things to consider before buying plants is what type of lighting you have in your home, the direction in which your windows face will help you decide which plants to buy.
Plants bring the energy of the natural world inside and can also clean the air in your home. However, some plants can be toxic to pets, so take that into consideration and research before you buy.
Plants also give us sustenance, consider growing an indoor herb garden to bring the outdoors inside. Growing plants and mason jar herbs can be a fun natural project for the family as well.
Consider a hydroponics system like AeroGarden to assist in your in-home gardening.
Other types of plants can still bring the sense of the outdoors inside even if they aren't real plants, like fake plants, and plant art and wallpaper. The green and natural colors will help to bring the feeling of nature within your living space.
5. Animals
Images of animals throughout your home in art pieces or decor, will contribute to the feeling of wilderness to your interior space.
Etsy has the cutest painting, art pieces, and animal inspired decor to choose from. The great thing about Etsy, is that you get to support small, artisan owned businesses.
Any art that has to do with nature, like plants and landscapes, will also work to bring the outdoors inside.
6. Natural Scents
Natural scents will make you feel like you are outdoors when you are inside.
Use candles, essential oils, incense with natural smells such as cedar, fruits, wood, etc.
You can also be even more natural with adding scents in your home by making diy room sprays, simmer pots, or wax melts. Smudges are great for natural scents as well as clearing energy, try palo santo or sage.
The plants you bring in can also give off natural scents depending on how aromatic they are.
7. Natural Colors
Natural Furniture, open windows, sun lamps, and plants all add natural color to your home but you can take it a step further and add a nature-inspired color pallets to your interiors.
Think colors inspired by nature, forests, gardens, sky, water, flowers, and more.
There are so many ways we can bring the outdoors inside. Bringing the outdoors inside will give you a connection to earth, to nature, and to the good vibrations of the universe. When deciding how to add elements of the outdoors inside, like what we discussed in this post, be sure to also think about if the products you are buying are eco-friendly and sustainable. We want to also honor the outdoors by making sure the things we purchase won’t bring harm to it as we fill out home with natures inspiration.
