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Bring Anxiety-Reducing Elements into Your Home Design
Want to cultivate comfort and calm in your space? Here are some tried (and stylish) transformational tips for you! February is the perfect time of year to have a relaxing vibe be part of your daily routine.
As a member of the Interior Design Society, and designated Home Stager, I can offer you many tips to make your interiors more comfortable and less stressful
How to Create Supportive Surroundings
From lifestyle changes and self-care to community and professional support, the idea behind tackling anxiety is getting bigger and more effective all the time. The very spaces in which you live your life can help you to meet its challenges. When it comes to starting the day with a calm and collected mind, there’s no place like home!
Warm Up (and Chill Out) Beside a Fire
Looking at and into hearths and campfires can induce relaxation and has proven so effectively that they can actually decrease our arterial blood pressure! That benefit is just as accessible, believe it or not, if you are watching a fireplace video. Focusing on the flames’ appearance and sound will induce relaxation.
Create Functional Storage That Also Delights Negative feelings about clutter and disorganization can be especially hard on women, which experts speculate may be a biological effect of societal expectations. Let’s Get Organized! Tips an tricks are worth while to study how to bring organization into your home.
Use Matte Rather Than High-Gloss Finishes
In a serene kitchen, the naturally soothing patterns in a spectacular stone backsplash and island make sense, by choosing finishes that don’t glare and reflect light. Organic lines, as you see in wood and stone, when they have a matte finish, work to lower one’s blood pressure. They are clues that our body reads from the natural world that contribute to rest our senses. I prefer all stone to be honed or leathered to aid in the contribution of resting our senses.
Soothe With Symmetry
Well-balanced spaces are more than just aesthetically pleasing. Our brains respond positively to symmetrical stimuli; and symmetrical design and décor alleviate anxiety for that very reason.
Relax in a Rocking Chair
Rocking isn’t just for babies or elderly people. It stimulates the nervous system and causes our bodies to release endorphins that can help us regulate moods, tackle stress and even get to sleep more easily. Making use of a rocking chair is an effective anxiety reducer for all of us, no matter what age!
Add this feature to your family room for a calming effect.
Decorate with Gallery Walls in Relaxation Spaces
Art can be both ornamental and therapeutic. It can reduce stress after viewing art, and studies found links between viewing art and lowering blood pressure depending on the subject matter.
Place a Bird Feeder Where You Can See and Hear It
Bird-watching exploded in popularity at the start of the pandemic, because seeing or hearing birds can improve our mental wellbeing and be soothing for up to eight hours. If you have windows that look out, be sure to treat yourself to the natural sights and songs beyond them. A particular favorite of mine is a feeder that attracts hummingbirds- The flitter their iridescent wings adding color to delight you.
Aromatherapy
My personal favorite! To introduce an atmosphere that’s relaxing in its own right, use a sleek essential-oil diffuser to carry the scent of lavender throughout your rooms. Used for medicinal and therapeutic purposes. lavender has an effective means of reducing stress.
Incorporate Green Into Your Design
Measuring stress, anxiety and pain found that the color green registered lower levels of anxiety and negative reactions. Scientists also note that because our eyes don’t need to adjust to detect wavelengths corresponding to the color green (as opposed to, say, the color red, which require a great deal of adjustment), it’s quite literally easier for us to see.
This is useful from a design perspective. try Sherwin-Williams’ Basil, which is a fun green that isn't too bright or light, bringing just enough personality to the space without limiting decor changes in your new home in the future.
Use Blues to Encourage Calmness and Contemplation
Those who live in blue spaces have an easier time orienting themselves, studying and maintaining calm moods than those of us surrounded by other hues. Channel some of that cool by deploying a shade, (almost any shade of blue) in rooms intended for rest and relaxation.
Install Bedroom Shades That Rise with the Sun
Sleep specialists know that we need properly dark spaces to get meaningful rest — hence the importance of blackout curtains. Morning light is key to jump-starting our circadian rhythms and an effective tool for tackling anxiety and depression. Maximize the benefits of restful darkness and rejuvenating sun with smart curtain openers that admit the sun at a pre-programmed time each morning. For more information/suggestions- especially the future of Master Bath future ideas- see my blog article:
https://www.judithsutton.net/blog/more-bathroom-thoughts-morning-routines/
and learn what technology is in our future. It will bring “soothing” to a new level.
Arrange Seating to Face the Windows
If you do have a view make good use of it. As environmental psychologists suggest, we evolved from primitive humans who felt most comfortable when their backs were protected and they had visual access to anything that might approach them. Those instincts are still with us, which is why rooms often feel most relaxing when arranged so that the primary user faces entrances and has views of the outdoors.
Aim for Warm, Ambient Living Room Light
To create a cozy, social space that’s conducive to conversation (and less stress) choose fixtures that brighten your room without spotlighting specific areas. Consider how a pendant and table lamp, both up light the room, meaning the glows they cast will be reflected and diffused. *
* When selecting light bulbs, look for color temperatures between 2700 and 3500 degrees Kelvin (the low end of the spectrum).
Whatever you choose to make you home more relaxing and inviting, the happier you, your guests and family will feel.
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