Home: A Matter of Styles, Colors and Care
The importance of interior design can’t be overestimated. As a matter of fact, the smallest elements can make a place feel depressingly awkward or turn it into the most incredible environment, where you can finally feel at home. Plus, it is quite important not to forget that “home”, as claimed by some of the most authoritative scholars, is not simply a reality that materializes as soon as you own a house. Home, in fact, is something you have to build, both emotionally and materially. It is the place where you are allowed to feel safe and comfortable, where you take care of yourself and of those you love the most. And how do you build a home? Precisely through the choices you make as soon as you enter the realm of interior design.
Style
The first thing you need to do, in order to build your home, is to ask yourself: “what makes me feel comfortable?” In other words, what do you like to do when you are tired or bored when the world outside is filling your lungs with particles of stress, when you need to feel at home? Once you figure out what makes you relax, follow the path of your personal style and remember: you make your own rules. If tidiness is the key element in your comfort zone, organize your home around it: make sure the place feels open and spacious, get rid of everything you don’t need and focus on simplicity.
But if you need warmth to feel at home, forget about modernity and tidiness, and choose a post-structural approach: combine styles and artifacts that mirror who you are and use the light sources carefully.
Colors
Also, if you want to fully appreciate the potentiality of your home spaces, remember to play carefully with the colors you pick for the walls. In fact, colors can help you modify the perceived temperature of a room, making a place feel cooler or warmer. They can energize or illuminate an entire house. They can even enhance feelings of well-being. If you are interested in knowing more about it, you can explore the many academic articles that focus on the psychological effects of colors. You will discover, for instance, that white means purity and light, that the coolness of blue helps you concentrate and that yellow is stimulating while green is relaxing.
Care
Interior design means also taking care of the house you are transforming into your home. As a matter of fact, home and care belong together. This is true if you think about taking care of the people who live with you and of yourself. But it also true when it comes down to protecting your house from pests, mold, etc. For instance, if you are dealing with water leaks or any other sort of water damage, call the right people to help you deal with this issue. Take care of your house and you’ll feel home in it.
