Sky’s the Limit: 5 Indoor Plants for Rooms with High Ceilings

The design conundrum of “how to make the most of a small space” gets a lot of attention these days. But creating a cozy environment in a lofty room can be equally challenging. One easy fix for looming spaces is to fill them with house plants.

Wondering how to fill a large room with house plants? Not to worry. This owner of a roomy abode has been doing some research. Here are five tips to design with indoor plants in rooms with high ceilings:

Houseplants as Furniture

Houseplants as Chandeliers

For more of this bath with plants, see A Japanese-Style Bath in London, Greenery Included on Remodelista.

Houseplants on Wheels

Put a heavy planter on a wheels with a rolling plant stand; the fiddle leaf fig tree shown above moves around the house with ease on a Socker Plant Stand; $6.99 from Ikea.

Houseplants on Repeat

Repeat a theme by grouping several of the same sorts of houseplants together; the result will have as much visual impact as a single large houseplant. For more, see Best Indoor Plants: 6 Flowering Orchids to Grow.

Houseplants in the Skylight

A single suspended houseplant fills the empty space even in a large skylight, drawing the eye upward.

• Have a slightly less lofty home? Don’t worry, I already selected some favorite Mini House Plants for you.
• Worried that your apartment is too dark? The solution is Best Houseplants: 9 Indoor Plants for Low Light.
• Concerned that you’ll never get your orchids to re-bloom? See How to Make an Orchid Bloom Again.

N.B.: This is an update of a post published March 22, 2013.