How to Treat Your Home to a January Health Kick
Your house is an extension of you, so give it a reboot this month to ensure it’s fit, happy and ready for the year ahead
After the over-consumption of Christmas comes the quiet reflection of January. The New Year prompts many of us to adopt a healthier regime to help wipe the festive slate clean and set us on the road to a fitter life. That’s the idea, anyway! But how about extending the concept of a health kick to your home, too?
From a deep cleanse to a weight-loss plan (decluttering!), here’s how you can help your pad lose the Christmas bloat and get ready for spring. A healthy home environment will give back, too, supporting you so you can achieve your January goals more smoothly.
From a deep cleanse to a weight-loss plan (decluttering!), here’s how you can help your pad lose the Christmas bloat and get ready for spring. A healthy home environment will give back, too, supporting you so you can achieve your January goals more smoothly.
Control stress levels
Help your home take a calm and mindful approach to daily life by creating pockets of pure and simple style. Pale, natural colours and simple, honest accessories will keep the feel authentic and grounded, providing tiny stress-free corners within a busy environment.
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Help your home take a calm and mindful approach to daily life by creating pockets of pure and simple style. Pale, natural colours and simple, honest accessories will keep the feel authentic and grounded, providing tiny stress-free corners within a busy environment.
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Cleanse consciously
If your New Year’s resolution is to floss your teeth each day or treat yourself to a facial every month, think about how you can pamper and cleanse your home, too. One easy option is to grab some good old-fashioned bicarbonate of soda (also called baking soda).
Scatter a little into rubbish bins to improve their odour. Deodorise your carpets by sprinkling it liberally and leaving it overnight before vacuuming it up. And leave a bowl of it hidden in each room and inside your wardrobe to help eliminate nasty niffs.
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If your New Year’s resolution is to floss your teeth each day or treat yourself to a facial every month, think about how you can pamper and cleanse your home, too. One easy option is to grab some good old-fashioned bicarbonate of soda (also called baking soda).
Scatter a little into rubbish bins to improve their odour. Deodorise your carpets by sprinkling it liberally and leaving it overnight before vacuuming it up. And leave a bowl of it hidden in each room and inside your wardrobe to help eliminate nasty niffs.
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Stay hydrated
Drinking more water is a healthy habit for humans, but a house can also benefit from being rehydrated. Central heating can dry out the atmosphere of a home, reducing its air quality and causing dry skin and eyes for its inhabitants. So bring in lots of lush houseplants to cleanse and humidify the air. They look great, too!
Drinking more water is a healthy habit for humans, but a house can also benefit from being rehydrated. Central heating can dry out the atmosphere of a home, reducing its air quality and causing dry skin and eyes for its inhabitants. So bring in lots of lush houseplants to cleanse and humidify the air. They look great, too!
Raise the heart rate
Zingy colours and original designs are guaranteed to set your pulse racing and raise your home’s heart rate, which is just the job for boosting health and wellbeing. Work in some thrilling fabrics, wacky designs or unexpected pieces and watch your home spring to life.
Zingy colours and original designs are guaranteed to set your pulse racing and raise your home’s heart rate, which is just the job for boosting health and wellbeing. Work in some thrilling fabrics, wacky designs or unexpected pieces and watch your home spring to life.
Consume a little colour
Just as we should eat a rainbow of different-coloured foods to stay healthy, so our homes can benefit from a blast of mood-boosting brights. Start small by introducing colourful china to your table, or scatter a few zingy cushions around, then see how much brighter and cheerier your home, and you, feel!
Just as we should eat a rainbow of different-coloured foods to stay healthy, so our homes can benefit from a blast of mood-boosting brights. Start small by introducing colourful china to your table, or scatter a few zingy cushions around, then see how much brighter and cheerier your home, and you, feel!
Breathe easily
A blast of fresh air every day will boost your mood, but it’s not generally practical to open the windows for too long during the winter – you simply let the cold air in and all the centrally heated air out. However, you can improve the feel of your home’s atmosphere and freshen it up by lighting scented candles or dotting a few essential oil diffusers around the place.
A blast of fresh air every day will boost your mood, but it’s not generally practical to open the windows for too long during the winter – you simply let the cold air in and all the centrally heated air out. However, you can improve the feel of your home’s atmosphere and freshen it up by lighting scented candles or dotting a few essential oil diffusers around the place.
Lose some weight
Our homes, just like us, are often carrying a little excess baggage. Losing this is simple and starts with a targeted declutter. Whether it’s your wardrobe, a crazily cluttered kitchen drawer or your children’s toy cupboard, carefully sort through everything, arranging items in piles according to whether you’re keeping them, binning them or giving them away to charity. Be ruthless and watch the weight fall off!
Our homes, just like us, are often carrying a little excess baggage. Losing this is simple and starts with a targeted declutter. Whether it’s your wardrobe, a crazily cluttered kitchen drawer or your children’s toy cupboard, carefully sort through everything, arranging items in piles according to whether you’re keeping them, binning them or giving them away to charity. Be ruthless and watch the weight fall off!
Watch your intake
Once you’ve shed some weight in your home through decluttering, be careful not to let the excess creep back. Think carefully before buying new pieces. Try the one in, one out approach, or limit purchases to things intended to replace broken or damaged items.
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Once you’ve shed some weight in your home through decluttering, be careful not to let the excess creep back. Think carefully before buying new pieces. Try the one in, one out approach, or limit purchases to things intended to replace broken or damaged items.
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Cut down on the sweet stuff
In human terms, this could be chocolate, cake or wine. In domestic terms, we’re talking any objects that are cute but are taking up valuable space. That means editing children’s teddies and toys, losing a holiday souvenir or whimsical knick-knack here and there, and ditching items you hold on to because they were gifts – despite not being your style.
TELL US…
Will your home be on a health regime this January? Share your thoughts in the Comments below.
In human terms, this could be chocolate, cake or wine. In domestic terms, we’re talking any objects that are cute but are taking up valuable space. That means editing children’s teddies and toys, losing a holiday souvenir or whimsical knick-knack here and there, and ditching items you hold on to because they were gifts – despite not being your style.
TELL US…
Will your home be on a health regime this January? Share your thoughts in the Comments below.
Daylight is in short supply at this time of year, but exposure to some sunshine will improve your home’s mood – as well as your own! So make the most of any rays by fitting minimal, non-bulky window treatments in well-insulated rooms. These will provide privacy by night but won’t block precious natural light on short winter days.