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How decoration affects your mood
Decoration and psychology
The colors, the lighting and the order are the three fundamental factors of stay so that it makes us feel calm
There are thousands of factors that can affect our mood. Work, our personal relationships, bad news … everything around us affects how we feel and process our feelings. But, beyond the clearest factors, our physical environment can also improve, or deteriorate, our mood.
What our house is like, what colors it has, how the furniture is arranged or how neat it is are important factors for our emotional well-being. “Inside of decor, what else influences our mood they are: lighting, colors and order, ”says José R. García, Dimensi-on’s interior architect.
Regarding lighting, the professional explains that if are selected correctly
lighting colors, and a cold or warm light is not placed where it does not apply, “we will be able to considerably promote creativity, generate optimism and even create two spaces in one”.
Color and order
If we talk about colors, comment that we must use colors that breathe calm and release restlessness, “Like pastel colors, cotton, cloud, or broken whites.” He recommends not opting for extreme colors, “since we can create stressful and depressing rooms, generating a certain nervousness.”
With order, José R. García comments that it is not only important to maintain it in a normal way, but that when it comes to furnishing the house, it must have a comfortable arrangement and avoid creating ‘obstacles’ with the organization itself.
The perfect workspace
If we work from home, it is essential to acclimatize an area of this to be able to use it for work. “If organization reigns, we will achieve greater concentration, creativity, focus and we will even feel comfortable working, avoiding distractions and inconveniences,” says José R. García, Dimensi-on interior architect. In this case, light is also very important. The ideal is to get natural light, preventing it from coming from behind. If we do not have it, the professional’s recommendation is to choose an artificial light that should not produce reflections or shadows. Finally, he explains that we should have adequate furniture to work. “In this time of pandemic, people have adapted any space in the house for their work area, using dining tables and chairs as offices, creating muscle injuries,” he warns.
One of the rooms in which it is most important to take care of these elements to take care of our mood is the bedroom. The interior architect’s recommendations are as follows: first of all, recommends having the head of the bed facing north, because “many studies show that it improves the quality of sleep.” Then he advises to choose a good mattress and pillow that adapt to the tastes and comfort of the consumer. Also, it recommends having natural light in the bedroom. “If we get up and see rays of sunlight coming through the window, they will stimulate the production of serotonin and endorphins, and help our heart rate,” he explains.
Plants to improve a room
Plants are another decorative element that can have a positive impact on our mood. «Plants at home are beneficial for health, since they generate oxygen during the day and absorb polluting gases, improving and purifying the air we breathe. They regulate humidity and create a clean environment “, says José R. García, who also adds that they are ideal elements to fill in corners, give them life and introduce nature into our home.
Finally, the interior architect warns that an excess of decoration is synonymous with stress, so we must forget the overloaded spaces, both furniture and decorative elements. “The brain faces many stimuli and ends up collapsing, producing that overwhelm,” he explains.
His recommendation is to have a perfect harmony between space and decorative elements, not overloading the rooms and letting the space flow. “Also, the good choice of furniture will help us and not put oversized furniture, since, in that case, we will create a feeling of chaos and overwhelm, due to the dwarfing of the room,” he concludes.