No Place Like Home-Creating stress busting ambiances

• 21 November 2018
• 4 Min Read
• By Jaipur Rugs

Imagine if you come back home from an exhausting day to a dull, torpid home with staleness lurking in the atmosphere? It will just dampen your spirits and make you indolent…

Imagine if you come back home from an exhausting day to a dull, sluggish home with staleness lurking in the atmosphere. It will just dampen your spirits and make you indolent. While stress cannot be destroyed, it can be combated well with inner grit and some external factors. It’s scientifically proven that your environment directly impacts your stress levels. We are driven by our five senses- touch, taste, smell, sight, and sound. Therefore, our mind perceives the world around us through our five senses and signals the body to produce hormones in accordance. Ambiances play a great role in nourishing our senses.
 

Outdoor spaces:

Creating a de-stressing space for yourself can be a great healer when you need that “me time.” Ingenious decors can facelift outdoor spaces which can become your run-to-place for a nice quiet time. Balconies, patios, and verandas are being spruced up these days for mind-off moments. If you want an instant facelift for your floors, spread rugs that are durable and uniquely hued like dhurries or something in natural to revive your senses. Add suitable furniture like coffee tables, hammocks, or traditional jhoolas, depending on what comforts you, and enjoy your time there with a book and a cup of coffee.
 

Floor:-

The floors of a home create an instant impact on a visitor. Whether designer or subtle, floors can almost instantly boost or denigrate a house's energy. Again, constructional aspects may not be in your control when choosing a floor for your home. But there are ways to create floor looks to help you cope with stress with a “Home sweet home” feeling. One of the ways is choosing the right rug to liven up a place. We all have our “go-to” places when we do not feel up to anything. It could be your bedroom, lounge, reading room, or just a corner of a big room. You could create such a place with your choice of rug. While the effect of colors varies from person to person, earthen shades are best known to cast a healing spell on people. You could choose a classic Aurora wool and silk rug in beige and brown or a floral pattern in aqua to set the mood right. Jaipur Rugs has an extensive collection in mild colors as a part of the modern collection. Flat, quirky weaves best highlight a segment in the room. And it is quite possible that one rug will make it your favorite part of the room. For example, a velvet red or a traditional kilim with a modern twist in tobacco.
 

As mentioned earlier color perception is very subjective, and some people prefer deeper or brighter shades to derive warmth in stressful situations. Sometimes, sober can translate into somber and mild tones and may not always help with stress. Hence, looking at bright shades can perk up not just a house but spirits. Not just colors but texture also plays an important role in lightening up minds and relieving stress. Shag rugs can be the ideal choice to pamper your sense of touch. A quick warm shower, a cup of coffee, and a soft rug beneath your feet beat a tiring, irritating day.

Walls:

Walls are connections between ceilings and floors, and sometimes, they are not just bricks and concrete but a piece of art in themselves. Quirk them up, and it can help you feel the Chi of a home. But there are certain specific wall decors that can help in calming your nerves.

One of the most common and effective ways is to dedicate larger wall areas to photographs of your loved ones or your best moments. One look at this, and you will get your mojo back.
 

If your walls need a longer repair treatment like painting and there is still some time for the right season to approach, you can use decals, paintings, and wall hangings to do the patchwork. Remember, you need to see only pleasant things when stressed.

Furniture:

In this segment, we wouldn’t discuss the furniture needing an entire space. However, the arrangement of furniture is very important for positive energy flow. If any piece of furniture obstructs light or air or is not in sync with the harmony of things, it must be rearranged. You would have seen small homes with everything in their place and large homes with everything scattered. So, it doesn’t matter how big your space is, but the choice and placement of furniture do.

-Sofas with thick tapestry may not work for smaller rooms.

-Glass top tables give an illusion of space. Hence, they are ideal for smaller spaces.

-Mirrors are reflectors. Never place them in front of doors as they reflect out the incoming energy.

-Ensure no windows are blocked with a chest of drawers, wardrobes, or study tables.
 

As a rule of thumb, the more open your house is, the more positive energy it will attract. Placing too many artifacts and furniture pieces can give it a museum kind of look.

Your home should be the place where your mind is at peace. It is not built of emotions and energies but rather reflects them. At Jaipur Rugs, we consider the ultimate harmony a home should have and design our products that best suit most homes.

Have a stress-free day!!!