Studies have shown that the home layout or design of a place can affect people’s moods and trigger emotions. A good home layout should evoke positive emotions and help to relieve stress.
Kristin Whalen, a renowned bath and kitchen designer, says that an inviting layout that triggers positive mood change can help in improving health and well-being.
When it comes to your home, you need to bring all the elements together to create an inviting feel. Colors, patterns, textures, each of these things play a part in how you feel in each room.
1.The Color You Choose
According to the psychology of color, picking the right color affects the tone and function of the room. You know yourself, bright colours will make you feel awake, blue can make you feel cold, so on so forth.
Therefore, you should consider the color you pick as it has the power to soothe, trigger emotions, stimulate appetite, and even inspire creativity.
Lighter colors are known to promote feelings of openness and freedom, while dark colors can make you feel trapped or enclosed.
Example of colors and their corresponding effects
Brown is linked to natural wood and firmness and can make you feel tired or low-spirited. Therefore, ensure you don’t overuse it and, where possible, add some brighter accents.
White, on the other hand, represents pureness and cleanliness. It can make a room feel larger and clean. If you have a small room or dull walls, a splash of white will brighten that up.
Black is robust, and you should use it cautiously, such as when balancing light colors and adding contrast. It can make a room feel inclosed, if you do use black you can use bright colours to add a pop of something!
Red portrays love, fire, and passionate energy or anger. It is also associated with good fortune, but you should use it minimally as it can cause blood pressure and metabolism to rise or decrease.
Pink is associated with peace, joy,femininity and love. It’s suitable for lovers as a relaxing alternative and children’s bedrooms.
Blue colors evoke a sense of openness, self-assurance, and firmness. It’s appropriate for busy areas such as the kitchen and bathroom. However, a dark blue color may portray sadness and thus avoid it.
Purple color can be used in any room as it portrays wealth, motivation, creativity, and luxury. It’s color often used for royalty.
Yellow goes well with the natural light, and it invokes joy and cheerfulness. Imagine nice bright summer days with a gorgeous yellow shade.
2. Texture, Shapes, and Patterns
Patterns, shapes, and textures in your home also alter your mood, and can you can use them to promote positive emotions. You can promote optimism and positivity by adding broad and overstated patterns.
Statement patterns are great to catch the eye of the people in the room. You can draw the eye to anything with a pattern.
Additionally, you can add soft and curvy textures in the bedroom and living room to trigger feelings of relaxation and comfort. If you need some romance, you can set the mood by using soft fabrics that have drapes.Think luxury and not cheap fabrics.
Nevertheless, ensure that you don’t use only one texture to target a certain mood, instill balance by adding a contrasting touch.
Be wary though, too many patterns and textures can be an eyesore. If you need to relax lose some of the zigzag and think more along the lines of gentle shapes.
Once you have your color scheme, textures and patterns sorted you need to think about how your furniture and ornaments work. Without stating the obvious, if you have a small room, big furniture won’t work.
Be smart and remember, less is always more!
Improve Your Mood through Your Home Layout
Ensure your home layout activates positive emotions and improves your mood by picking the relevant colors texture and patterns, as shown above.
Once you have your color scheme, textures and patterns sorted you need to think about how your furniture and ornaments work. Without stating the obvious, if you have a small room, big furniture won’t work.
Be smart and remember, less is always more!
You will be able to turn your home to a safe haven where you get to relieve all your day’s stress and bad feelings.
Author Bio; Currently working as a Marketing Executive at Design Wizard, Claire is passionate about creating amazing content and bringing people together. Having recently graduated with her masters degree in Marketing she is keen to impact the digital world. Outside of work you can catch Claire taking photos of her rescue dog Storm and checking out social media.
