The American Society of Interior Designers says that health and wellness are the top trends in interior design, according to a report on inRegister. Your interior design reflects your unique personal tastes and the way you live your life. When you style your home right, your space will feel safe and enjoyable.
In fact, styling your home to suit your lifestyle is one of the most effective ways to overcome relocation depression. However, interior home design isn’t easy. You need to invest a considerable amount of time researching and finding inspiration to make your home inviting. If you’re looking to make your space stylish without compromising your well-being, check out these home design tips to enhance your lifestyle.
Choose Your Colors Wisely
Color is an important home styling element that affects your mood and determines how you feel in a space. The hues, tints, and shades you choose also evoke emotions. So, when picking color schemes for interior styling, opt for those that match functionality and mood. For example, you can choose blue hues to spark creativity and add a sense of calmness in your home.
Yellow is an ideal option for uplifting mood and energizing spaces, while green soothes and creates balance in your home. Naturally, finding the right color balance for interior styling is challenging. Therefore, consider sticking to either cool colors like blue hues or warm colors, such as yellows and reds.
Decorate Your Walls with Art
Adding artwork in your home decor is a sure way to boost creativity, express your style, evoke feelings, and enhance your home’s aesthetics. With this in mind, build an art collection on your walls. Depending on your preferences, you can create a gallery wall with photos, hang paintings, install ceramic wall art, add mirrors and fabric, or hire an artist to paint a mural on the wall.
Art can be a powerful, and—in its digitized form—an accessible resource, creating a cost-effective tool to promote health in everyday life [12, 13]. The health-related benefits of art have gained more and more attention in the last two decades as evidenced by the recent report of the WHO, reviewing literature from 2000 to 2019, on the role of art in improving health and wellbeing [13]. This report indicates that engaging with (e.g. arts and crafts activity) and participating in (e.g. attending cultural events) the arts—performing arts, visual arts, design, literature, cultural events, digital art—can be a useful tool for both physical and mental health through the components of aesthetic engagement, active imagination, sensory activation, cognitive and emotional content [14, 15], and in some cases social interactions, physical activity, health thematic coping, or interaction with healthcare.
Beautiful visual artworks can modulate stress levels since activity in the amygdala has been found for the perception of visual art.
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If you decide to create a picture wall, choosing the right frames is key to making your home appear elegant. There are a variety of stylish frames made of wood available to help you show off your artwork professionally. All you need to do is determine the size, colors, and shape of frames that match your style. Once you’ve picked the right picture frames, hang your artwork at an eye level to add character to your space.
Elevate Your Home with Proper Lighting
Incorporating the right lighting in your home provides a perfect balance of illumination and promotes a positive mood. To elevate the function and mood of each room, consider different lighting fixtures. This includes statement pendants for the kitchen, wall lighting fixtures in the living room, or task lighting like a table lamp in a low lit room.
You can enhance your bathroom decor with a unique bathroom chandelier or pendant, and add statement pendant lighting in your bedroom. Also, let natural light into your space. You can achieve the best results by switching heavy curtains with lightweight drapery, cleaning your windows, and adding mirrors to reflect light from the outside into your living room.
Styling your home is fun and a perfect way to boost your mood, express your personal taste, and improve your overall lifestyle. To design your home in a way that fits your lifestyle, choose a color palette that promotes function and mood. Invest in multiple lighting fixtures, like statement pendants and chandeliers, table lamps, and wall lights. Also, create a gallery wall with photos and paintings framed in stylish wooden frames.