My whole life I've always been resoundingly "meh" about house plants. And so I've never had any in the apartment, despite being told countless times "you could use a few plants in here."
Recently I read an article about the fresh air benefits of having a lot of plants around, and that got to thinking that maybe the air in my little NYC hovel isn't so good, and so I've started filling the place with plants. Bromeliads & snake plants to start with, given that they seem to be highly rated for removing VOC's from the air and giving off oxygen at night. I might put another shelf up and fill it with spider plants too. What a difference it makes to the feel of the place though! I smile every time I come in and feel better already. I wonder if they'll do anything for my creativity.