Leaf, floral and insect prints are making an appearance on everything form sofas to wall hangings. We have lots of ideas on how to refresh your home with a combination of zesty designs based around flora and fauna. The botanical theme is full of wonderful textures, colour and design references, from moss-green velvet sofas to cushions buzzing with bee designs, we hope we have something to inspire you.
Vintage botanical prints are a wonderful source of inspiration. Mirror the look with floral cushions or a vase decorated with botanical print.
The botanical trend walks hand in hand with a country-style theme. Decorate a bedroom or living room with a floral feature wall. Add eclectic botanical prints on the wall and layer the bed with a floral bedspread in muted pastel tones of rose pink and pale green.
In the kitchen, team a canary yellow feature wall, using it as a backdrop to an armoire or open shelving. Decorate shelves with crockery adorned with botanical prints.
Introduce a butterfly theme to a bedroom or home office. Complement a retro-style desk and chair with bee-themed accessories to shelving or a lampshadets – what better theme to encourage a good work ethic than a busy bee!
Use a backdrop of exposed floorboards, a sisal rug and white walls for a botanical room theme. Introduce aged-wood furniture and team with simple vintage floral wall prints.
1/10 Green home office with botanical prints
Celebrate the vibrancy of nature by using splashes of bold, bright colour to update a traditional study. Then add a montage of botanical prints for a fun, creative work space.
Boxington wall paintLittle Greene
Botanical printsEasyart
Desk
Oka
2/10 Dining table with beetle print crockery
Not for the faint-hearted, these beetle plates are a modern take on a very traditional trend. Guaranteed to create a talking point at your dining table, echo the bug design in your table linen and accessories too, if you dare.
Beetle plates
Lou Rota
Similar beetle napkins
Warbeck & Cox
3/10 Floral country-style bedroom
Floral bedlinen teamed with white lace-edged pillowcases and botanical print canvases give this bedroom design a country-style feel.
Bedside table
Rockett St George
Candleholder
Primrose & Plum
4/10 Bold botanical wall mural
Botanical prints are usually small and detailed, so turn the trend on its head by enlarging a botanical drawing and covering an entire wall in it. This bathroom mural design is bursting with life and colour.
Similar wall mural
Photo Wall
Similar floral towels
Notonthehighstreet.com
5/10 Hallway with apothecary storage cabinet
Throughout the centuries, pharmacists have stored precious plant extracts in multi-drawer chests. This cabinet is a modern update, perfect for hallways - think books, keys, letters, even shoes.
Cabinet
John Lewis
Graham Stuart Thomas print
RHS Prints
6/10 Pastel home office with butterfly wall art
Who says botanical room designs have to use green or earth tones? This pretty pastel scheme mixes butterfly and bug motifs with soft colours and vintage-style furniture.
Beetle lampshade
Warbeck & Cox
Similar butterfly prints
Rockett St George
7/10 Green and wood botanical hallway
Want to keep your hallway design modern and clean? Add a botanical twist with a simple wooden console table and a trio of botanical drawings neatly pinned up above it.
Console table
The General Trading Company
Accessories
The Conran Shop
Rug
Habitat
8/10 Modern green and white dining room
Want to introduce a touch of nature to a contemporary dining room? These white chairs have a subtle tree design, just enough to allow a hint of botanical to creep into the minimal space.
White chairs
Next
Green chairs
Emeco at Brands
Table
The French House
9/10 Bedroom dressing table with butterflies
Create an etherial, botanical feel in your bedroom by decorating a dressing table with a soft green and white colour palette, butterfly window stickers and botanical print accessories.
Toiletries
Sanderson
Similar butterflies
Notonthehighstreet.com
10/10 Yellow and grey kitchen with bee motif
Bring the botanical trend into the kitchen with a summery yellow scheme and a cheerful bee design. Keep the rest of the scheme a soothing grey to stop it from being too overpowering.
Bumblebee wallpaper
Farrow & Ball
Similar bee crockery
Sophie Allport
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