A home is where you relax and recharge after having a stressful day at work, or a safe space where you can calm down when life gets overwhelming. Today, it has become more than necessary to create a harmonious and peaceful environment that can help you relieve stress in your fast-paced lives.
Additionally, cluttered rooms can have a negative impact on your mood and a disorganized house can make you more anxious and leave you feeling drained. Although decorating your house might not fix your problems, creating a tranquil abode can help counter the chaos in your life.
Here are some simple ideas that can help you transform your house into a soothing and stress-free retreat:
Let Natural Light In
Although you can use various lights, nothing makes a space glow and feel inviting than a ray of natural light. A sun-filled room can boost our productivity by improving our mood and making us feel invigorated.
Moreover, an artificially lit environment doesn’t lend the same sense of serenity that a naturally lit space does.
Thus, if privacy isn’t an issue, take advantage of natural light by throwing back the curtains and drapes and let the sunlight flood in. Additionally, by incorporating reflective surfaces like strategically placed large mirrors or lacquered pieces, you’ll be able to double the amount of natural light that fills the room.
Experiment with Color
Color has the power of shifting the whole mood of a space. It’s an essential tool when it comes to tying a space together and creating a home design that suits your style.
Additionally, different color schemes and shades have different impacts on the feeling of a space.
For instance, creamy ivory may offer a sense of elegance to your bedroom, while a bright shade of yellow may add exuberance to your living room.
However, if you’re looking for something calming and comforting, you should go for muted colors and neutral tones. In short, a fresh coat of paint can significantly change the energy of a room.
Bring in the Plants
Being in nature and seeing greenery has a calming effect on humans; that’s why most people flood to their nearest hiking trail or parks to improve their emotional and physical wellbeing. Although why not just bring a breath of fresh air by adding a few houseplants into your space?
Even if you’re not too keen on taking care of plants, you could try with varieties like snake plants or parlor palms that require little maintenance. Thus, adding plants will not only add a vibrant pop to your design scheme but also remove toxins from your indoor spaces.
Organize and Remove the Clutter
A great way to clear your mind is by clearing up the space around you. Since clutter can create visual tension and produce unconscious chaos, it’s time to tackle those unkempt piles and declutter your living space.
After you’ve tossed away those unneeded items, you should move on to organizing by using tools like woven baskets or oversized clear jars that can manage the mess and add extra space to the room.
Create Unique Spaces
Creating special spaces designated for a relaxing activity like reading, meditating, or crafting can allow you to escape your busy life by putting a barrier between you and your distractions. There’s no need to set aside an entire room.
Instead, you can select a spot within your home that’s separate from the main flow of household activity and transform it into a cozy nook. To create this “wellness space”, you only need a comfortable sofa chair, soft textiles, and a floor lamp.
Put Your Backyard to Use
Most people overlook outdoor spaces when transforming their houses into soothing sanctuaries. However, designing your home to create a comforting environment isn’t limited to your interior space; you can also venture into your backyard.
For example, you can add a water feature like a small hot tub to loosen those tight muscles and help you relax. If you’re worried about having a restricted space, Nick Clamp from WhatSpa says to get assistance from a professional hot tub dealership to get it installed effectively within the small courtyard space you have.
Thus, regardless of size, a yard can be elevated into a hydrotherapy haven by getting a hot tub. While sitting in your tub, you can unwind after a stressful day, while the water sounds calm your nerves.
Tap into Scent
The quickest and easiest way to relax is by burning scented candles, running an oil diffuser next to your bed, or placing fragrant flowers in the room you spend most of your time in.
Using any of these options can fill your entire room with a pleasant aroma that can possibly evoke a happy memory.
Thus, you can either pick a candle that brings back memories from a favorite travel destination or invest in a diffuser that allows you to make your own signature scent blend. Moreover, using aromatherapy will help to bring a spa-like quality to your room.
Utilize Texture
Touch is one of the elements that can provide calm since it’s human nature to lean on softer materials like rugs, throw pillows, or blankets that can help any space feel more tranquil and cozy. Thus, layering textures helps to create a richer experience and adds depth to a space. Moreover, switching out these accents helps to polish up a space that will send satisfaction signals to your brain in return.
