How to decorate your home to enhance your motivation and emotional stability

When we get home after a stressful day at work, we like to enter a quiet and peaceful place and to enjoy and rest without any anxiety. In case your home is messed up and full of clutter, with poor lighting and a lot of dirty clothes lying everywhere, then you probably won't feel you're in a warm and relaxing place and your rest will be compromised. Our personal space is like a base where we recover to, later on, be fully prepared to go out and deal with everyday challenges. If your personal space is not comforting, then you might have problems in your everyday life. Let's see what we can do in our home to enhance our motivation and emotional stability.

Bring more light into your room

Sunlight can cheer you up, boost the vitamin D in your body and generally enhance the good mood which is a powerful tool against depression. Move those curtains and let the sunshine drench your room. If you have a terrace, even better, spend some morning drinking coffee or tea there instead of in the kitchen. According to one study from 2002, people who enjoyed more sunlight were more productive in sales. If we apply this to other jobs as well, it turns out that more natural light not only increases good mood but also your working capacities. It would be good if the employers used this advantage in the offices where their employees worked. Artificial light doesn't bring the same effect and lacks vitality. The same goes for the light that comes from different devices we use daily, such as blue light that comes from our phones and computer monitors. These are to be avoided whenever possible, especially directly before going to sleep.

Make your home look more spacious

The small room that looks like a prison cell can cheer anyone up. If you feel stuck in a dark and crowded small space, your spirit might not be in the best condition. Clean and open spaces are the best for making you feel great. Don't worry if your apartment is small, there are still tricks to make your place look bigger. Other than good lighting and bright colors, your apartment can look bigger if you simply declutter everything, whether it is junk or a bunch of clothes. Piles of mess will most certainly reduce the space. Mirrors are excellent to create an optical illusion of spaciousness. You can put mirrors in your hallway, closet, or any other strategically appropriate space to make this effect. Don't exaggerate though, it still should be subtle. Your room layout can sometimes be wrong without you being aware of that. If you feel that something's not right, think about other possibilities to position your furniture and have a different layout. In case you have too much stuff, try multipurpose furniture that can be useful, practical, and in some cases decorative.

Bring nature into your home

Too sterile and shallow apartments won't give the impression that you're in some warm and cozy spot where you can relax. To make your apartment look lively it is recommendable to add some greenery or flowers and nurture them. Concentration and memory can be significantly improved by spending time in nature. This is especially important if you work from home because you will have to spend more time indoors than you would normally do. Plants are useful other than looking nice. They can filter air, reduce allergens and regulate the humidity in the room. If you want to add some more color, you can have flowering plants that will look more vivid. They will certainly boost the positive emotions in the place. Any imitation of nature can bring calm into your home, so wooden furniture or faux fur rugs can be a nice addition as well. Pay attention to details and some dried flower bouquets on your table or shelf. It is easy to maintain and it will have a great aesthetic impact.

Colors for your home decoration

Talking about light and greenery, it is important to add the impact of color on our mood in general. We must add that this can be completely subjective and that if someone enjoys the dark colors or finds a bright red color soothing, then go for it. However, it has been proved that the saturation of the color along with its shade and brightness can make a space look more luminous, warm, or professional depending on the effect you want to make. Colors that bring warmness are considered to be light and saturated, like yellowish tones including beige, etc. Those who have purely reflexing effects are less saturated, like white, blush pink, blue and green shades, or grey. Deeply saturated colors like bright red, orange, or emerald green are considered intense. They can be good for one statement wall but they are generally not used for the entire room or apartment.

How to use art in your home?

Art has a positive effect on our mood. However, there are types of art that can cause the opposite effect. Be careful what you use in your home. When it comes to art, there are pretty much the same criteria as to when it comes to colors. It will depend on your taste but also have in mind some universal rules. Whether we are talking about the paintings, pottery for your flowers, or sculptures you might bring into your home, don't forget to make everything go along well aesthetically and to make harmonious visual effects in your home.
Our subconscious mind is used to noticing stuff we are not aware of most of the time. Things that surround us can affect our mood significantly. Patterns, colors, nature, lighting, all that together affect us greatly and we should make our surroundings pleasant and soothing to make it all work the way it should be. The human mind appreciates beauty and beauty is in nature and harmony, so take this into account when redecorating your home.