Your immediate living environment is crucial for your total well being. It mirrors your state of mind and influences the same. Stores are decorated on the basis of studies on its effect on the human spirit. We have only limited influence on our conscious behavior, 95% of our behaviors are unconscious and are a response to what is happening around us. Shops use this knowledge to influence your shopping behaviour. You can do the same with your house; let it affect your mind and that of others so that the desired behavior gets priority, even unconsciously.
Do you relax if you're in your living room? ----It is important to have a place where you can just sit back and relax. Spent a lot of time finding a comfortable chair or sofa. A room has many unconscious impulses, such as paintings, colors, lots of furniture, books.
Assess what you first see when you enter the room and when you are sitting at your work desk; scientific research indicates that this gives an immediate impulse to act upon (so if you see a bookcase, your unconscious impulse is that you want to read). Colors that bring peace are green, blue, light colours and neutral colours (beige, brown, grey, taupe). Scents can also relax your mind, for example through incense, lavender from the garden, or fragrant flowers.
Can you find the things you need quickly? ----A well-thought-out storage system is half the battle. If everything has a place of its own, it is quickly cleaned up.
Is your home easy to clean? --- When you have many small things it is difficult to keep the room free of dust. Candles, cigarettes/cigars and fireplace give off a lot of soot. Carpets keep a lot of (almost invisible) dust, sand and hair fixed. The same goes for wicker floors and floors with crevices.
Are you proud of your home and your décor? -----No one can tell whether your décor or furniture was expensive or cheap. A closet bought at a cheap discounter often hardly differs from that of an expensive designer closet. Also on second-hand websites you can find much (design) furniture, which with a small makeover would look perfect again.
Do you have living things around you, like plants, animals, flowers? ----You feel more vital if you surround yourself with living things. For one person a bunch of flowers is already dead by cutting them off ,for the other a flower bulb gives a deathly sphere. Look what you associate with life and vitality. Certain plants are even purgative for the air in a room. Especially fragrant plants or flowers do wonders for your mood, provided of course that you like the smell.
Do you feel that your home reflects your character well? ----Many people immediately throw a glance at your bookshelf and on your pictures. Does this paints the picture of yourself that you want to give?
Is your kitchen a place where you like to prepare food? ----All in all you are in your kitchen longer each day than you might think at first glance (preparing breakfast, lunch, dinner). When decorating the kitchen always keep the goalclearly in mind, so that your kitchen is practical, comfortable and pleasant. That is more important than how it looks. It is also nice if the place where you eat is not too far away from the place where you're preparing the meals and where the dishes are washed.
Do you have your own place in your home where no one bothers you? ----
A private place does a lot for your overall sense of safety and comfort. This can be a corner in the room (with for example a lockable suitcase with your own stuff) or a locked toilet or bathroom.
Is your bedroom relaxing? -----Sleeping comfort is very important. After all, you sleep at least 7 hours per day and your whole body should rest and recharge. In the bedroom you best have only a bed and a wardrobe, to prevent unconsious impulses. Things under the bed is also undesirable, because this disturbs the air circulation in the room. Regularly airing the room (open windows) and a purifying plant next to your bed do miracles. Also preferably no charging phone right next to you.
Do you feel refreshed after taking a shower? -----A shower room is bright and spacious. Ventilation is very important. The smell of your bath and shower stuff has much influence on your mood.
Do you relax if you're in your living room? ----It is important to have a place where you can just sit back and relax. Spent a lot of time finding a comfortable chair or sofa. A room has many unconscious impulses, such as paintings, colors, lots of furniture, books.
Assess what you first see when you enter the room and when you are sitting at your work desk; scientific research indicates that this gives an immediate impulse to act upon (so if you see a bookcase, your unconscious impulse is that you want to read). Colors that bring peace are green, blue, light colours and neutral colours (beige, brown, grey, taupe). Scents can also relax your mind, for example through incense, lavender from the garden, or fragrant flowers.
Can you find the things you need quickly? ----A well-thought-out storage system is half the battle. If everything has a place of its own, it is quickly cleaned up.
Is your home easy to clean? --- When you have many small things it is difficult to keep the room free of dust. Candles, cigarettes/cigars and fireplace give off a lot of soot. Carpets keep a lot of (almost invisible) dust, sand and hair fixed. The same goes for wicker floors and floors with crevices.
Are you proud of your home and your décor? -----No one can tell whether your décor or furniture was expensive or cheap. A closet bought at a cheap discounter often hardly differs from that of an expensive designer closet. Also on second-hand websites you can find much (design) furniture, which with a small makeover would look perfect again.
Do you have living things around you, like plants, animals, flowers? ----You feel more vital if you surround yourself with living things. For one person a bunch of flowers is already dead by cutting them off ,for the other a flower bulb gives a deathly sphere. Look what you associate with life and vitality. Certain plants are even purgative for the air in a room. Especially fragrant plants or flowers do wonders for your mood, provided of course that you like the smell.
Do you feel that your home reflects your character well? ----Many people immediately throw a glance at your bookshelf and on your pictures. Does this paints the picture of yourself that you want to give?
Is your kitchen a place where you like to prepare food? ----All in all you are in your kitchen longer each day than you might think at first glance (preparing breakfast, lunch, dinner). When decorating the kitchen always keep the goalclearly in mind, so that your kitchen is practical, comfortable and pleasant. That is more important than how it looks. It is also nice if the place where you eat is not too far away from the place where you're preparing the meals and where the dishes are washed.
Do you have your own place in your home where no one bothers you? ----
A private place does a lot for your overall sense of safety and comfort. This can be a corner in the room (with for example a lockable suitcase with your own stuff) or a locked toilet or bathroom.
Is your bedroom relaxing? -----Sleeping comfort is very important. After all, you sleep at least 7 hours per day and your whole body should rest and recharge. In the bedroom you best have only a bed and a wardrobe, to prevent unconsious impulses. Things under the bed is also undesirable, because this disturbs the air circulation in the room. Regularly airing the room (open windows) and a purifying plant next to your bed do miracles. Also preferably no charging phone right next to you.
Do you feel refreshed after taking a shower? -----A shower room is bright and spacious. Ventilation is very important. The smell of your bath and shower stuff has much influence on your mood.