Focus on Spaciousness
A spacious room can help to reduce stress and foster a sense of calm. Whereas a cramped space can cause claustrophobia. To avoid this, you should have an open concept layout with wide windows and keep your furniture to a minimum. Therefore, a minimalistic design without any inhibitions can create a sense of openness that’ll help to ease your mind.
A home should be your place of relaxation, and peace. So, by incorporating these decorating and design ideas, you can create a serene environment. However, don’t forget to pay attention to each room since even those little spaces can affect your mood and energy.
Hello! Thanks for sharing such helpful tips! Could you also recommend some relaxing home decorating ideas for a mountain cabin, please? It’s an old wooden house with low ceilings and rather small windows, so it’s pretty shady inside most of the time. We also have a stone fireplace, so I’d like to make the interior look a bit cozier and lighter. Thanks!
Hello! For your cabin, we would recommend painting the interior walls a soft shade or white. Try to choose the white that reads balanced, preferably neutral, with soft appearance and moderate warmth. This way, you’ll avoid the color to read too warm and yellow on the walls. Also, using patterned natural fabrics like wool and linen might work! You can buy some drop blankets or cushions with ethnic patterns (if you like this kind of style). They will add a homey vibe to your cabin. But since you say the cabin looks shady indoors, your primary goal is to use as much light colors as possible to make it read brighter!
What will interior design trends be in 2023? I want to renovate my interior a bit to make it look more up to date, but I have no idea of what’s going to be trendy!
Hello. In 2023, it is trendy to use as much natural light in your home as possible. Also, using natural colors, especially earthy shades, is very popular (as well as natural textures and materials liek stone, wood, etc.). However, if you’re far from the mindfulness-style homes and crave for color, Art Deco style is definitely your choice! Besides, 2023 welcomes the use of extraordinary and non-standard color combinations in your home, so you’re free to experiment as you please.
How is it possible to make your home look peaceful and tranquil if it’s a small studio apartment? There’s not so much space to work with, so what can I do?
Well, I guess you can repaint your walls white and add some decor elements that you associate with tranquility and calmness (e.g. wooden decor or live plants). Also, using natural fabrics on bedding and cushions/drop blankets might help. To me, the key to a tranquil interior is delicate and light colors of a natural palette like beiges, whites, greiges/grays, etc.
I’m renovating my home office a bit now and I seem to need help. Could you suggest a calming decor for a home office, please? Something that looks calm enough but doesn’t make you feel too relaxed!
Hello! I guess you could use light and soft colors like white or beige, and add some steel or golden decor elements to add a note of concentration. Wooden items (e.g. your desk) will also look relaxing but also help you focus on your work.
I live in an apartment and I’m thinking of painting each room a different color. I want my living room to be soft greige, my bedroom light powder pink, and my kitchen yellow or green (haven’t decided yet). The bathroom will be light blue! Do you think it’s a weird home design?
Hey there! I think its an awesome design! You’re a lucky person if you can repaint your home whatever colors you feel like and nobody will tell you anything for that! I live with my boyfriend and I hardly imagine he can approve such color experiments in our apartment!
We have a two slope ceiling in our living room, and there’s also a large window there. The room feels very spacious and airy. But since the walls and the ceiling are white, it feels a bit, well, crisp to me. What peaceful living room decorating ideas would you suggest for this kind of space?
Hi! I guess you might want to add more warm colors. E.g. light beiges or greiges, browns, earthy colors. Live plants and wooden items (like a wooden or rattan coffee table) can also make the space read cozier and more relaxed.
What bedroom designs are trendy in 2023?
In 2023, use curved and wavy shapes in your bedroom. Also, adding deep, moody tones to a space will be popular. Cozy rugs on the floors will be trendy this year too since bare floors are out of trend in 2023, as well as the cottage style. You should also avoid sleek and smooth-styled bedrooms.
Can anyone recommend me a few dark yet relaxing colors to use on bedroom walls? Black is not negotiable, but other colors can be considered.