Add Accents to your Space
With the longer days and colder nights, the arrival of autumn sparks the urge to nest and nurture. Here are some tips to prepare your home, and yourself, for the season ahead.
- Add Accents; Spruce up your space with a few inexpensive additions that make a cheerful impact.
- Bring Nature Indoors; Put fresh flowers in the home, gather branches, berries, and leaves to add a lovely element to your home.
- Clear The Air; Replace your filter on your HVAC, add some indoor plants such as English ivy to help clear the air.
- Pare Down and Pack Up; Rather than stow all your summer gear, determine what might last another season ans what won’t. Cut your clutter and your storage space.
- Hang Mirrors; Reflective surfaces get you more bang for your lighting buck, opening up the rooms of your home and expanding tight spaces.
- Overhaul The Pantry and Kitchen; Clean out your cupboards and fridge, using up what’s there, throwing out the old and expired stuff, and assessing what I need.
- Revisit The Life List; As we near the end of another calendar year, return to the bigger questions about what you’d most like to accomplish. Jot down the goals, dreams, and ambitions that have been taking up the most mental real estate lately. Then plot steps to get there.
- Stoke The Hearth; One of the best ways to make your house feel homey has nothing to do with decor. Start cooking again! Nothing creates a cozy indoor atmosphere, especially when it’s cold out, then the smell of a home-cooked meal.
- Get Grounded; Before the hustle-bustle of the holidays, take some time to reconnect. It’s important to get back in touch with the ground beneath you. Lie on your back and your eyes closed, listening to your breathe and feeling the earth support you and breathe.
- Breathe Deep; In response to cold, dry weather, the lungs begin to constrict. To keep yours healthy and strong as cold and flue season approaches, draw in a deep breath for a count of 10, expanding your abdomen and then filling your lungs then exhale, squeezing out all the air you can.
- Tap Your Inner Heat; If you walk, walk more briskly; if you lift weights, ass more reps to your session. If you do yoga, do more heat-building poses like plank and chair poses.
- Reach Out; As the days get shorter, keep stress and depression at bay by nourishing your network and putting vital friends and family support in place. Make coffee dates, play dates, and even potluck dates to bring everyone together.
I found this article in Martha Stewart’s Body and Soul October issue and wanted to share with my friends and readers. From The Trendy Bed, I wish you all a great Fall experience in and out of your home!
