If you stay inside your home for the majority of the day, natural light can bring many benefits to your perception of the surroundings within your home. More access to natural light provides a sense of alertness, a boost of serotonin and efficiency to your work ethic. Using a couple tricks and utilizing windows to bring more light into your home will boost productivity – and avoid the feeling like you’re in a dark cave.
Mirrors
Mirrors spread light throughout a home, giving it dimension and the illusion of having more windows than you have. By placing a mirror strategically near a window in a dark room or on the opposing side of a window in a room, you can amplify and reflect any light that comes across it. This expands the feeling of the space and brightens the room.
Color Schemes
Having lighter colors in your home brightens the space by reflecting the light that comes into contact with the walls instead of absorbing it. According to color theory, having a lighter color scheme can improve your mood and overall work efficiency in a positive way.
If you have a dark and rich wall color, it will make an already dark room feel like a cave because any light that comes into contact will be absorbed instead of reflected. Having a lighter color scheme throughout rooms and spaces that have minimal lighting creates an open and lighter-feeling space – without having to add or remove furniture.
Rearrange Your Furniture
By strategically placing the furniture in your home around where a light enters a room, it can bring the illusion of a larger space and more light coming in, even if this is not the case. Angle your furniture toward a window if the furniture is lighter in color. This allows the light to reflect off the furniture. This small fix will make the room seem brighter.
Additionally, you can make the window in your room the focal point and give the illusion of more light. By making a window the first thing someone sees when walking into a room, it makes the minimal amount of light seem more substantial – allowing for a brighter space.
Keep the Clutter to a Minimum
When there’s not many windows in a home, having large amounts of decor on the walls or within a space can make the room feel smaller and darker than it might be. To keep a space feeling lighter, have minimal decorations and wall adornments. This will help make a room seem larger.
Big Windows
The larger the window, the more light that comes into your home. Having a larger area of light to come in through allows you the flexibility of not having as many windows in an area of your home.
Doors with Windows
Having a window in your door allows the sunlight to come into your home at the same time as keeping anything you don’t want out. By having a small window within your door, you’re able to bring a small bit of sunshine into your home without having to change anything else within the space around it.
For more information on how to bring more light into your home, contact Window World for a brighter tomorrow.
