Building a cozy place in a rented apartment can be a whole different game entirely. It comes with its own difficulties as you are limited in your exploration; it is also somewhere that you know you won’t be in for more than a year or two.
Truth is a sense of home is all about perception, and regardless of the surrounding factors, it is possible to cultivate true warmth and personality no matter where you’re living.
How then can you give yourself a cozy home irrespective of where you find yourself?
Making your home cozy starts by you understanding what makes you feel relaxed and what energizes you, then fixing those things around you.
Beautify your space with art: this could be self-crafted or bought, you don’t have to spend lavishly to find yourself good artwork to hang around your home or decorate your home with.
Research has shown that simply looking at art can reduce stress and make you happy, aside from the fact that we get a big boost of pleasure from looking at things that we consider to be gorgeous.
Hanging art in your house helps infuse your individual personality and interests into the space.
Declutter your space: I understand the need to want so many things around the house but the truth is the way your environment or appeared space is an expression or physical representation of the way you feel, and if you want to feel truly relaxed and at home you need learn to constantly declutter your space. Keep them as simple and clean as possible.
Decorate with some beautiful indoor plants: Research shows that having a plant in your environment boosts your mood, productivity, concentration, and creativity.
It also reduces your stress, fatigue, sore throats, and colds, it helps clean indoor air by absorbing toxins, increasing humidity & producing oxygen.
Be intentional about the colors in your room and surroundings: It has been said that having the right colors around you can boost your mood. You need a cozy home then maybe painting your room with the right set of colors can do just that.
Interestingly as difficult and tedious as decorating or making your home cozy to your taste might be it is certainly exciting.
It takes you into the depth and a level of creativity that you never knew existed, it also helps you see that you don’t necessarily need to tear your account in order to find a cozy place that suites your financial state at every point.
