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8 Simple Ways to Brighten Up Your Home

January 20, 2021 By Admin

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Having a bright home is not only attractive to look at and better accentuates the beauty of your home, but it also provides other benefits.

One, it helps you get better sleep because good lighting can help you regulate your circadian rhythm. Two, it also doesn’t strain your eyes too much, as inadequate lighting requires your eyes to work that much more, which will make you have headaches. Three, it’s also safer because you are unlikely to trip over things that you can see.

With all these benefits to having a bright home, you should know how to brighten up your house for the better. On that note, below are simple ways that you can do to brighten up your home.

Light wood flooring

Consider light wood flooring

If you have a home that needs a little brightening up, then consider installing light wood flooring. It’s a great way of brightening up space, and you would need light wood flooring if you find that your rooms are a bit small.

Although it can be hard to find decorations that match well with your light wood flooring, This type of flooring hides scratches and other stains quickly.

If you find that you have pets or kids, this is an excellent option for you.

Also, if you prefer brighter tones in your home, then light wood flooring is a great choice. It’s a simple yet effective way of brightening up every in your home.

Bright room with mirror

Utilize mirrors

Another simple way that you can brighten up your home is by installing more mirrors. It is best to place a mirror where it can reflect natural light off of its surface.

It is best that you install a mirror right in front of your window as much as possible because these are the places where you get natural light the most. Aside from brightening up space, it also helps enlarge a room.

You’ll find that excellent lighting help makes the room appear much larger than it seems. Besides, mirrors can be used to accessorize the space in different ways. Make use of this as well.

Indoor plants

Bring nature indoors

Brightening up your home doesn’t automatically mean that you should install more lights.

According to Halcyon, the simple act of bringing in more plants into your home can effectively brighten up any space that you want.

Aside from brightening up your home, it also helps beautify your place through the addition of natural colors from various plants, succulents, and flowers.

Which plants you put into your home are your choice. If you have particular favorites, then it is encouraged that you put them in your home.

Not only will it brighten up your home, but it will also improve air quality indoors. Improved air quality can better the overall health of the people living in the house.

Lighter curtains

Get rid of heavy and dark curtains

One possible reason why you can’t seem to get any natural light into your home is because of the dark and heavy drapes that you have covering your windows.

It?s understandable if you’re using heavy or dark curtains in your bedroom because you can’t sleep when there is a bright light. However, it doesn’t mean that every room in your home should have heavy or dark curtains.

If you’re worried about your privacy, then there other types of curtains that can still achieve privacy without blocking out light.

If you get a healthy helping of natural light, it can help you sleep better. That is because, as mentioned before, it helps regulate your circadian rhythm.

Living room with statement rug

Incorporate a statement area rug

As mentioned before, light wood flooring can help brighten up your home. However, you can hardly overhaul the flooring of your home. Good thing, there are other similar ways of having a brighter home.

Dark wood flooring or dark floors, in general, will be much easy for you to decorate your home.

Although it doesn’t bring in light as much in the room, there are other ways for you to lighten up a room that has dark wood flooring or dark floors. A simple solution is by adding accessories such as rugs or carpets that are bright in color.

If you really want light-colored floors, however, consider painting your floors instead of replacing them.

Bedroom with big window and lamps

Supplement your daylight

The best form of lighting in your home that provides a warm and welcoming light is sunlight. However, you don’t always have daylight to play around with especially during the night.

In that case, you should install lighting fixtures that help supplement the amount of daylight that you get. If you think of light fixtures as a supplement to sunlight, it can make your home more energy efficient.

One way of supplementing daylight is by installing lighting. The ones that don’t directly light on objects. Instead, lighting fixtures that are aiming upward so that it helps light the ceilings and the room as the day comes to an end and night follows.

Living room with white color scheme

Opt for a white or neutral color scheme

If you are particular towards darker color schemes, then it can make your home much smaller than it actually is.

Although dark colors are easier to accessorize, it doesn’t hold well when the home is smaller or closed off by rooms instead of an open floor plan.

Remember that light-colored walls reflect more light, so it makes the room much brighter. If you can, do opt for a more white or neutral color scheme in your home, especially if you don’t have a big, to begin with.

Nice clean home interior

Clean your entire home

Last but not least, the reason you might feel that your home is dark or poorly lit may be because you haven’t cleaned it as regularly as you should have.

On that note, a deep cleaning session should be due, and you may want to focus on your windows.

Aside from that, you should declutter and organize your space so that light can travel around the room without many obstacles.

Bright natural bedroom

Wrap up

A bright home offers many benefits to its homeowners. From better health to an improved mindset, you can get these benefits by following the simple solutions listed above to brighten a home.

Don’t deprive yourself any longer of these advantages and start brightening up your home as soon as you can.

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