Biophilic design—which involves incorporating nature into your home’s interiors—is one of the hottest trends in current design, with recent world events sharpening human beings’ appreciation of the Great Outdoors. Biophilic design involves more than simply filling spaces like your living room or kitchen, with indoor plants. It is a multifaceted style that also involves using natural materials and inspirations and creating refuges for the senses. To transform your own kitchen into a nature-filled haven, look into the following tips.
Bring Nature into Your Kitchen Space
One of the main tenets of biophilic design involves bringing nature indoors. In your kitchen, you can achieve this aim via potted plants and herbs, natural sunlight, and scents. Just a few herbs that exude a particularly wonderful fragrance include basil, thyme, sage, and mint. If you have space, grow a bit of your own food in your kitchen as well—sprouts are easy and they grow abundantly. Let your kitchen be a haven of plant life, both for food and for decorative purposes. When choosing a spot for plants, don’t only go with standard positionings (such as the top of a kitchen island or countertop). Hang plants at various lengths from the ceiling and consider large potted plants that create appealing shadows on the floor or wall.
Switching to Natural Materials
Replacing traditional items in your kitchen can be as costly or low-budget as you wish. If you wish to replace countertops, islands, and flooring with sustainable and/or natural materials like stone, bamboo, or timber, necessary work can run into $10,000or more and for many families, this may require financing. A kitchen renovation is actually one of the most popular for homeowners in the US since although costly, it increases a home’s value considerably. Moreover, there are refinance options that do not involve additional mortgages or personal loans. You can also opt for small changes, such as repainting your kitchen in nature-inspired colors, using wallpaper with nature-inspired prints, and incorporating small, plant- or animal-inspired decorative items for shelves and countertops.
Adding Texture to your Kitchen
Biophilic design aims to stimulate the senses by filling spaces with the varied textures one might find in nature. Just think of the different textures you might find outside—everything from the smooth coolness of stepping stones to rough bark, or the appealing ridges of seashells. Incorporate these textures into your home via the use of materials like ridged door handles, fluted glass in your cabinetry, or textured walls and backsplashes. When buying plates, serving trays, and glasses, go for those which feel like items you might commonly find in a forest, lakeside area, or beach.
Biophilic design celebrates the importance of the bond between human beings and nature. To bring this trend into your kitchen, follow the basic tenets of this school of design. Bring in plants and fragrances from nature into your kitchen space, ensure your spaces are filled with sunlight, use plant- and animal-inspired imagery to decorate your home, and make sure your cooking area is filled with a wide variety of natural textures.