Tips on how to
Freshen up Your Living Room
While staying at home
2021/30/1
1. Update Your Pillows and Throws
The simplest affordable solution to create a new look for your furniture is using pillows and throws. Decorative pillows make a room more cohesive, interesting and comfortable. Pillows have endless potential combinations which can add more colors and patterns to your room. The nice thing about pillows is they can be updated seasonally. Switching out one or two pillows can give your room a whole new look. Sofa pillows come in different sizes, shapes, colors, patterns, and trims. There are no standards or rules for decorative pillows. The number, size, color, or style of the pillow you choose depends on your lifestyle as well as the color and style of your furniture.
The length and depth of the sofa in addition to the height of the sofa back all determine the size of the pillows you need. For example, for a 72”-92” sofa, you can place two 20”-22” solid color pillow on either end, two 16”-18” patterned throw pillows in front of each, and a 12”x(20”-22”) standout lumber at the middle. For a modern sofa with a low back, consider 18”x18” pillows. For chairs, lumbers are the perfect fit. An odd number of sofa pillows creates a more inviting arrangement, but an even number of pillows can create a more traditional and symmetrical look. Mix different textures, colors and patterns. Layer up big and small patterns. Look for a hue that connects your sofa to the rest of the room like your paint, rug, or other upholsteries.
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2. Bring the Outside Inside Using Greenery
We all have busy life styles or live in different climates that might not allow us the to enjoy outdoors. Bringing outside inside is one of the keys in making you feel better and enhancing your everyday life. Indoor plants are visually beautiful but also scientifically proven to be good for your health. They freshen up the air, and eliminate harmful toxins. Studies show that houseplants can improve 87 percent of air toxin in 24 hours. Plants are inexpensive decors that go with any style and jazz up any space. Even better, when you spend a lot of time at home, plants can help with your mood, loneliness, and depression. Greenery makes us feel more relaxed and calm. Studies shows that indoor plants can improve concentration and productivity up to 15 percent.
When choosing the right plant, you should consider your house’s environment, the amount of sun or shade, maintenance requirements, and resistance to diseases and parasites. If you lack a green thumb, faux plants and flowers are another great option.
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3. Create Ambient Lighting
Living rooms are an area of the house where people spend long stretches of time and where a variety of activities take place. It is important to have appropriate living room lighting that looks great and can also accommodate all the events that take place. Lighting can completely transform a space. It affects your emotions and mood and inspires productivity and motivation. Light is the most important external factor affecting asleep. It affects the production of melatonin, an essential sleep promoting hormone. Excess artificial light exposure can throw of your sleep cycle and cause health problems. Having balanced lighting becomes more critical when you spend more time at home because spending more time at home can interrupt healthy sleep habits. To achieve a well-lit space, you need more than one source of light in a room. Layer lighting to create balance and a pleasant atmosphere. Table lamps in combination with ceiling lamps create a perfect ambiance in a room that is in harmony with the surrounding furniture.
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4. Add Candles
Candles are more than a piece of décor. Candles are great source of a soft ambient light. Candles add light without harshness of electric light. They create a peaceful ambience, a relaxing atmosphere and a sense of warmth. Psychologists say that candles have a positive effect on mental health. Burning candles can promote feelings of ease, energy, focus, and joy. Candlelight in the evening helps quiet the mind and rest the eyes.
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5. Add Essential Oils, and Diffusers
It is scientifically proven that fragrances can affect your mood. Scents stimulate our limbic system, and activate chemicals in our brain like serotonin and dopamine. Scented candles reduce stress, anxiety, and depression. Scents create specific feelings in mind and body. By choosing right scent, you can lead your mood in a different direction. For example, peppermint wakes up your mind, jasmine improves energy levels, and rosemary calms your anxiety.
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6. Bring out Your Books
We all have a stack of books that we never got to finish or we didn’t even start reading. Placing your books and magazines in your sight reminds you of your unfinished business. It simulates the desire to spend more time reading while you’re wondering around thinking how to entertain yourself. Think about the spots that are more in your sight or where you relax. Take your books out of your office and place them on your coffee table, end tables, or your media center. Work on a few at a time. Create a cozy corner in your living room. Put a small flower vase and a lamp on your end table, turn on the candles, lay on your comfy sofa pillows, cover yourself in your soft throw, and you will be in mood. It also helps you to build a worthwhile habit.
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7. Enjoy Board Games
Board games are a great way to entertain yourself while also benefiting your health. Board games benefit different age groups from kids to seniors. They are a great tool to connect different age people in the family. Studies show that board games enhance memory information, help exercise cognitive skills, and reduce stress and blood pressure. Get a small table and put it between two chairs and create a game zone. This table can be used anytime as a corner table with picture frames on it or for holiday decoration.
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8. Update the Look of Your Coffee Table
Choosing items for your coffee table depends on your life style and how you use your table. It can range from practical items to absolute decorative pieces, and anything in between. Practical items can also be selected in style. First, clean up the clutter. Use decorative boxes to organize the mess on your coffee table. Put containers with healthy snacks on a tray to encourage yourself to maintain a healthy diet. Utilize mood boosters that we talked about above like plants, flowers, books, candles, and diffusers in your coffee table decor. A stack of books, a pretty floral arrangement, decorative objects, boxes, candle holders, different size vases, and small plants are all examples of the items that can be used on a coffee table.
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9. Rearrange Your Furniture
When live in a house for a long time, people tend to leave their furniture at the same spot. Changing your furniture layout gives your room a new look. Also, you may come up with a better arrangement than you had before.
10. Switch the Décor Between Rooms
We use some rooms in the house more than others. You can always switch the décor, paintings, pillows, and other accessories between your rooms. It helps bring new colors and style into each of your rooms.
11. Turn Your Old Stuff to a New Decorative Item
We all have vases, plates, and fabrics that we haven’t used for a while. Bringing out your old stuff and mixing them we your newer items creates a new atmosphere in your house. For example, if you have nice older plates that you love but you don’t have a the whole set anymore, you can place a hanging hook in the back and hang them on your wall. Or if you have extra jars and vases, put new flowers in them and place them around your house.
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