The Peaceful Home

Everyone has stress in their lives and your home environment can either add to your stress or help you relax.  I want to share a few ideas using light, shade and color to make your home a peaceful place.

Use mirrors to maximize the flow of energizing natural light through your home. Light promotes physical vitality and mental alertness

Candles offer a wonderful source of mood lighting-- as well as a suitable focus for a simple meditation. Look for interesting candle holders, such as pierced tin cylinders, which cast a soothing light show onto nearby walls.

You can also float candles in decorative bowls filled with water to establish ambience of gentle mysticism.

Use sheer fabrics as curtains or shades to diffuse and soften the light where appropriate creating an ethereal mood that combines seclusion and mystery. In other rooms (such as bedrooms) you might choose instead to block the daylight out completely, helping you generate an intimate, relaxing mood.


Use color strategically , bearing in mind their impact on mood. Cooler hues tend to be calming, warmer hues tend to be stimulating. Bear in mind the psychological and spiritual meanings associated with colors.

Red is associated with fire, so that a patch of red in a room can be a subtle substitute for a blazing hearth.

Orange is linked with spirituality and transcendence, and is a good colour for meditators.

Yellow is associated with sunlight, promotes optimism.
Green connects us with nature and instills a sense of harmony.

Blue, the color of the untroubled sky, suggests openness, freedom and tranquility.

Indigo, reminiscent of ocean depths, adds mystery to an interior.

Violet, symbolic of the "inner eye" the centre of spiritual vision, can guide us on the inner quest.

Wild and colorful sheer curtains!