Weekend Project: How To Bring a Boring Bathroom Nook to Life with Macrame and Plants
**This post is sponsored by National Hardware, all opinions are 100% my own.
So here was my bathroom nook BEFORE. Beautiful bones, with our 1920’s Spanish Arches, but looking incredibly sad. I think eventually I’d like to install some wall to wall shelves along the back wall, but in the meantime, I had an idea of installing macrame plant hangers to create a bit of visual interest and bring this nook to life.
First, I installed the ceiling hooks. I used coated outdoor cup hooks from National Hardware. I like these because they’re white and have a weight capacity of 15lbs. and blend seamlessly into a white ceiling.
Drill a hole in the ceiling prior to screwing the hooks. Use a drill bit that’s smaller than the diameter of your ceiling hook, so the hook still has enough to hold onto, but there’s a nice thin starter hole, so you can screw it in much easier than doing the whole thing by hand (which I’ve done before, and you will be sweating bullets and cursing at the ceiling:).
Once you’ve drilled your hole, then you can screw in the ceiling hook by hand.
And viola! Blends right in with the ceiling.
Next, plant your hanging plants in some terra cotta pots.
I like to use a saucer under my hanging plants, so the excess water can drain out when you water them.
But if your pot doesn’t have a drainage hole, you can put styrofoam peanuts in the bottom under the soil. I’m highly against styrofoam, but a company shipped something to me with them, and they were sitting in my garage, so I figured that’s the best way to recycle them, instead of them ending up in a landfill. They absorb the excess water so the roots don’t rot inside the pot.
Then hang your pots! I use Macrame Plant hangers that I get on Amazon. They’re linked at the bottom of this post.
Play around with the positioning of the plants and lengths of the macrame plant hangers until it looks just right. I like to mix up the plants, but this nook doesn’t get any direct sunlight, so here’s a list of plants that will thrive indoors without a lot of light.
INDOOR HANGING PLANTS THAT DON’T REQUIRE A TON OF DIRECT SUNLIGHT
Maidenhair fern
Staghorn fern
Spider plant
Prayer plant
Pothos
Silver queen
Philodendron
Peperomia
Sword fern
Creeping fig
Asparagus fern
Fittonia
Anthurium
Rex begonia
Swiss cheese plant
(I highlighted the plants I used in this project)
And Voila!
Now this nook is alive and pretty! Not to mention, the humidity in a bathroom is great for plants.
