Boost Your Family’s Emotional Health with Right Home Interior & Decoration

Over the time psychological studies have proved that the way you decorate your home can impact your and your family’s emotional and psychological well-being. So from a human psychological point, what is an ideal way to decorate your house?

Talking on this matter today, Delhi’s eminent psychologist Shivani Misri Sadhoo shares important home décor tips to boost emotional health at home.

1. First bring nature inside

Indoor plants are neither expensive nor they need extensive maintenance, but they can save your family from the poisonous air (pollution) as well as they can reduce stress, improve your mood and increase productivity levels of children.

2. Encourage sunlight at home

We are at our energetic and happiest best when we are in a light, airy and naturally lit space. One study in 2014 found that people who had windows in their home, get more sleep (on average, 46 minutes more a night!), and have a greater sense of overall well-being than those whose houses that have no windows. Researchers suggest that exposure to natural light helps our bodies stick to their natural circadian rhythms so that they know when to feel alert and energetic and when to feel sleepy.

Also, sun rays bring vital vitamin D to the body which is essential for body and mind. Hence make the most use of the natural sunlight in your rooms, make your windows big and broad, add mirrors on your walls, glass top tables, colour your rooms with bright light colours – so that light gets the maximum reflection.

3. Remember natural light can reduce symptoms of depression

Natural light may even help reduce symptoms of depression. In one 2013 study, researchers found that, for people with both vitamin D deficiencies and depression, seven weeks of increased sunlight exposure, helped alleviate depressive symptoms.  Researchers found that natural light is significantly more effective in treating depression than anti-depressants alone. Of course, light alone can’t cure depression—but researchers believe natural light may be a useful tool in alleviating its symptoms.

4. Choose colours smartly

The combination of colours has a huge impact on how you feel, but this varies from person to person. To some, red can feel loud and angry, but to other’s, it feels warm and comforting. Get clued up on what colours bring out your most peaceful and happiest self by taking note of how colours in different spaces you spend time in making you feel. Notice at the gym, your best friends house, or in a local cafe what colours you feel good around and what brings out stress.

Once you know what works for you, amp up those colours in your bedroom and living room. Add the following in tonal variations of your calming colours for quick and easy transformations:

·        Blankets and cushions artfully slung over the sofa
·         a large rug
·         a new set of bed linen
·         a framed image of a landscape that is made up of the calming colours

5. Up your scented candle game

Smell has been proven to be the most memory triggering sense, significantly more than taste and touch, so let’s use this to our advantage. Hence try to burn a scented candle or essential oil diffuser regularly, your scent of choice will cement in your memory. Essential oil smell is associated with relaxation, safety and all the good feelings you're creating at home. So the more you burn it, the more good feelings you'll create from the fragrance.