Open Spaces, Open Minds: Homes That Breathe

 Open Spaces, Open Minds: Homes That Breathe

Dinesh Chandra Pandey

Today, our homes embody more than a place for sleep; they become where we recharge, relax, and connect with family and friends. The sanctuary of home and the design of home are two huge influences over how we feel. Open space with plenty of lights; it feels like it’s connected to nature and also allows our minds to open, relax, and breathe and provides visual pleasure.

The Value of Open Spaces

Consider what sort of feelings you have when you enter a room draped with many pieces of furniture, heavy curtaining, and so much decoration you can’t focus on one thing. Right? It feels a bit snug and heavy.

Now, consider the feelings that arise when you enter a living room that has large windows, sunshine streaming through, and minimal furniture in the space, but still meaningful furniture. You can instantly identify the ease with which you feel: lighter, with calm, peace, and ease.

 Designing Homes that Breathe

Designing a home that breathes is not exclusive. It is about making smart design choices that enhance light, air, and the freedom to move around. Consider the following ideas.

  1. Light, Light and More Light 

Light will come into the house directly if you will use large windows, glass doors, or skylights because they allow natural light to come inside the house and give your house a fresh and open feeling, and this will improve our mood and well-being. So the impact is significant. We know glass is a way to bring light, space, and the outside in to connect the home.

  1. Less walls, increased flow

Taking down select walls and barriers inside the house creates a layout that flows. Kitchens relate to a dining or living room, which can also give a space a larger sense of being a bit inclusive and also bring families together. In short, ideally, we are creating barriers that allow energy to flow in a nice manner within each corner.

  1. Declutter & Simplify

Clutter is the arch-nemesis of open design. Having too many things in a home can create cluttered, confused feelings, which create mental stress for those living in a home. You should retain what is meaningful and useful. Having minimal furniture, open shelves, or smart storage solutions allows for clean and breathable spaces. 

  1. Feeling At One with Nature

Your home feels closer to nature if you keep plants, trees, and natural materials inside your house; it makes your home look more beautiful and fresh and have cleaner air. Along with this, you can use natural materials like wood, stone, and glass; they open up the space and feel closer to nature. 

  1. Go Light On Color

The colors white, cream, beige, and pastels will make a room feel bigger and provide calmness, and bright colors can be added as cushions, rugs, and art, allowing the home to reflect personality without weighing the space down.

 The Relationship Between Space and Mind

Judge a home with open spaces; it may affect mental health. In general, open spaces and a lot of daylight can help reduce stress and enhance a sense of peace, but open-concept living even promotes a sense of freedom. Family members that live in open concepts, although they live independently, report a greater sense of connection, as every area intended for family interaction is visible or easily accessible to them to interact

Balancing Function and Aesthetic

An open space does not mean empty space; a selected few objects or one single piece of art can bring warmth without clutter. Glass in the form of sliding doors or glass separators can help allow homes to be bright and open while still allowing some privacy.

Open spaces are not trendy but timeless and promote well-being in how we design homes. Using natural light, uncomplicated layouts, fewer distractions, and so forth all might seem minor but can create change.

When all is said and done, homes are more than feelings and experiences; they are about feeling comfortable, at home, free, and connected. If a home can breathe, then a person can.

Dinesh Chandra Pandey is Founder of Shankar Fenestration & Glasses

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