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Lush Green Walls

Aug 10, 2026 | Posted in Inspirations | Share

If you like plants and living things, like I do, then you’ll love this fun way to bring more plants into your interiors, creating an indoor-outdoor look – with green walls!

A lush green living wall is the backdrop to this patio with a pair of outdoor sofas facing each other, with lime green cushions and colorful throw pillows. Two LED light up cubes sit between the sofas as tables, with a pitcher of water and two colored glasses. A hat hangs from a chair next to a towel, and a blue and white striped pouf is a footrest nearby. Overhead a lime green umbrella has a built-in light.
Design by Kimball Starr / Photo by Eric Rorer

My San Francisco client wanted a beautiful backdrop to their small patio space, so we highlighted the green living wall with bright fade-resistant pillows on outdoor seating, a lime-green umbrella with a built-in light, and these funky LED cubes used as tables.

Hallway across from a modern seating area with white bubble chairs in an office building. The hall flooring to the right has blue, green, and beige stripes running longways. The main visible hallway wall is a living green vertical wall filled with plants. Overhead lights shine down across the plants. A blue wall is visible at the rear, marking a turn into another hallway or room.
Photo courtesy Green Urban Life Gmbh

You can liven up a hallway with a green wall in a variety of plantings.

A living green wall of vines is used as a room divider between a seating area with dark leather chairs and round tables, and others spaces in the building. The flooring is dark tile, while the ceilings are white.
Photo courtesy Green Urban Life GmbH

Use a green wall as a room divider or separator. It cuts down on noise and dust, creating cleaner air.

A restaurant with multiple seating areas. White chairs with beige circle patterned fabric seats and backs surround round and square glass tables. A white column and white partial soffit are visible overhead of one table. To the left there is a large planter on a square cement stand, and beyond that is another dining area, with a wall of multi-colored plants at the very back. Bright sunlight streams in from a skylight above. A woman sits at one of the tables, reading.
Photo courtesy Green Urban Life GmbH

This green wall at the back of a room will draw people further into the space, great for a restaurant or bar.

A living room with a glass coffee table dressed with books in the foreground. Behind that is a brown leather and fabric sofa with throw pillows. A painting is hung on the wall above. A round pendant lamp hangs in the center. To the right of the sofa is a round side table filled with pottery and a bird sculpture. To the left of that is a wall with a green living display of plants hung in vertical containers on the wall, which is a cream color with white baseboards.
Design by Kimball Starr / Photo by Eric Rorer

Get creative by creating a hanging display of living greens, as we did here in my client’s city condo. The possibilities are endless.

Kimball Starr designs beautiful homes throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and Lake Tahoe. Contact her today for a remote or in-person consultation.

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