Fountains and Waterfalls – Tranquil Sounds and Atmosphere for Your Home

Everybody knows that outside environments can be visually and audibly enhanced by the soothing sounds made by garden waterfalls and fountains. Now you can enhance your home environment using smaller, decorator indoor models cascading waterfalls and splashing fountains that offer the same peaceful sounds, and are equally as relaxing.

Indisputably, moving water is therapeutic. It helps reduces stress, and calms frazzled nerves. Hand in hand with aroma therapy, peace and calm can be much improved in your home with the use of fountains and cascading waterfalls. Whether opting for a table, floor, or wall model, each is available in a variety of styles, sizes, and price ranges. You are sure to find one to suit your individual needs and compliment your décor.

A table sized fountain can help turn the mundane into something special. More charming than a decorative candle, more eye-catching than a floral centerpiece, table fountains are easy to set up and maintain. Whether molded plastic, lava rock, slate, or metal, one piece or moving parts, models can range in price from $20 to over $100.

Use a floor model for larger spaces. Perfect in the corner of a den, in foyers, or in rooms with high, vaulted ceilings. Large and understated, or one that adds an exotic touch – demanding more attention, floor fountains compliment the room and make a statement about the person who decorated it…calm, cool, and contemplative.

Some floor models come with waterproof lighting with interchangeable colored filters for a more dramatic effect. Others, like antique copper models, can add a distinctive flair, or river rock to add a more rustic touch. The choice is yours!

Make a fantastic indoor “fantasy garden," in a sectioned off corner of the den, living room, or master bedroom. Surround a floor fountain or waterfall with plants of various sizes – tall and slender, shorter and fuller. Airplane or spider plants, or ivy, hung in hangers from the ceiling – one on each side and to the front – will create an entry effect. Soft back lighting will dramatize your garden and make it the room’s focal point.

Don’t forget flowering plant types to add splashes of color. Besides visual beauty and sounds of tranquility, the moving water will provide necessary humidity for semi-tropical plants and container ficus trees.

Shop around to find just what you are looking for expect to pay anywhere from $100 - $3,000. Again, materials used will vary and will greatly affect the cost.

Wall fountains are another option you might want to explore. More striking by themselves than their table or floor cousins, some models can be built right into the wall, or use mirrors as a backdrop. Most can be adjusted from a slow soothing trickle, to a graceful intriguing cascade, to a thrilling, rapidly flowing display - or anywhere in between.

Fountains for the walls are most often made from river rock, copper, terra cotta, concrete, or glass. Some come with planters attached, or with mist or fog features, and subdued colored light effects. Prices can range from $100 to $4,000 on up.

Tranquil and therapeutic, relaxing and lovely – whether table, floor, or wall mounted indoor fountains and waterfalls also provide healthier, cleaner inside air by removing dust particles, and provide humidity for plants. All while offering the natural calming effects of moving water and unique beauty to your home’s décor.

Lori S. Anton