Logan Voss
When it comes to your home, you need to feel at ease. However, you must make your living space a comfortable place to live. It can take time to figure out where to start. Your home should be your sanctuary, so let’s go over a few ways you can make your house feel like a home. Learn more below.
Choose Calm Colors
Choose colors that are cool and calming. Color psychology has much to say about our mind’s processes when we see or spend time around certain colors. Different colors can elicit different reactions, even to the point of raising or lowering cortisol levels in the brain. Cool colors like blue and light green are perfect for putting you in a state of mind that comforts and calms you after a long day. You should implement these colors into your home. They can even make your bathroom feel more luxurious! There’s very little that can compare to your subconscious working hard to keep you at ease.
Purge What You Don’t Use
Did you know that clutter can cause depression? It’s true. Messy homes can cause anxiety, so you need to clean them to make your house feel like a home. A good idea for purging your home is to partition your items into passive and active sections of the house. Passive sections should be things you don’t use often. Active sections should involve things that you use quite a bit. Usually, passive items are things you’ve pushed to the side. Active items are things you use regularly, so you keep them close at hand. Collate your passive items, determine what you use realistically, and get rid of the rest.
Get Plants and Proper Lighting
Plants are a great addition to any home. They help to alleviate depression, and watering them gives you a sense of accomplishment on tough days. Also, lighting can dramatically change the ambience of a room, so it’s ideal for you to use lighting to change things up. Try floor or skylights, chandeliers—if you’re feeling fancy—or other kinds. Experiment with various combinations. You’ll be happy you did.
If you take these tips to heart, you’ll be well on your way to having a beautiful home.
