If you’re new to the trend of “bloom rooms,” you wouldn’t be alone. While this design has certainly been around, found in everything from English country homes and those with the space to house various floral collections, it has had a big uptick of late and is gaining popularity with homeowners and renters alike. These spaces can be anything from a mudroom to a small hallway that’s next to the garden, and they are decorated to accommodate a variety of — you guessed it — blooms. In addition to flowers, this room can hold gardening tools and items commonly found in mudrooms or similar storage spaces. Once you’ve created your bloom room space, you just need to add a few elements like natural materials and decorative wallpaper or floral-inspired color palettes to really make your florals pop and give the entire space a bright, airy aesthetic associated with this trend.

This interior design trend that helps gardeners enjoy their blooms can work in a variety of homes and layouts, and your bloom room should be functional yet fashionable. If you are using a mud or laundry room that can fit a basin, try swapping out fixtures and hardware for warm metals like brass, copper, and gold to play to the colorful shades your floral arrangements and collections offer. Using wood furniture and accents will ground your space, and don’t forget to add in botanical elements on the walls or floors to pull the theme through.

For larger areas like those mentioned above (laundry and mudrooms or pantries), you can incorporate a lot more. Use baskets or large corrugated metal tubs to hold bundles of flowers, as your bloom room is about displaying them as much as tending and growing them. These can go on the floor or on countertop or table surfaces, and don’t forget to dot smaller vases around for various florals to create dimension. Ceramic vases are good for adding a vintage vibe, and the woven baskets and metal storage bring texture. The wicker or rattan baskets also connect your space to nature. If your walls are bare, why not wallpaper them with flower themed designs that nod to the room’s purpose, or hang framed prints or paintings of florals? Rope or jute rugs can help soften a mud or laundry room with harder flooring materials (which many traditional bloom rooms feature) and bring a grounding effect.

For smaller areas, instead of a basin and counter like you would find in laundry or mud rooms, add a long wood bench that can double as storage. Shelves are a must for large or small bloom rooms. Decluttering your home with a simple rule that makes the most of vertical space applies to this room in particular, so opt for open shelving in wood as well to really balance the florals and help bring the outdoors inside. If you have enough wall or surface areas, bringing in mirrors to reflect both the natural light and the bright blooms is a great way to really amplify the space, too.

While your bloom room is about embracing utilizing those unused rooms or even awkward nooks that have no purpose, you don’t want to overdo it with decor or storage. Shelves that are too cluttered, too many storage baskets and flower buckets, and even wallpaper that is too hectic can make the area heavy. If you’re going to decorate with florals on the walls, stick with delicate, small prints rather than big and bold designs, or only do an accent wall in the latter. Otherwise, you run the risk of making the space feel too busy. If you choose to paint your walls in pastels, balance these with wood shelving and furnishings to ground the space.

Don’t fill every available surface with items, either. Organized decor is the key to making this room or space work, so even if you’re storing gardening tools and supplies, try to keep them in covered or deep baskets that hide them. Don’t add too much furniture or shelving in a small space either, or you could make it cramped. Light, airy elements are what bloom rooms are about. Avoid transforming a super dark space into a bloom room, as this may make it feel more like a shed area than the open, breathable design these are meant to be. Even if you have to siphon off a section of a utility room or garage with a window, making a station that lets a little natural light in is ideal for this trend and can really create such a unique space in your home! As a great way to decorate your home with flowers and create a useful room to store garden-related items, a bloom room is the trend that keeps on giving.