Finding your Happy Inside the Home
Home is where wellness is. Wellness is where happiness is. We want our home to be a place of happiness, serenity, and peace; an oasis for us to just relax with our thoughts without a care in the world. Below are a few ways to improve happiness at home.
Tip 1 - Display items that bring back happy memories.
Create gallery walls and display memorable objects that have meaning. This will help stretch out the happiness cycle of your experiences. Each time that you catch a glimpse of those special photos of your family at Disney, or that African mask you picked up on your honeymoon, you’ll get a little jolt of happiness from the memory of those happy times. (design by sochichomedesigns.com)
Tip 2 - Spend money on things that cultivate family experiences at home.
Create positive family experiences at home. Turn your family room or basement into a space for relaxation and entertainment. Here are three examples of things you can do:
Try a stylish, functional ping-pong table for the family room so your kids will gather for ping-pong tournaments. $5200, highfashionhome.com
Snag a few board games and institute family game night once a week. Monopoly, $130/ Oversized Wall Connect Four, $800, frontgate.com
Invest in a comfortable sofa, along with an entire DVD collection of your favorite movie sagas and gather the family together for movie marathons with popcorn. Lounge II Sectional Sofa Collection $4300, crateandbarrel.com
Tip 3 - Add decor to your space that reinforces health and wellness. There’s a certain level of exhilaration that you experience when it comes to decking out your home decor - including some seriously swoon-worthy wellness buys. Here’s a quick list of some of our favs.
Agate Bookends & Coasters - Agate is known to help in strengthening relationships. Having these gems around in the home may help remove emotional disharmony while also helping you focus on positive outcomes, and become more connected. Agate bookend set, $50, westelm.com / Grey agate coaster set of 4, $50, cb2.com
Himalayan Salt Lamps. Not only are these seriously pretty, but they also reputedly have crystal-like good-vibe properties. Salt lamps release negative ions that can help purify the air in your home from pollutants, including “electronic pollutants'' that come from phone chargers, laptops, alarm clocks, and televisions. Salt Lamp, $34 urbanoutfitters.com
Elixir Crystal Water Bottle The semi-precious stones inside this glass water bottle boost filtered water’s alkalinity, which can improve your immunity. The gems, ranging from amethyst, rose quartz, and clear quartz are known to soothe your mind and promote healthier-looking skin. Water Bottle $80, freepeople.com
Wood Candle Holder -Dress up your candles with a set of chic holders. Using natural elements plays a huge part in creating nature-inspired hygge #feels. Candleholders, $110 amazon.com
These are just a few simple ways to stay positive, happy, and well in the comfort of your home.
Hope G. Pace is the Owner and Interior Style Designer of So Chic Home Design & Staging, a full-service boutique firm offering interior decorating, redesign, and real estate staging services. Located in Indianapolis, Ind., So Chic’s thoughtful aesthetic for interiors offers high style design solutions that are expertly curated with personality and functionality. (www.sochichomedesigns.com)
