How to make the house more comfortable: 10 spring shopping
Olga Lukinskaya
In the spring you want to become more energetic more time in the fresh air and just do something useful for yourself. Regardless of whether you managed to start fulfilling your New Year promises in January, now is the time to improve your habits. We chose ten items and activities that will help make the house more comfortable, improve sleep and mood - and therefore have a positive effect on physical and mental health.
Subscribe to flowers
Fresh flowers are an excellent interior decoration: they smell good and contribute to the spring mood like nothing else. The main thing is to choose a convenient place for a vase so that in the event of a fall, for example, a laptop is not damaged. In order not to run all the time to the nearest kiosk, you can immediately subscribe and receive fresh bouquets every week.
Humidifier diffuser
In dry climates, an air humidifier is an indispensable thing for the comfort of your skin, eyes and throat. In some humidifiers, you can add aromatic oils - and then along with the water vapor in the room will spread your chosen smell. The main thing is not to add too much oil and regularly ventilate the room so as not to get a headache instead of the desired relaxation.
Mini-garden with greens
The easiest way (and sometimes the only possible one, for example, in a rented apartment) to make housing more environmentally friendly is general cleaning and an increase in the number of plants in pots. At the same time, gardening can be not only decorative, but also practical, if you grow mint, basil, rosemary and other herbs in your home, which will be useful in the kitchen. In order not to force the windowsill into separate pots, you can use a set for growing seven plants at once, with a special lamp and a control panel.
Mini Velcro Lamps
If earlier it was necessary to think about the lighting in the closet at the stage of repairing, drilling walls and laying wires, now this question is solved silently and without tools: it is enough to buy small LED lamps and stick them in the right places. They turn on by pressing a finger or react to movement (opening the door) and give enough light to save time when choosing clothes or not squinting, trying to find something in the cupboard.
Simple timer on magnet
It would seem that the timers have become obsolete with the advent of smartphones - but in reality, turning the dial to the desired value is faster and easier than opening the application every time. The timer, which is fixed on any metal surface, will help to pinpoint the time to get up and stretch, do exercises for the eyes or stop hanging on Facebook and get back to work. If you, as the author of this text, are capable of burning even simple buckwheat to coals, forgetting about it - the timer will become an indispensable assistant.
Comfortable working chair
If you spend a lot of time at your desk, you should think about the health of your back: being in a sitting position for a long time is the main risk factor for intervertebral hernia and other problems with the spine. When choosing a new chair, it makes sense to study the ratings and, of course, try to sit in the appropriate options. A good chair is expensive, but it will be with you for many years. Another option - the so-called chair - posture corrector, the use of which is better to discuss with your doctor. But sitting on a fitness ball while working is not the best idea: although it does help to use the back muscles and abdominal muscles, the arms and shoulders remain unsupported.
Unusual embroidery
Needlework is a great way to revitalize the fine motor skills of hands and thinking, while at the same time promoting the formation of neural connections in the brain. In addition, it is an opportunity to distract from the screens, although your eyes will still be tense (take care of good lighting). At the same time with embroidery, you can listen to podcasts or audiobooks - or simply relax and take this activity as a meditative one. If you like the process, but it was always not clear where to put the traditional embroidered flowers then - we inform you that now you can find a lot of patterns for embroidery for every taste, including bodipositive drawings or feminist quotes.
Wire Organizers
No matter how hard the developers try, it’s not possible to make all devices wireless — and even those that transmit data over the air need to be charged from a power outlet or a USB port. Wires on the floor or under the table increase the risk of hooking, contribute to dust accumulation and simply annoy - but you can minimize all this by using organizers. The easiest option is a box with holes in which the bulk of the wires (for example, behind the TV) fit. On the bottom surface of the desktop, you can glue a retainer that will not allow the wires to hang in the air, and on the nightstand near the bed a single retainer with velcro is useful - then the cable from the smartphone will not fall to the floor.
Memory Pillow
We often talk about the importance of sleep hygiene: it is better to go to bed at the same time, the curtains should be dark, pajamas should be comfortable (it is best to sleep naked), and bed linen should be fresh. Pillows are best to choose with synthetic fillers: natural ones often cause allergies, and are also an excellent nutrient medium for bacteria and insects. Among synthetic, there are also better and worse pillows - and best of all those that are filled with latex or foam with shape memory; they are more expensive than ordinary ones, but they are also not deformed much longer, so that they will be a good investment in your health.
Convenient food containers
To clean up the refrigerator and kitchen cabinets, it makes sense to buy not one or two, but a couple of dozen containers, preferably the same and with interchangeable lids. They can store cereals and macaroni, sweets or already cooked food - but the main thing is that they help to organize space and save time. If you want to reduce the use of plastic - choose glass containers. The foil for wrapping sandwiches also has an eco-friendly alternative - reusable cotton wrappers soaked in beeswax.
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