5 Easy Ways To Give Your Home A More Natural Appeal

Last Updated: December 14, 2025 by Michael Kahn. Published: December 14, 2025.

The natural look, one that evokes the sights and feelings of the outside world, is a highly coveted style for relaxing and comfortable interiors, but it’s one that’s often hard to pull off. Natural materials can be expensive, plants require care, and sometimes you’re looking for something a little simpler. However, the tips below might be able to help you out there.

Letting In More Natural Light

Natural light is one of the best ways to make the home feel calmer, fresher, and more inviting. However, you don’t need a new window or skylight to get more light into your home. Taking down your heavy curtains and opting for lighter window treatments can do a ton, and can make sure that there’s no furniture or windowsill decor in the way of that natural light. Smart placement of mirrors can also help it bounce around the room much more easily.

Choose More Affordable Natural Materials

When we think of natural materials, often we think of the more luxurious options like hardwood, stone, or even marble. However, you can just as easily add the warmth and texture of the outdoors with bamboo, cork, or jute furniture and decor pieces. These materials tend to be a lot more affordable, not to mention lighter, so that they’re easier to position around the room or to move into others when you want to restyle.

Make Greenery Much Easier With The Faux Option

While real plants do bring a fragrance and liveliness with them that can be truly wonderful, it’s not always practical. This is especially true if you don’t always have the time to take care of them. A dying flower is a very sad sight. Instead, using high-quality fake flowers can provide a natural look, but without the same level of maintenance. They’re just as good in rooms that don’t get as much natural sunlight, and for people who might be sensitive to pollen or organic particles in the air.

Use Natural Scents For A Calming Atmosphere

While the above tips focus a lot on the look of the room, engaging all of the senses is a better way to transport yourself to a place that feels closer to nature. There are plenty of ways to use natural scents to better evoke the outdoors, such as essential oil diffusers, beeswax candles, or even simmer pots that you can fill with citrus peels, herbs, and spices. Finding the scent that evokes the right atmosphere for you can be a fun journey to go on, too.

Keep Decor Simple

If you’re looking to create a zen natural landscape in your home, then don’t worry about buying too many pieces to fill up all that space. Too many decorative items can feel more distracting than anything. A few simple pieces, such as stones, neutral pottery, or artwork showing beautiful natural vistas, can accomplish a lot more than a clutter of items all around the room.

You don’t have to spend a lot of time or effort creating the natural look and feel in your home. With the tips above, you can make sure that you’re able to get that same sense of relaxation and brightness for less.