So, you’ve got a decent idea of what you want your dream home to look like? Good, good. Now you can start planning accordingly, adjusting your furniture to match your ideal template, coming up with a brief that you will one day present to a skilled architect, and all the rest.
Planning your dream home can be a really powerful exercise, because it boosts your overall sense of hope, enthusiasm, and well-being, and gives you something productive and fun to invest your energy into working towards.
But what if your “dream home” ends up not being too healthy at all? Or, for that matter, what if your home as it exists today isn’t very “healthy” either?
We don’t usually think about it, but our homes tend to be filled with toxins and pollutants that can make us seriously ill when they are allowed to accumulate.
Here are a few tips to make your dream home a healthier place to be:
Consider changing the flooring, or at the very least, give your carpet a deep clean
If your home is filled with old carpeting, it’s likely also so packed with dust that you could barely believe it.
Carpets are great for all kinds of reasons, including the fact that they are warm, comfortable, and can look really stylish, too. But, they also need a lot more upkeep than certain other types of flooring and can end up becoming saturated with dust, mould, pet fur, and more. Such muck in the carpet can cause you or your family to become sick or develop respiratory conditions such as asthma. Contacting a company that offers professional carpet cleaning in Tacoma, WA (or elsewhere more relevant for you) would be the best decision to take to keep your home clean and healthy.
If you’re planning an ambitious redesign of your home, consider changing the flooring, and getting a new carpeting from a company such as Carpet One Logan City. Or, at the very least, rent a steam cleaner and give the carpets in your home a second lease of life.
Fill the home with air-purifying plants, and maybe a HEPA filter
It turns out, that common houseplants can be extremely effective at purifying the air in a home, and making it a healthier, and happier environment for everyone who lives there.
The US space agency NASA actually conducted a “Clean Air Study” which found that many houseplants had almost miraculous powers to purify air. Books written on the results of this study can be found that can tell you exactly which sorts of plants you should bring into your home.
In addition to picking up air-purify houseplants, you may also want to consider purchasing a HEPA air filter, to remove more of the small particles from the air.
Up your storage game, and make sure there’s a place for everything, and that everything stays in its place
When your home is cluttered and chaotic, things often go from bad to worse in record time. And, as the clutter builds, so too do the accumulated irritants that can cause health problems.
Up your storage game, and make sure there’s a place for everything, and everything is put back in its place. There’s no reason to have your belongings scattered around the floor, or stacked up high on tables and counters.
Keeping things better organising your home also has the added benefit of reducing stress, and making it easy to find the things you want, when you want.
