Often, residents refuse to landscaping houses or apartments due to lack of time to care for plants, their watering and transplanting. If you want to still bring a little fresh green to the interior, you can use stabilized moss. Items from this material are a fashion trend of recent years and are great for such a popular eco style.
- What is stabilized moss
- Raw material benefits
- Stable moss in the interior
- Wall
- Picture
- Panel
- Vertical gardening
- Moss Watch
- Furniture with moss elements
- Moss Compositions
- The use of moss in the interior
- Methods of vertical gardening
- Kitchen
- Living room
- Bedroom
- Bathroom
- Operation and maintenance
- DIY stabilized moss
What is stabilized moss
In Europe and America, stabilized moss has long been recognized as a stylish and incredibly effective element of decor in the interior. It is an ordinary moss (reindeer moss, Scandinavian, sphagnum), which was grown in nature and then preserved. During conservation, the natural juice from the plant is removed, replacing it with glycerin or another liquid with similar properties.
to contents ↑In this form, greens can be up to 4-10 years with maintaining an attractive appearance, softness, but without growth and development. It can be left green or painted in a suitable color, and then used for design purposes.
Raw material benefits
Stabilized moss is a versatile material that is suitable for decorating any room, for creating panels, watches, inscriptions, large paintings or facing entire walls. Other advantages of phyto-raw materials are as follows:
- naturalness, environmental friendliness - moss panels are a natural material, they do not emit toxins, do not provoke allergies;
- lack of smell - moss is in “suspended animation” and decorates the walls without emitting any aroma;
- longevity - the plant does not rot, does not turn yellow, the decorations with its participation serve for a long time, while maintaining a bright color;
- easy care - the material is very easy to use, it does not even need to be watered, while bacteria, mold, fungus do not multiply in it.
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Stable moss in the interior
Canned plants can take on any shade, so they are suitable for any interior.
Wall
The phytostall with stabilized moss looks amazing. It’s nice to hold your hand over it, because it is soft, smooth, silky. Usually phytowalls are made from special panels, the basis of which is MDF, and plants are located on top.
Fitostena can have a variety of sizes, shapes. Designers even create green figures, voluminous installations. Such designs provide excellent sound insulation and warm the room. The most interesting are phytowalls interspersed with twigs, pebbles, and other natural materials.
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The cost of paintings from stabilized moss is an order of magnitude lower than the price of a whole phytowall. They are collected from pieces of a canned plant, presented in natural color or painted in different shades. Best of all, landscapes, forest motifs, and interesting modular designs are obtained from this material. They are mounted above the soft area in the living room, over the bed, in the kitchen and even in the bathroom.
Panel
Panels made of stabilized vegetation are multi-colored canvases, parts of which are painted in various shades. Unlike paintings, panels are most often not placed in a frame. Elements are placed on them so that they form a pattern, ornament, pattern.
Usually, when creating panels, only one zone is made bright, while the rest is decorated in more muted colors. Designs are small and dimensional, vertical and horizontal, they can be attached even at the protruding corners of the room. Unusual look panels of several types of moss.
Vertical gardening
This type of landscaping is perfect for rooms decorated in eco-style. Vertical gardening - this is the location of the stabilized moss not on the whole wall, but in the form of vertically arranged strips. They visually lengthen the walls, expand the space, refresh it and make it much more comfortable.
Moss Watch
For the manufacture of watches using both flat and convex moss. You can also combine different types of plants to highlight sectors on the clock. For the basis use the dial of the real watch, or cut the workpiece from MDF. Apply elongated hands and a standard clockwork. You can also decorate the finished product with additional decor - figures, pebbles, sinks.
Furniture with moss elements
In stores, it is quite difficult to find finished furniture made of stabilized moss, so it is better to do it yourself or order from specialists. Furniture decoration is the best option. You need to get a coffee table, a bedside table, any table with a glass top, etc. A ready-made module of moss is attached to the furniture or placed under glass. Such products refresh the interior and make it unusual, catchy.
Moss Compositions
The easiest way to use stabilized moss in the interior is to create small compositions that will bring a touch of variety to the design of the room. As a basis, take any suitable containers - vases, pots, planters, etc. Canned moss is placed in the selected container, and then it is decorated to your liking. Dried flowers, cones, leaves, shells harmoniously look at green vegetation. Such work gives great scope for imagination and the ability to create real works of art.
The use of moss in the interior
There are practically no restrictions on the introduction of stabilized moss structures to the design. Greens are suitable for decorating any premises, highlighting their individual parts, zones, wall decoration, furniture stylization.
Methods of vertical gardening
Decorating walls with canned plants is easy to do on their own. You can use panels of the same color or combine moss in different colors. The most popular decoration options are as follows:
- full wall cladding in the form of a solid canvas;
- placing plants between columns;
- room decoration with vertical stripes of plants;
- zoning of the room with narrow panels or inscriptions.
Kitchen
The kitchen is great for styling with stabilized moss. Typically, greenery is decorated with a relaxation area or dining room to make them more comfortable. You can also mount a panel of plants on a kitchen apron, preferably in its upper part. This will reduce the risk of damage to plants and the constant ingress of water on them. With the help of vertical panels, you can divide the kitchen into separate zones or decorate the suite at the edges.
Living room
Spacious rooms are ideal for placing voluminous phytopanels. Examples of successful design of the living room are:
- wall decoration opposite the soft zone around the TV;
- wall decoration behind the sofa;
- facing of side walls;
- the creation of green partitions;
- installation of moss panels in a checkerboard pattern;
- making green labels.
Bedroom
In the room for sleeping and relaxing, the green panels look beautiful with backlighting at the top and ledges below, as well as stylized niches. The fittings can be used to decorate the dressing table area or to finish the work desk, if it is installed in the bedroom. Also a good option would be to frame the green of the TV, install small moss paintings, surround the headboard, exit to the balcony, window opening.
Bathroom
If you decide to mount the green panels in the bathroom, they should be placed away from the bathroom, shower and sink. Otherwise, water will fall on the moss surface, and the latter will quickly deteriorate. It is best to decorate with plants a zone opposite the shower, by the mirror, trim them with the side walls of the cabinets. In order for the moss to “live” longer in the bathroom, it is worth installing a powerful hood to maintain humidity at a normal level.
Operation and maintenance
Ready panels, walls, paintings are unlikely to last longer than the specified service life (4-10 years). To really save them, you do not need to water the plants, treat them against insects. Decorative moss does not like frost, sunlight.
The ideal moisture level for it is 40-70%. Often in winter, this figure decreases, and plants can begin to dry out. In such a situation, it is worthwhile to install a humidifier in the room or put a container of water near the moss. If dust appears on the wall, you can simply brush it off with a soft brush.
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DIY stabilized moss
To make stabilized moss yourself, you need to do the following:
- collect plants, clean from natural debris;
- put the raw materials in cold water for 5 minutes;
- remove the greens from the water, dry on a towel;
- dilute in 3 liters of hot water a liter of glycerin, enter color if necessary;
- soak moss in solution for 15 days, after tightly closing the container.
The use of stabilized moss will help to bring unusual notes to the design of the premises. Stylish, bright plants will long delight residents with a pleasant texture and a spectacular appearance!
