3 Tips for Creating a Home that Instills Contentment and Peace

In the wake of Covid, our homes became our sanctuaries, our quarantines, and our havens. Our homes are our nests—the places where we now play AND work. Homes must now pull triple duty in making us feel safe from health hazards, relaxed from stresses and daily grinds, and content in our own spaces.

Each of us is different in our needs for feeling safe and comfortable, but having a home that instills peace and contentment is a universal need. Here are some tips on how intentional design can create your own sanctuary.

1. Incorporate Natural Materials

Nothing soothes us like Mother Nature. Just think of how calm you feel after a walk in a park or a hike in the woods. Intentionally bringing nature into the design of your home is the easiest way to create the same sense of serenity you feel outside. Using natural materials like real woods, fibers like wool, and genuine stone floors under foot bring in that nature inspired comfort.

2. Center Functional Design Around Wellness

A skilled designer will understand the way you function in your home in terms of your family’s daily routines, and will seamlessly integrate health and wellness into your design.

Sourcing custom materials and suggesting radiant heating underneath stone floors for maximum comfort are a couple of examples of functional design centered around wellness in your home. Functional design and designing around your own wellness are highly personal, and can merge effectively when working with a skilled designer.

3. Create a Sensory Experience

Not only are natural design and functional design important, but you must include design that appeals to your senses. Again, a great example is heated natural stone floors for your feet. There is nothing more comforting than sticking a toe out from the covers on a cold morning and stepping onto warm stone.

What colors do you see around you? Are they calming and cool in the bedroom? Are they invigorating and appetizing in the dining area? Can you smell your lilac trees from your windows in the spring? Can you hear frogs croaking in the evenings? How soft is your bedding? Is it comforting to the touch? That is all part of intentional design.

A Home Designed for Wellness

This is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of what functional design and design centered around wellness can do to create a sanctuary in your home. It doesn't happen by accident— it is carefully planned in a new build or large remodel.

Take inventory of your current space. Does it bring calmness, or are you agitated on a regular basis? If the answer to the latter is yes, then you could greatly benefit from functional and wellness design offered by a skilled designer.

If you're ready to create a wellness-inspired home that encourages relaxation, reach out to us. We can't wait to hear about your project.

Cheers,
Angie