Want the cozy and natural home aesthetic without the responsibility of taking care of live plants? By sticking to natural or nature-inspired materials and textures, you can create a comforting living space that doesn’t rely on plants to do all of the heavy lifting.
Below is a list of ideas for modern moody, earthy decor inspiration for your home or apartment that deviates from plants whether live, dried or plastic to focus on natural fibers and organic materials.
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Natural Home Decor Ideas
1. Earthy Home Decor Boho Style
This room obviously benefits from tons of natural light, but nevertheless the interior decor is smartly chosen to achieve a bohemian, yet modern aesthetic.
Pairing the linen fabric couch with wooden accents (side table, coffee table and bookshelves) offsets the industrial feel of the black metal window framing.
The large textured area rug softens the entire room by breaking up all of the clean lines.
2. Natural Bedroom Decor
This room mixes different fabric types and colors from the window curtains to the bedding to create an organic, comforting style. This intentional mix-and-match technique is further carried out by mixing two different accent rugs.
To keep the room feeling light and airy, sheer curtains are layered and draped all the way down to the floor.
3. Modern Earthy Moody Home Decor
Stone is another natural material but it is not easy to find organic or solid stone decor for a price that fits into the average budget. Luckily, incorporating small accent pieces like these travertine bookends can still have a big impact on the overall style of a living space.
Marble and other stone accents like slate and unpolished stone can have the same effect.
4. Earthy Living Room Ideas
The living room corner more closely matches the modern bohemian style but you can still make out the earthy elements such as the rustic style blankets and natural window treatments.
By choosing contrasting light and dark fabric colors for the room you can better stick to an earthy color palette.
5. Modern Moody Entryway
This moody hallway or entryway only makes use of one small plant in a vase and yet because of thoughtfully chosen accent pieces the space feels grounded and tied to nature.
6. Seagrass Fans Wall Decor
To create a similar look to the entryway in #5, consider looking for boho wall decor such as these seagrass fans. The open hoop design with dramatic seagrass fringe brings the outdoors inside and fills up empty wall space beautifully.
7. Natural Home Decor Styling Tips
8. Earthy Cottage Home Decor
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While this room is entirely too big to be imagined in a cottage, the homely decor creates a sense of a communal, cozy space.
If you scour enough yard sales and thrift shops you might be able to find bold, dark wooden furniture like the ones in the photo that have interesting lines and a vintage, well-loved look without costing a fortune.
Contrasting those dark earth tones with lighter fabrics and ceramics as pictured instantly transforms the room into something that feels appropriate for a forest maiden.
9. Modern Earthy Organic Home Decor
Incorporating various organic materials will help you achieve that natural or nature-inspired style effortlessly.
See the list of ideas below for what to look for.
Organic Materials Besides Wood
Natural Fibers
- Cotton
- Wool
- Jute
Woven Materials
- Rattan
- Wicker
- Seagrass
Clay
- Pottery
- Terracotta
- Earthenware
10. Earthy Bedroom Ideas
The earth tones in this luxury bedroom are interestingly incorporated in the hardware and fixtures as well as the decor.
From the textured wall to the deep brown dome emitting warm light from the ceiling, it’s a primary example of blending natural inspired elements with modern architecture.
11. Dark Wood Statement Furniture
From the couch and shelves to the accent decor, everything about the living room shown above falls into the neutral color palette. But by picking a few key areas to use darker, more earthier tones, an interesting contrast is created.
One such area is the featured coffee table which stands out the most and draws out the darker tones from the floor and stone on the wall.
If you are someone who prefers a more dramatic look, you might consider this style of pairing very light neutrals with much darker statement pieces.
12. Cool Earth Toned Living Room
You can still create the natural or earth-toned aesthetic even if you prefer cool tones over warm ones. Sticking to cool tones give it an overall more modern and moody style as well.
Look for cooler toned wood like oak or birch, and pair it with greige ceramics and linens as seen in the photo above.
