This Mother’s Day, Bring the Outdoors In

Mother’s Day is just around the corner, and you must be wondering how to make it extra special for her— despite the pandemic! Given all the social distancing and lockdowns that have kept us indoors this year, it’s a given that your mom must miss going out. So, why not celebrate this year by bringing the outdoors into your home?

Here are some lovely ways to bring outdoor cheer into your home as a special gift for your mom this Mother’s Day!

Transform your balcony into a garden

You could be living in an apartment, with no easy or safe way to access the garden. With a little planning, you could transform your balcony or terrace into an oasis of green and give your mom the greenery she needs right at home.

Does your mom love to read? Create a shady reading nook amidst the plants, with a comfy chair and a small table for that refreshing jug of lemonade!

This Mother’s Day, Bring the Outdoors In

Open up the views

Even if there’s just a small patch of garden view outside, keep the windows open and pull back the curtains. Let in the fresh air and light for some much-needed sunshiny cheer!

Especially when you’re cooped up at home all day, it’s imperative to keep up that connection with nature.

Add window boxes

Perhaps you don’t have a balcony, and the views outside your window aren’t all that great, either. The next best thing is to pop in some window boxes and create your own views.

We love this sunny windowsill that’s bursting to the seams with bright, gorgeous flowers.

Plants and more plants everywhere!

When we’re talking about opening up your home to the outdoors, potted plants are an obvious first step. Green plants not only add refreshing naturality to your decor, but they boost your wellbeing, too, in more ways than you can count! They absorb carbon dioxide and increase oxygen levels while at the same time removing pollutants and toxins, allowing good health to permeate your home.

This living room beautifully marries the outdoors to the inside of the home for a relaxed, laid back aesthetic.

Also Read: 5 Plants That Bring Good Fortune to Your Home

Tropical wallpaper

Invite a refreshing nature-based theme into your home with floral or botanical wallpapers. Choose delicate prints of ferns and fronds or pretty butterflies amid spring flowers and transport your room into a lush tropical setting.

If you feel you might tire of the look soon, choose peel-and-stick papers that can be changed without damaging the wall.

Say it with flowers

Cut flowers and colourful blooms are a lovely way to bring spring to your table décor. Arrange them in upcycled vases made of bottles or recycled cans, or reuse wicker baskets for a touch of old-world charm.

Fresh flowers not only look great, but they keep your room smelling fresh too!

Leafy prints

Simple prints of ferns on a white background, framed in black, make all the difference to this contemporary interior. The open shelves with black metal frames perfectly complement the nature-inspired backdrop. A few thoughtfully chosen accessories, like succulents in tiny pots and a bowl of green apples, complete the look.

Wood, wicker and rattan

Choosing natural materials like wicker and wood furniture, woven reed mats, and crisp white cotton drapes creates a sustainable, outdoor-inspired décor theme that your mother is sure to love! Delicate floral arrangements in pretty ceramic vases add an elegant, refined touch to the room.

Kitchen garden

There’s nothing quite as delicious as food that’s cooked with aromatic herbs from your own garden! What’s more, it doesn’t take a whole lot of space or much effort to set up a little herb garden on your kitchen window.

Pick herbs that you know your mother will love, and surprise her with her own, beautifully potted kitchen garden!

Create a living wall

Short on space in your home? Transform a sunny wall into a vertical garden, with an ordered arrangement of potted greens that add a country feel to your home. And if your mom thinks that watering will be a chore, install a simple drip irrigation system that gets the job done in a jiffy.

Nature-inspired bedding

This pretty bedroom ticks all the right boxes for nature-lovers, with beautiful leafy bedding, fern prints and foliage spilling out of wicker-encased pots by the bedside. Sheer white drapes at the windows flood the room with natural light, adding to the fresh ambience. The deep green chair echoes the look.

Soak in some spa styling

A palette of leafy greens against whitewashed walls lends an indoor-outdoorsy garden vibe to your bathroom. Draw a bath scented with aromatic essential oils, light vanilla scented candles, and let your mom soak up the indulgence on Mother’s Day!