Take a quick look around your home. How calm, charged and happy does your space make you feel?
Because we all are still (moans, we know!) Spending a lot of time at home these days, we have some great ways to make your home a more positive space than Laura May, a digital editor at Just another magazine.
Your home environment should be a sanctuary where you can relax, recharge and be at peace. But this is not always the case. Many home environments feel cramped, creating a negative atmosphere that causes symptoms of stress.
Don’t worry though! In this article, we explore the following four ways you can make your home a more positive place to live:
- Clear the mess
- Embrace structured simplicity
- Make the neutrals pop up (and let the sun go)
- Bring inside outdoors
Read on as we explore these tips and we will help you create a more positive home space.
1. Enter the interior outdoors
Caring for plants and flowers has many relaxing properties – but have you thought about creating your own indoor garden? Bringing in the open air inside is a chance to be creative and be in harmony with nature.
According to a Forbes article, greenery in your home reduces stress and can make you feel better. This is because houseplants improve concentration, naturally purify the air around you, and improve your overall mood.
Best of all, many plant species require little care to care for, which means you don’t have to be an experienced gardener to experience the benefits. Given its simplicity, here are some popular and widely recommended houseplants:
- Japanese lily for peace
- Blue star fern
- Herringbone cactus
- Spider plant
- Aloe vera
Although aesthetically pleasing, these different options are well adapted to home life and are particularly resilient, which means you can create a positive environment filled with nature without the stress or worry of a more difficult look.
2. Clear the mess
Clean space, pure mind-mantra that combines a clean home with a stress-free life.
Sometimes tasting your home environment is all you need to make a more positive space. After all, trying to do a job surrounded by a mess, or putting a good book in the laundry yesterday, is enough to distract anyone.
While organized clutter can be beneficial to some individuals, clumsy chaos is claustrophobic and overwhelming to many others. Spending time clearing clutter around your home (including your home office) makes your space calmer and more focused.
With that in mind, it’s worth being smart when storing, especially if you’re dealing with enclosed areas like a long, narrow living room, given that you have less room to hide clutter. Instead of washing everything under the carpet, however, you will find that many interior decorators (as in this FurnitureBox article, for example) recommend using vertical space – this is because libraries, shelves and other cabinets can store and display everything. you want without taking up much space.
3. Embrace structured simplicity
Have you cleared up the mess and still feel limited? After months of locking up, living and working from home, you’re probably tired of the same old nature.
Monotony certainly does not nourish the soul or mind, so now is the time to restructure, while remembering the naked, minimalist style. After all, strong accents and busy furniture are also not conducive to creating a positive space. Instead, you need to adopt a modern approach to home life known as structured simplicity.
Structured simplicity refers to a popular Scandinavian design that adopts one basic principle: create a refreshing, positive, clutter-free space that you can proudly call home.
Hence the name, structured simplicity puts the composition at the heart of the design; your space should not feel crowded or strong, but rather well-planned and heartfelt. You should try to include personal, happy memories such as family photos, cozy sinking sofas and faded tones to create a positive, relaxing environment.
4. Make a neutral pop (and let in the sun)
The aforementioned structured simplicity is at the heart of a seamless, positive home environment. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t look to add color to brighten your day. Ultimately, experts like Healthline have documented that natural color and light increase the release of serotonin in your body, otherwise known as the hormone of happiness.
Imagine nature and what do you see? Clear blue skies, lush green forests and mountain ranges with white hats? Neutral and pastel colors are the best way to present nature in the composition of your home environment – so do your best to make them pop.
You can achieve this by including lots of green and blue in your layout: paint the walls, hug accessories like pillows and throws, and get inspired by what you see outside. But do not neglect the neutral tones. White and gray are fantastic neutral colors that make room for a classic, clean finish – this creates the illusion of a larger canvas in what might otherwise feel like a small, cramped environment.
You should also try to get in the sun and some fresh air by drawing curtains and opening a window or two. Adequate access to sunlight and fresh air can relieve the symptoms of depression by helping you feel brighter and more positive at home.
Making your home a more positive space is a great idea, especially after months of closed life. From clearing up clutter and embracing structured simplicity to turning neutrals into pop and adding a little greenery – this way you rebuild your home and make it a more positive space. –Laura May
Laura May is a digital editor at Just another magazine. In Just Another Magazine, they write about beauty, fashion, lifestyle, travel, trends and everything else that matters to their readers. The name that throws you out? Don’t take it too seriously – they intend to stand out from the crowd while creating content in their unique style.