Our house is often an extension of who we are deep down, the home that we love and live in will always reflect our personalities. However, there are specific changes and improvements you can make to your home to change your life for the better. Today we are going to be looking at how making changes to your home can improve your life. These are some fantastic simple little changes that anybody can make. These changes will help your physical and mental health and could give you a brand new love for your home.
Make Changes To Your Home And Improve Your Life
The Introduction of Light
Now, of course, people generally have light flowing through their home, but the way you use the light in your home play significant importance on your mental health and your outlook on life.
Depending on the color scheme of your house and the size of your windows, there are a lot of options when it comes to using natural light. Natural light can be manipulated to add a completely different feel to almost any home.
If your home has light, wooden floors, including some window height mirrors on the walls opposite the windows will give your living room a brand new lease of life. Most people may think this is crazy, but research has conclusively shown the effect of light on a person’s mood.
Poor lighting has shown to produce depression and many other deficiencies in the human body.
If there are issues with natural light, getting the light that we install ourselves right is essential. Choosing amber glowing wall lights, give a warm and comforting feeling. The choosing of pure, bright overhead lights makes us feel more alert. Just by making one of these changes can improve your life.
Plant Life
The introduction of plants and the right plants in the home is fantastic to our mind and our health. Now we are not saying that you should fill your home with plants and throw out your medication, that would be crazy, we know that ventolin helps control asthma and plants shouldn’t be used as replacements.
Plants should, however, be used to health with the symptoms of asthma. These are plants like:
- Peace lily
- Dracaena
- Devil’s ivy
- Rhapis excelsa
Plants overall will always help to improve the air quality of your home, but the effects of a houseplant are much more than that.
Houseplants play a massive part in reducing stress and creating a feeling of well-being. Most of us know that being close to greenery generally makes us feel more at ease.
Some of the most remarkable research ever conducted with plants is their ability to reduce background noise. Plants have, for a long time, been used to reduce the noise from busy roads. More recently, a study has shown that houseplants can also aid in the lowering of background noise levels in the home.
The studies have indicated that the leaves of the plants diffract, absorb, and reflect background noise. So, add plants as an easy way to make changes to your home to improve your life.
Go Minimalist
Now, when we say go minimalist, this does mean rid yourself of your worldly belongings, but reducing the clutter around you can be a considerable step in a change in your outlook on life.
Minimalism may have become increasingly popular due to media, but it has shown some fantastic results, especially when it comes to managing mental health. Having clutter around has shown to have adverse effects on the mind. Clutter acts as a trigger and can cause a mental noise that can be distracting in everyday life.
By de-cluttering your living area, you are doing the same thing to your mind. The effects of a minimalist environment bring us peace and take away the stimulus that distracts us.
As humans, we are masters of association. When we are surrounded by clutter, that clutter holds specific memories. By having clutter around us, everything poses a risk of distracting us and making the possibility of a down day even more real.
When you are surrounded by less stuff, the amount of distractions around us is depleted exponentially. If you are surrounded by a lot of random items, it is very easy to get distracted.
When there is nothing, we are blessed with the freedom to focus on what is important. With this newfound ability to focus, the clutter in your mind starts to disappear.
Create An Escape
If there is one thing that we all need, it’s some form of escape. While our home is where we escape from the outside world, we sometimes need an escape from the world inside our homes.
Creating a separate space that is only for you could be the answer to all of your problems. The one problem that can exist within the home, especially if you have a larger family, is that the house is a communal space.
Creating a space for you can do wonders for your attitude and well-being. We all need to escape sometimes, but the demands of life can get in the way of this. Having a room or space to escape to where you can undertake a hobby, listen to some music or even meditate, can make a huge difference to your life.
If, like some people you struggle for space and the use of an internal room isn’t an option, why not look at adapting your outdoor area. The addition of a large shed in the back garden can be a cheap and fabulous way to create yourself a private space.
Rearrange
One of the most simple things you can do to make changes to your home and well-being is to rearrange. Moving furniture around the home can make enormous differences.
By only moving the couch and a table around, you will be surprised by the difference you feel. The idea behind the move is simple, it gives the mind the illusion of a change, the brain loves to see something fresh, so moving a few things around can work wonders.
Try making some of these changes and see how they improve your life.
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