Biophilic Design: The Plant-Filled Look That'll Transform Your Space
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Houses flooded with natural light, living rooms overflowing with monsteras, and trendy office spaces filled with greenery are only a few examples conveying biophilic design. Inspired by the term biophilia, which is the idea that humans have a desire to connect with living things, biophilic design is all about bringing the beauty of nature indoors. Whether with plants, natural light, or earthy vibes, biophilic interior design is one of the most popular design hacks to implement in your space right now.
Like the unexpected red theory, biophilic interior design can look however you want it to. At its most basic principle, biophilic design brings nature (think: natural sunlight, plants and greenery, air, water, animals, and ecosystems) indoors, so that humans and nature can coexist in the same space routinely. On a grand scale, biophilic interior design could look like a house with expansive floor-to-ceiling windows that face the sun and slide open to a sprawling patio. It could also look like an office building with large planters, lush foliage, an interior fish pond, and moss-covered walls.
Unfortunately, not many people have the luxury of living or working in those kinds of spaces. But adopting a biophilic design for your bedroom, however, is one way you can reap the benefits of this nature-focused aesthetic on a smaller scale. Though your bedroom may not be able to fit a full-on fish pond, it can certainly fit shelves of house plants, terrariums, and airy curtains that let natural light flood in. And since many biophilic design elements are green, you may even have some luck incorporating the sage green theory into your bedroom as well.
Many people, from interior designers to your average plant-lover, have transformed their bedrooms into biophilic oases with towering plants, hanging vines, propagation walls, and more, inviting nature and its myriad benefits inside. Find prime inspiration for your own biophilic bedroom from the designers, artists, creators, and plant-lovers ahead.
Biophilic Design For Bedrooms
This cozy bedroom is filled with biophilic-design vibes. With the hanging plants and earthy tapestry, this is what it means to be connected with nature.
Biophilic Design For Bedrooms
Just look at that natural light. In this biophilic design, there's plenty of greenery and even a cactus to keep you relaxed and calm.
Biophilic Design For Bedrooms
This sage green headboard complements the plant colors perfectly. With the woven textures, natural light, and potted plants, you can't go wrong with a biophilic design like this one.
Biophilic Design For Bedrooms
If you can look past the cute fur baby sprawled out on the bed for a second, this biophilic bedroom is filled with plants and greenery. Who wouldn't want to sleep here?
Biophilic Design For Bedrooms
In this biophilic bedroom, the natural light is hard to ignore. With no curtains, you'll wake up with sunshine on your face, which arguably may be the best way to rise each morning.
Biophilic Design For Bedrooms
Although many biophilic designs in the bedroom can seem cluttered, this example shows just how clean and airy the space can still look.
Biophilic Design For Bedrooms
Raise your hand if this biophilic design is total bedroom goals. In addition to the cute cat to keep you company, the natural light, hanging plants, and extra pottery around is the perfect environment.
Biophilic Design For Bedrooms
OK so even though this isn't a bedroom per say, here's a biophilic design idea on how your living area can look. There's no chance you won't be relaxed chilling in this space for a bit.
Biophilic Design For Bedrooms
This bedroom is giving major "I live on the coast" vibes. With a beautiful white comforter and greenery all around the ceiling and perimeter of the room, you can't go wrong with this biophilic design.
Biophilic Design For Bedrooms
For those of you who don't trust yourself to hang a plant, potted plants do the job just as well. Surround your bedroom with whatever plant you like for an easy biophilic bedroom design.
Biophilic Design For Bedrooms
Yes, you can still add some personality and a pop of color to your bedroom with a biophilic design. Not everything has to be green and neutral, unless you want it to be, of course.
Biophilic Design For Bedrooms
There's a reason the pup is sleeping so peacefully in this room. Biophilic design is the ultimate relaxation source.
Biophilic Design For Bedrooms
Adding a shelf with plants is an easy way to incorporate the biophilic design into your bedroom. Sometimes, it can really be that simple.
— Additional reporting by Taylor Andrews
Theresa Massony is the former senior living editor at PS, overseeing home, food, love, sex, tech, astrology, and more content.
Taylor Andrews is a Balance editor at PS who specializes in topics relating to sex, relationships, dating, sexual health, mental health, and more. In her six years working in editorial, she's written about how semen is digested, why sex aftercare is the move, and how the overturn of Roe killed situationships.