Adding Natural Decor elements helps you bring some of the outside world into your home and reconnect you to Mother Earth and all it’s beauty.
At times, we can feel disconnected from nature. This is especially the case when we lead our busy lives in the middle of densely populated urban centers. But there is an easy way to reconnect to our more natural selves, and that is by adding a splash of natural decor to your home.
These elements of natural decor can come in a variety of ways, from adding houseplants to incorporating animal or botanical-inspired art prints to your home.
Wonderful Ways to Incorporate a Touch of Natural Decor into Your Home
These absolutely adorable animal art prints feature images of animals from around the world and are a super-cute (and gender neutral) accent for the baby’s room. 
Nature is infused into this bathroom through the use of a glass mural behind the bathtub, allowing for natural light and a sense of the outdoors while you’re relaxing in this gorgeous tub. 
This fun DIY project uses some old crates in a few different sizes along with a collection of houseplants to help create a warm and natural display. 
This cozy living room which has room for your ENTIRE family is painted in a beautiful coastal blue with pastel pillows. But check out the unique way that the animal prints are displayed, hanging by the corner creating a wonderful art installation. 
Pick some sturdy fabric in your favorite fall colors and use them to cut out these colorful decor accents. Glue on or stitch on some artificial stems and you have a unique accent that can be hung on the wall or placed on any surface to add a touch of “natural” fall color. 
This sleek modern kitchen gets a fresh pop of color through the bright and lively painting of a bunch of tulips. 
A healthy climbing plant can create a living decor accent, especially when contrasted against light-colored walls. But take care of the plant! An unhealthy climbing plant does not provide the same aesthetic appeal. 
Found objects, such as a piece of driftwood, can be used to add a touch of natural decor to your mantle. I also love the use of the vintage rollerskate on the other end. 
By adding a few house plants and some coordinating pillows, you can make a few little touches mean a lot in the way of natural decor. 
Planting an indoor herb garden in the kitchen provides a functional way to add some natural decor to your home. 
An indoor garden is a lovely way to bring nature indoors, giving you living, natural decor. Plus, plants are great for improving indoor air quality. 
This bright and lively kids wallpaper celebrates nature through colorful depictions of the outside world. 
Adding nature does not have to mean going entirely green. I love the combination of this tree that has been artfully painted onto the wall in a deep blue, as well as fabric cut-outs in a variety of shades and colors that act as the leaves. The adorable forest creates on the Daybed help complete the overall look. Such fun! 
This bold leafy wallpaper provides a nice backdrop in this sleek living room. 
This low-level DIY ledge is perfect for holding a large variety of plants. In this case, the homeowner loved succulents and cacti, so those are heavily featured. 
A mountain range 3 panel installation provides an artificial view behind the couch in this chic living room. 
Some dried grass in a nice rustic vase can create a subtle touch of natural decor that can be infused into almost any room. 
Subtle elements, including the simple black and white tree sketch and the fish accent pillows, add just the right touch of nature to this stunning bedroom. 
I love the art print in the background, but I also appreciate how they matched the flow of that piece with the light fixtures that are strung around like tentacles. Clever! 
I love the rustic look of Poppy Seed Husks. Collect them in a basket for a lovely touch of natural decor. 
Adding exposed brick and natural stone to a room is a nice way to add a hint of nature to a room and can create a very interesting architectural feature. 
A few tastefully placed animal sculptures, along with a few small landscapes, help add a touch of the natural world to this warm and rich dining room. 
A glass wall lets the natural landscape of the patio into the bedroom, which is then crafted with warm and rustic accents to give a jungle-like feeling under a lovely wood canopy bed. 
I love this wood table, crafted from slices of an old tree trunk and then infused with a glass “river” running through it. 
This unique Oregon home takes embracing nature in its design and decor to a whole new level!! 
This unique Oregon home takes embracing nature in its design and decor to a whole new level!! 
Natural and artificial leaves can be added to your decor through plants, custom lampshades, wallpaper, and decor accents, like in this delightful tropical-inspired living room. 
Simple touches, like a centerpiece crafted from plants and fresh fruit, can add a touch of nature to a room. 
I love how they integrated knotty woods on the back wall and then some natural stones around the tub, bringing a real sense of nature into this beautiful bathroom. 
The table leg is crafted from an old tree trunk, and replaces a functional-but-boring stainless steel post to provide support and visual interest to this desk. 
Natural wood branches become part of the railing on the balcony above, which is just one of the many ways that natural elements and colors are infused into this unique room. 
This well-appointed dining room gets a modern touch of natural decor through a mural of black and white branches on the wall. 
In this chic bedroom, the wall color was chosen to match the leafy artwork, extending the natural vibe beyond the paintings. 
Trees are an amazing and natural inspiration for many artists, and you can find a lot of options for adding some tree-inspired art to your home. One of my personal favorites in this genre is , who does an amazing job capturing the unique beauty of trees. 
Trees are an amazing and natural inspiration for many artists, and you can find a lot of options for adding some tree-inspired art to your home. One of my personal favorites in this genre is Melissa Graves-Brown, who does an amazing job capturing the unique beauty of trees. 
Salvaged wood reigns supreme in this dining room, both in the form of the gorgeous live-edge table as well as the fallen and weathered tree that has been reborn as a couple of unique sculptures. You can even see slices of weathered wood used as wall decor in the adjoining room. These people know how to embrace nature in STYLE!
When I mention incorporating nature into home decor, people often think I mean overloading the place with plants that they’ll have to care for, adding animal print rugs on the floor, or hanging some skulls on the walls.
Although these decor choices can have their place in the right room, as you can see from some of the examples above, it is far easier to add some subtle hints of nature without going full-on country cabin.
These small touches help reconnect us to the natural world around us. Although the options are endless, we hope these – some of our favorite ideas – have helped inspire your own way to incorporate nature into your home decor scheme.
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