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TO BRING WELL-BEING INTO YOUR HOME
by Kristin M. Wistar
According to the EPA, the average American
spends up to 93% of his or her time indoors.
87% is spent inside, and the other 6% in vehicles.
Especially now that the outdoors are
starting to get colder, it’s time to
embrace nature in
the spaces we
frequent most.
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IMPROVE YOUR
INDOOR AIR
QUALITY
• Open your windows as
much as possible to get fresh
air moving through your home.
• Choose materials that are green and
natural. Opt for wood, brick, ceramic,
or stone floors, wool carpets, and nonVOC paint for walls. Choose furniture
made of out wood, iron and stone and
fabrics made from cotton, linen, silk
and wool. Avoid synthetic materials as
mu ch as possible.
• Use plants that purify the air.
• Get rid of artificial air fresheners and
diffuse essential oils instead.
• Use natural cleaners that are free of
toxic chemicals.
• Use air purifiers and change your
filters in your air handlers regularly.
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MONITOR LIGHTING to create
coziness and sync with the
circadian rhythm
• Open window treatments during the
day to let in natural light. The energy of the space is cleared when the
sunlight fills it. A room left in darkness
leaves the space lifeless, as if in an
eternal nighttime.
• Add timers to lights, especially in
rooms that aren’t being used. This
allows the empty rooms to come to life
at nighttime and creates depth of field
and coziness in your home.
• Add dimmers to lights, so as the
natural light starts to fade, your
lighting follows suit. There’s
nothing worse than coming
home at night when the
lights are on full blast.
• Use the "f.lux" app for
your computers and
the night time setting
on your phone to mimic
the amber lighting of
nighttime and cancel out
the blue light that can disrupt
your circadian rhythm of sleep.
CREATE MOVEMENT AND SOUND
Have you noticed how some people keep television
on all day just to see the movement on the screen or
hear the noise in the background? Instead opt for:
• mobiles or hanging fixtures to create movement,
sound and visual interest.
• solar powered wind
chimes to add sound in the
background.
• adding an architectural
screen at the window to
capture the comforting
pattern of shadows coming
through a window as daylight passes during the day.
• play your favorite music or
nature sounds to raise the
vibration of your home.
Granite Photo by David Monniaux; license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode
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