Create a Sensory Experience

We are affected by our environment. Pay attention to how you feel when you visit a home, enter a store, or an office. Notice how your senses immediately pick up smells, notice clutter, or feel claustrophobic.

If you don’t feel Zen or productive at home or at your office, it’s time to create your own vibe. Look at the space you want to organize, how does it make you feel? Do you feel distracted, overwhelmed, or unmotivated? We are more engaged when all five senses are stimulated. Transform your home or office into a sensory experience that improves creativity, inspires healthy habits, and reflects the best version of you. Check out these simple ways to make all your senses happy.

What do you SEE?

Look around. Do you have clutter that makes you anxious? Do you have a balance of positive space (furniture & décor) and negative space (empty areas between furniture & accessories)?
Add natural lighting, and if there’s too much sunlight, add accent lighting or other types of ambient lighting or lamps that can be controlled individually with dimmers.
Wall art can also be inspiring. Natural landscapes or art that makes you happy can influence your mood as well as plants. Green plants evoke a fresh earthy and clean look to any home or office. Not only is what you put on your walls or add to your surroundings important, but so is your wall color. Do you have colors that inspire focus or relaxation? Below are some colors that you can incorporate depending on the mood you want to inspire.

White: cleanliness, refreshing depending on tone it can be warm or more formal
Brown: earth, security, simplicity, comfort
Orange: balance, warmth, enthusiasm, vibrancy
Yellow: optimism, inspiration, summer, happiness
Green: nature, calm, relaxing, joy, harmony, energy
Blue: calming, cool, sky
Purple: imagination, royalty, and luxury

What do you TASTE and SMELL?

Taste and smell are associated with our emotional memories. Smells like fresh laundry, rain, and cookies in the oven, bring us back to those moments we enjoyed. There are a variety of essential oils that please your taste buds and your nose and these not only smell great but can have other benefits. For example:

Bergamot: fresh and green and promotes relaxation
Lavender: herbal & lightly floral promotes sleep and mood
Lemon: light, sweet & tangy can be uplifting, clarifying
Peppermint: cool fresh, energizing, stimulating, revitalizing
Sweet Orange: sweet, warm, and tangy and can be uplifting, and calming

What do you HEAR?

Music elevates our moods and depending on the activity, can make tedious work enjoyable. These 5 songs have been shown to trigger dopamine release and subsequently increase your happiness. We can play music on any device making it accessible wherever we go, so why not listen to your favorite tunes at home or at the office?

What do you SENSE?

Do you feel like touching soft and fluffy fabrics? If so, you may also enjoy a soft rug at your feet. Choose natural and light fabrics for curtains, blankets and throw pillows for that cozy home feeling. If you like a cool feel to your home, then you would probably enjoy marble versus a wooden floor that gives a warmer feeling. Leather furniture gives a cool vibe while natural fabrics make the space feel intimate. You can also mix and match fabrics, and textures, depending on the room and the mood you want to create.

Your home is a blank canvas. Tap into your senses to create a blissful escape to your happy place.