There are a number of ways you can incorporate biophilic design into your home in 2025. It is all about creating more of a natural connection at home.

Houseplants

Houseplants are an easy and affordable way to bring nature into your home. Plants are reported to have enormous health benefits. Some purify the air, others reduce stress and some research even suggests plants can help us heal from injuries faster.

In a recent commercial project I installed a living wall. It provided a beautiful feature whilst also purifying the air and absorbing noise. Irrigation systems mean the wall stays green, which often isn’t the case with plants in offices. They are forgotten and die from lack of water!  Living walls can also feature branding cut into the foliage which can look really interesting.

Cacti can make a positive difference to an office and are almost indistructable. In a list of the best plants for absorbing radiation, cactus came out as one of the best in absorbing the radiation from office computers.  

Wall Murals and Botanical Wallpapers

Picture a beautiful forest. At dusk. In Scandinavia. Isn’t the calm scene immediately relaxing? You can recreate that feeling at home with an evocative wall mural. Paint your own or buy one of from one of the many companies who now produce murals. 

Botanical wallpapers are also a wonderful way to connect with nature. House of Hackney and Divine Savages are both brands I have used in recent projects.

Wall Art

If a wall mural is too much, art depicting scenes of nature is a scaled-back alternative. Research tells us that even indirect natural elements can be beneficial, so any piece of art that creates a connection with nature works.

Raw Materials

Opt for products made from natural materials instead of synthetics. You could panel walls in wood, create a beautiful crystal arrangement, lay a sheepskin on the floor, decorate with antlers… the possibilities are endless and all will bring you closer to nature. I like to have large sliding doors linking the inside to the outside world and I use the same materials to link the two for seamless design.

Furniture

Choose furniture in curved organic shapes that would be found in nature.

Sofas this year see a real return to curvy relaxed shapes perfect for lounging. Organic shapes and curved designs are on trend with lower backs and arms and squishy cushions creating a soft, calm energy in your living space. Curved sofas made for sharing appeal to our need for comfort and a cosy, cacooning vibe.

Curved sofas look great in textured fabrics like on-trend boucle and soft tactile  velvets. A curved sofa is statement enough so go for neutral tones to really show off the shape. 

Other curved furniture to look for are curved mirrors and tables.

Look at your lighting

It’s unsurprising that daylight (or lack of) is considered to be a primary cause of winter blues. Think about how energised, motivated and generally cheery you feel on a bright summer day. 

One theory is that the lack of sunlight increases the natural levels of melatonin (the sleep hormone) in some people. The increase makes us feel sluggish and lethargic, which in turns leads to lack of motivation and a general feeling of malaise. 

So what can you do about it? Well, you can look at the lighting around your home and office. Add more lamps – especially in gloomy corners, switch to brighter bulbs, replace lampshades that block the light and keep blinds and curtains open during the day. If you find yourself really affected by lower light levels, you may find benefit from a SAD lamp.

Accessories

My office is on the London Road which is one of the most polluted parts of our city. I have a Dyson Dyson Hot+Cool™ Jet Focus fan heater. It featurs a carbon filter to remove gases, and a Glass HEPA filter that captures 99.95% of microscopic allergens and pollutants – this means it purifie the air in both my office and my home. 

I hope I have inspired you to embrance some biophilic principles in your next project.