Between drinking more water, making it to yoga twice a week and prioritizing your full eight hours of real-deal sleep, you've been doing a great job with this year's self-care push. As for your home? Things could be better. Here are nine little ways to optimize your space for ultimate relaxation.
9 Easy Ways to Sneak a Little Extra Self-Care into Your Home Decor
1. Decorate With Mood-boosting Plants
Like potted lavender, peace lilies or a fiddle leaf fig—all of which provide a visual pick-me-up, cleanse the air and have scientific properties proven tolift our spirits.
2. Use Fragrant Candles As Centerpieces
A signature home scent takes any self-care centered room to cozier heights. But instead of tucking candles away only to pull them out for use, choose one in a scent that inspires you to light it regularly and make it a statement piece right in the middle of your coffee table. We love theGlade 3-Wick Candlein Blue Odyssey for a refreshing, watery scent that fills the room with violet and and sparkling citrus every time you light it.
4. Introduce Sage Smudging
Sage smudging (i.e., burning small bundles of the herb) has been used for centuries as a way to clear bad energy from a home and restore its balance. Plus, they're wonderfully fragrant and look pretty (while yes, sure—a little New Agey) displayed in a bowl.
6. Utilize Light Therapy
Do you wake up before the sun rises? Do you work in a poorly lit office? "Happy lights" mimic natural spectrum daylight and can promote alertness and happiness in any season.
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