1. Hang Baskets Where Floor Space Is Limited 

In smaller homes, floor space is a premium resource. Hanging baskets help bring some life to your space without adding more clutter on the floor or the tables. You can easily mount baskets near windows, corners of the room, behind sofas or chairs, or anywhere else you have dead wall space. Baskets can be mounted from the wall or the ceiling, depending on the type of condo you’re in. 

If you have a tall shelf or bookshelf with open spaces, you can also put smaller pots in these areas to get a similar benefit. Thinking vertically is a great way to get more into your condo without sacrificing a spacious feel. 

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2. Opt for Tall, Slender Plants in Tight Spaces 

Just like hanging baskets and plants on shelves, another way to tap into verticality is to choose plants that are taller than they are wide. 

A few common houseplants that fit into this shape include: 

• Snake plants 
• Birds of paradise
• ZZ plant 
• Money tree 
• Ponytail palms 
• Fiddle leaf fig 

While many plants fit into the right shape, these are some of the most common houseplants you can get that will be tall and relatively slender. Tall plants fit well as indoor plants in a condo since they take up a lot of visual real estate without creating a large footprint on the ground. You can place them around the room and still easily way by them or decorate around them. 

3. Choose the Right Plant Pot Shapes 

As with everything in a smaller home, you want to optimize your use of space. Opt for square planters or plant pots when you can. Square pots still fit nicely around your place, but they give you access to more soil and surface area for planting than cylindrical pots. 

When you have the vertical space for it, choose tall pots rather than wide pots. A wide pot will be difficult to place in a smaller condo while a tall pot can easily fit in the corner of a room or nearby a doorway. 

Self-watering planters are a nice choice for many condos. Because they have a small water reservoir in the bottom of the pot, you don’t need a bulky saucer underneath your pots. Self-watering pots are best for small-medium pots sitting on a surface above the ground.

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4. Go for Lighter Colors Rather than Dark

In smaller spaces, lighter colors tend to make a space feel more open and inviting. Choosing light colored plant pots keeps your condo feeling open and airy even if you have a lot of tall or large plants. 

Darker plant pots are more imposing and have a stronger visual impact in a room. While this works well in some homes, it can be a bit much if you have a lot of dark colored plant pots in the same place or if your large pots are dark colored. 

It’s also nice if you can choose plants with lighter leaf colors for the same reasons as the pots. Dark leaves will have a similar effect as a dark pot, but if you pair them with a light pot it can mitigate some of the visual impact. 

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5. Fill Awkward Spaces 

Small condos often have some strange spaces because of the compact room layouts. Affordable Society Hill condos in historical buildings make the best use of the available space, but it can leave you with a little bit of weird dead space in a room. If you’ve got awkward spaces without a purpose, plants are a great way to improve your decor without sacrificing useful floor space. 

Got an awkward corner that feels a little too empty? A strange wall that just looks a little too open? Put a plant there! Plants can’t fix every awkward space, but they can go pretty far to help you make a room feel more complete and inviting, drawing your eye away from strange corners and towards your intended focal points.

6. Match Colors or Species, Not Sizes 

One common mistake with indoor plants is putting a lot of plants and pots of the same size together. When you have too many similar plants or pots, your space can feel crowded. It’s better to switch it up and use different sized plant pots and a variety of houseplants.

Having similar plants in different pots, or different plants in various sized pots of the same color both make a space feel more styled and less stuffy. It feels purposeful instead of accidental. By limiting the chaos or distracting elements in your condo, you’ll make it feel more spacious and comfortable. 

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7. Don’t Overdo It! 

As with any good thing, you CAN have too many plants in your condo. While you might want your condo to feel like a forest, it can get overwhelming quickly. Plants are proven to have a benefit on your wellbeing and the quality of the air in your home, but there’s always a tradeoff. 

Where’s the line for too many plants? That will depend on your space. You can have as many plants as you want, but once those plants get in the way of your everyday activities, it’s probably too much. 

Keep your plants at a manageable number. Any time you have too much of a good thing in a small space, you’re likely to have the opposite impact and make the place feel cramped instead of cozy. 

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Conclusion

Before you go out and buy all the plants you can, make a simple plan for what you want and where you’ll put everything you want to get. Use plants strategically to make your condo feel more comfortable and less stuffy, helping you love your home even more, no matter how large or small it is.