Transform Your Home Into A Blissful Sanctuary With These 7 Tips

Stepping through your front door after a long day should feel like a deep, relaxing sigh. Like letting go of your mental stresses and strains, pulling on your comfiest pants, and sinking into an oasis of tranquillity where you can simply be.

Every home should be a sanctuary, and if yours isn’t the welcoming, nourishing environment you should soak into when you walk in the door, it’s time for a change for your own wellbeing.

If you’re wondering how to make your home a sanctuary, these seven tips will help you create the ultimate space of calm.

1. Clear pathways for a clear mind

From the bedroom to the bathroom, kitchen to the dining area, every pathway should be a clear one, even in the smallest of homes. Having to step around clutter or bulky furniture may seem like a small inconvenience, but it will be worth it to make the effort to clear a way for one less stressor every day.

2. Spherical forms for a softer sanctuary

To create a sanctuary in your home, every detail counts — and this includes shape. The smooth and sensuous softness of curved furniture is more nurturing, welcoming, and warm than sharp lines, and can create a flowing ease throughout a home.

Look for circles and spheres in your décor, from the subtle circular form of the rug to spherical lamps and artworks.

Sitting a-round: Few furniture items are perfectly spherical, but many mimic the gentle curve of a circle in form. The Sophia Armchair is a gorgeously rounded island of cosiness, and will help to turn any space into a lush sanctuary.

3. Separated spaces for definition and clarity

Working at your dining table, eating in bed, and napping on the living room sofa can feel convenient at the time, but can leave you feeling jumbled. It can make it harder to compartmentalise different parts of your life and day, making it difficult to fall asleep in bed, focus on enjoying a meal at company at dinner, and relax comfortably on the couch.

Separate the spaces in your home mentally and physically for clear, defined areas. Screens can help to mark lines, or open shelving such as the Manhattan Shelf can cleanly separate space while still allowing natural light and flow to shine through.

4. The scent of serenity

What is a welcoming, comforting scent to you?

It could be the fresh cleanliness of citrus lemon, or the soft floral notes of lilies, or even the more exotic aromas of sandalwood or jasmine. Whatever your preference, introduce it to your home, so it can wash over you and nurture you from the moment you step inside.

5. Clean but not clinical

A clean, uncluttered home is one that doesn’t harry the mind with to-do lists or demands for being tidied. It is one that lets you step away from the untidiness of the world and escape to the soothing calmness of your home sanctuary.

Yet, it is not clinical. It embraces zen ideals and Nordic sensibilities, creating tidy environments that still flourish with character and lets you feel nourished and renewed simply by being there.

Clean not cold: The Tara TV Unit embraces clean lines and tidy draws, fusing natural timber with chic rattan webbing for calming character and svelte style.

6. Natural materials for a natural feel

When looking for home as a sanctuary ideas, start by narrowing down your search to natural materials only. From the beautiful patterns and texture of timber, to flowing marble, light rattan, and raw stone, these elements can bring the outdoors in and help you feel more at ease.

Complete the look by introducing representations of natural elements you cannot physically recreate indoors. Candles can invite the warmth of fire, live plants can provoke a sense of the earth, and images of the ocean can recreate the enveloping coolness and calm of water.

Spherical and natural: The Bronte Coffee Table is not just gorgeously curved, its smooth marble top is a luxurious opportunity to welcome this exquisite natural material indoors.

7. A cocoon in your room

The bedroom is your ultimate oasis of calm. A place for refreshment and rejuvenation, and a place that should cradle you to sleep every night.

To create a sleep sanctuary in your bedroom, remove clutter from the room, including from the tops of dressers and bedside tables. Replace too-bright lighting with soft, warm lightbulbs and shades, decorate with plush furnishings such as thick rugs and velvet-soft cushions, and opt for calming neutrals as a base accented by pops of colour for character.

Fall asleep in softness and style: The Bronte Bedhead comes in two calm neutral tones, both in luxe Italian linen for extra softness and style to complete your sanctuary bedroom cocoon.

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