Making Your Home Comfortable
Make your apartment just as comfy to be in as it is to look at by adding soft, natural fabrics to furniture. Use cushions that aren’t too firm, with more give. As you add décor, choose a variety of textures to add depth to the space. In addition, make sure to clean your apartment thoroughly when you move in and then keep it that way. Dirty and messy spaces can ruin a world of good decorative choices.
Scent is an often-ignored, but very important, part of creating a comforting atmosphere. Scent is the sense most closely associated with memory, so try to surround yourself with smells that remind you of things that make you happy. Grandma’s apple pie? Fresh sea breezes? Coconuts and pineapples? Shy away from chemical-based artificial air fresheners and instead choose potpourri and natural candles. These not only give your apartment a homey, lived-in scent but also look very attractive.
Just as scent is often ignored, sound is rarely a decorating priority. However, a beautifully arranged space that is loud and disruptive is not going to feel much like home. Calm down loud sounds with a water fountain table display as a centerpiece. You can also play a recording of nature sounds or hang a wind chime outside your window. To maintain your serenity, refrain from turning the volume up too loud on electronic devices and keep your alarm clock on a low volume or a set to a radio station with calming music.
Live in Harmony
One of the quickest ways to spoil your home environment is to invite the outside world into it. Bringing work home, making business-related calls and paying bills in the kitchen all disrupt the purpose of your home. Make your home a relaxing sanctuary by leaving business outside whenever possible. If this can’t happen, or you work from home, create a space in which to handle all work related tasks and don’t let it seep over into other areas of your home. Your mind creates associations with various places so if you get used to working on your laptop while lying on your bed, you will begin to associate your bedroom with work. Confine activities to the room in which they were intended—eating should only happen in the kitchen. Your job or school commitments are only one aspect of your life; when you intertwine it into your home and especially your bedroom, you can throw your life off balance. If you start these habits now, your apartment will quickly become your quiet sanctuary in the middle of a noisy world.
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