Interior design experts reveal top tips that can benefit your health from your home choices.
When the COVID-19 pandemic spread worldwide, the importance of good mental health and looking after your physical well-being became top priorities.
Interior design experts from Hovia.com have researched and recommended top tips on how to arrange your home up to gain more health benefits.
Let in Natural Sunlight. In your home or office, turn off those fluorescent and bring in more natural sunlight. Dako Windows researched that the exposure to natural light helps our bodies produce Vitamin D, positively effects circadian rhythms, sleeping patterns, motivation and has proven to improve our mood and happiness.
Add Nature Elements to your interior design. The plant wallpaper can really add some great benefits to your indoor space. The University of Exeter have researched by bringing plant elements into your daily life can massively boost your wellbeing by 47%, creativity by 45% and productivity by 38%.
Decorate your home or office space with plants or building a plant shelf, other ways to directly involve plants is featuring fresh flowers in a vase. To add nature elements, you can invest in natural furniture or add a nature wallpaper feature wall.
Enjoy the view in your home. According to Chromogenics, it has proven to have positive health effects such as being more creative, energized, and productive. You can design your space with a view by creating one with a photographic or nature inspired art prints or choosing a picturesque landscape wallpaper, it’s great to add in hanging plants around your window, which also brings the benefits of bringing in nature indoors.
Sleep in darkness to get a better sleeping pattern and relaxation. UDesign stated that in the UK a staggering 70% of us sleep less than 7 hours per night, which is an important statistic as half an hour less sleep than needed can be detrimental to your health as it has a cumulative effect.
Sleep Foundation have researched that sleeping in darkness can help stimulate the production of melatonin which is a hormone that helps you fall asleep quicker. There are many benefits to a good sleep overall such as being more motivated, alert and boosted immunity.
One of the best tips to getting a good night’s sleep is investing in blackout blinds, shutters or curtains to create the darkest bedroom possible.
Picking a wallpaper or paint colour that is a cool or neutral color like blues, greens and greys can reduce your heart rate, lower your blood pressure and slow down your breathing rate.
To create a more relaxing environment to encourage sleep, use diffusers or essential oils to fill your bedroom with smells like lavender. In the summer months use a quiet fan or wool duvet to prevent overheating at night.
Experience a Creative Corner. Updating an unused corner, to create a new space for yourself is an easy and satisfying way update your room and unwind. For example, using this space for a yoga or meditation area can manage your stress, reduce negative emotions, increase creativity, and also motivate you to adapt a daily habit.
You can design a new environment through different decorations and can separate the room by trying a new calming wallpaper or paint color. You can also invest in a room separator to give the corner a new space to relax. Keeping the space tidy and clutter free will keep you less stressed and more productive. Incorporate mood lighting is a great way to create a relaxing atmosphere.
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