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Shouldn’t you feel calm in most areas of your home? After all, no one designs their space with the intention to feel stressed 100% of the time. Unfortunately, this can sometimes happen, especially if you have an excited furry friend, children running around, and so many chores to get through it makes your head spin.

This is where having a place you can sit down and recover, if only for ten minutes, can be so helpful. Some might entitle this a “man cave” when it comes to the guy in the house, but really anyone and everyone deserves a break and a touch of solitude from time to time, and toilet trips shouldn’t be the only way that happens.

In this post, we’ll discuss how to create a small calm space in your home, how to experience that in its best rendition, and little touches you can make to ensure you focus on active rest while there. No matter if you crawl to such a space at the end of a busy day, or do it during that post-lunch energy slump, we hope this advice helps out:

An Out Of Reach Phone Place

You probably won’t need much convincing that one of the biggest sources of daily stress is that constant connection to our phones, which can make it hard to truly relax and disconnect from the world, and that’s putting it mildly. So, when you get to your calm space, it’s a good idea to put your phone somewhere out of sight and out of easy reach, perhaps in a different room or in a closed drawer so you won’t be tempted to check notifications. 

Giving yourself a break from the constant stream of calls, texts, and emails is so important for clearing your head and feeling a real sense of peace, and it allows you to be fully present in your space and with yourself.

The Calming Sound Of & Exposure To Nature

Bringing a little bit of the outdoors inside can do wonders for your state of mind no matter who you are. Thankfully, you won’t need a huge garden or a lot of space to feel the benefits of nature. Placing a few plants in your calm area can make it feel more alive, and a small tabletop water fountain can add a very peaceful sound to the room.

If your space is near a window, just opening the blinds to let in some natural light and a view of the outside world can make you feel more connected to your surroundings. Sometimes we need it, especially if we’ve been in an office all day and now sit at home.

The Perfect Ambience

The atmosphere of your calm space always defines how relaxed you feel in it. Dimming the lights or using a soft lamp with a warm glow can make a room feel more cozy and inviting without much effort. Another simple way to create a nice ambiance is by engaging your sense of smell, as lighting some scented candles with a calming fragrance like lavender, sandalwood, or chamomile can help your mind and body relax, and the gentle flickering light adds to the peaceful mood. In this way, finding a pleasant scent that you enjoy is a great way to signal to your brain that it’s time to unwind. Perhaps you can read a book here, or just meditate, but it’s nice to have that sensory experience along for the ride as well.

With this advice, we hope you can more easily create a calm space in your home.