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These Decor Changes Will Bring Style & Zen Into Your Home
Here are 8 insights to create a Zen space to aid your quest for style and clarity
It is not difficult to conjure up images of a wellness centre or a retreat ensconced in a quiet forest when you hear the word serenity. The Zen of life, however, is ubiquitous. It transcends the art of just being still and extends its doctrines of simplicity to design and architecture, too. And your home should most definitely be a space where you relax, rejuvenate and find repose. Be inspired by these simple, doable ideas to build an oasis in your home that’ll help you drift away from the everyday hustle and bustle, bring the stress levels down a notch and soothe the senses.
2. Add to the experience with chromatherapy
If your objective is complete composure, choose all-white interiors for a back-to-basics space. The achromatic colour has the power to induce tranquility. If it seems too sterile, you can include other earthy, neutral shades like beige, tan, grey, subdued greens and rose quartz. This room combines contemporary charm with such light hues – the effect is pure equanimity.
If your objective is complete composure, choose all-white interiors for a back-to-basics space. The achromatic colour has the power to induce tranquility. If it seems too sterile, you can include other earthy, neutral shades like beige, tan, grey, subdued greens and rose quartz. This room combines contemporary charm with such light hues – the effect is pure equanimity.
3. Choose raw, natural textures
Consider bringing chromatic and textural harmony between various elements on the walls, furniture, floors and furnishings.
Create a monastery-like ambience with raw surfaces or distressed furniture made of recycled wood. A natural wood coffee table, figurines and earthy fabrics in this New Delhi living room appear to promote peace and offer immediate respite from everyday chaos.
Consider bringing chromatic and textural harmony between various elements on the walls, furniture, floors and furnishings.
Create a monastery-like ambience with raw surfaces or distressed furniture made of recycled wood. A natural wood coffee table, figurines and earthy fabrics in this New Delhi living room appear to promote peace and offer immediate respite from everyday chaos.
4. Introduce soothing sounds and scents
A brilliant way to infuse a meditative quality to your space is by bringing in soothing sounds. And the sound of flowing water is as soothing as they come. The indoor water fountain in this Mumbai-based home designed by Ariyona Interior promises to create a spa-like vibe in the house. Another great yet simple way to invigorate the senses is with natural scents. Enhance your setting with homemade linen spray, scented candles, diffusers or Himalayan salt lamps.
Here are tricks to keep your home smelling fresh
A brilliant way to infuse a meditative quality to your space is by bringing in soothing sounds. And the sound of flowing water is as soothing as they come. The indoor water fountain in this Mumbai-based home designed by Ariyona Interior promises to create a spa-like vibe in the house. Another great yet simple way to invigorate the senses is with natural scents. Enhance your setting with homemade linen spray, scented candles, diffusers or Himalayan salt lamps.
Here are tricks to keep your home smelling fresh
5. Set up space to reflect
Yearning for some ‘me’ time? If you’re lucky to be able to earmark a room for meditation or for simply reading a book while keeping the world at bay, we suggest go for it. If that’s not an option, simply pick a small space that receives ample natural light and houses minimum furniture, creating a setting that doesn’t stress the senses.
It would be hard not to relax in this room fashioned by FusionStudio. The neutral walls are modest yet uplifting; hopefully, it will help apply that to our bodies and minds.
Yearning for some ‘me’ time? If you’re lucky to be able to earmark a room for meditation or for simply reading a book while keeping the world at bay, we suggest go for it. If that’s not an option, simply pick a small space that receives ample natural light and houses minimum furniture, creating a setting that doesn’t stress the senses.
It would be hard not to relax in this room fashioned by FusionStudio. The neutral walls are modest yet uplifting; hopefully, it will help apply that to our bodies and minds.
6. Invest in a recliner
Get your hands on an ergonomic, sculptural and stylish recliner, perhaps like this one in the space by Studio An-V-Thot Architects. Here, the orange recliner looks uber cool in a subtle mid-century setting, while being a centre for calm, shielded from any distractions that might surround it.
Get your hands on an ergonomic, sculptural and stylish recliner, perhaps like this one in the space by Studio An-V-Thot Architects. Here, the orange recliner looks uber cool in a subtle mid-century setting, while being a centre for calm, shielded from any distractions that might surround it.
7. Use your green thumb
Plants literally clean the air and add a sense of calm, whether outdoors or indoors. Bring a little piece of the outdoors inside by adding planters for a healthy habitat. Bonsai trees, herbs, terrariums and succulents make good choices for introducing greens. If you’d like to be adventurous, a vertical garden is your answer, as seen in this balcony alcove by KNS Architects.
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Plants literally clean the air and add a sense of calm, whether outdoors or indoors. Bring a little piece of the outdoors inside by adding planters for a healthy habitat. Bonsai trees, herbs, terrariums and succulents make good choices for introducing greens. If you’d like to be adventurous, a vertical garden is your answer, as seen in this balcony alcove by KNS Architects.
Browse photos of more gorgeous vertical gardens
8. Choose artworks that make you feel peaceful
Whether you wish to invest in a three-dimensional Buddha sculpture that reminds you to be mindful or get drawn to floral, vibrant paintings like Waterlilies by Monet, works of art will bring creative and positive energy into your room. However, don’t feel obliged to spend on a multi-hued, expensive splash on your wall; opt for prints, stencil art or even a framed piece of fabric – anything that reinforces an affirmative, positive sense of well-being in you.
Read more:
How to Turn Your Home Into a Zen-Inspired Space
Tell us:
Have you created a Zen-like environment at home? How? Share your ideas in Comments below.
Whether you wish to invest in a three-dimensional Buddha sculpture that reminds you to be mindful or get drawn to floral, vibrant paintings like Waterlilies by Monet, works of art will bring creative and positive energy into your room. However, don’t feel obliged to spend on a multi-hued, expensive splash on your wall; opt for prints, stencil art or even a framed piece of fabric – anything that reinforces an affirmative, positive sense of well-being in you.
Read more:
How to Turn Your Home Into a Zen-Inspired Space
Tell us:
Have you created a Zen-like environment at home? How? Share your ideas in Comments below.
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Coming back home should always make you sigh with relief, with its soothing environment instantly injecting a welcoming, feeling the moment you set foot inside.
Decluttering and restrained ornamentation can do that. As in this space by Praxis, you can commence by offloading things you don’t need and make space only for what’s necessary and things that spark joy.