Creating Your Dream Summer Retreat – Redesigning The Perfect Bedroom

 

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As summer’s heat approaches, now is an opportune moment to transform your bedroom into an inviting and restorative sanctuary. A carefully planned summer bedroom design can have a significant effect on both mood and sleep quality. Here we explore unique ideas to create the perfect bedroom, with breezy vibes while simultaneously maintaining a peaceful environment.

Choose Summer Colours

As part of your summer bedroom revamp project, choosing an airy color palette should be step one. Soft pastel hues like mint green, baby blue or blush pink create an air of tranquillity reminiscent of summer skies while crisp white or off-white backgrounds offer an open and airy setting – use these hues throughout walls bedding decor that instantly brighten and expand space! If you feel like repainting the walls, consider hiring a decorator to breathe new life into your home.

Select Breathable Fabrics and Natural Fibres 

When selecting bedding and window treatments, look for lightweight yet breathable natural fiber fabrics like linen or cotton that allow airflow while still offering privacy. Instead of heavy comforters with heavy comforter inserts made out of these fibers (linen is particularly beneficial in the summer heat as its breathability creates a cooling effect), choose lightweight duvets made out of these natural fibers or sheer curtains with these breathable fabrics for optimal temperatures, creating an airy atmosphere! Introducing such fabrics will regulate temperatures in optimal conditions while relaxing. 

Bring Nature Indoors

Experience the energy and vibrance of summer with elements from nature in your bedroom! Potted plants or fresh flowers arranged on nightstands or windowsills bring fresh greenery while creating an idyllic and soothing ambiance, as do plants that improve indoor air quality while adding aesthetic value and tranquillity. Also, consider natural materials like rattan furniture/decor pieces which create tropical/organic vibes in any space they inhabit!

Declutter and Simplify

For an airy summer bedroom, decluttering is key to creating the right atmosphere. Remove unnecessary items while leaving surfaces clear to promote optimal airflow and relaxation. Use baskets or attractive containers for organization so belongings stay neat in an orderly space – creating this kind of order allows you to unwind more easily while amplifying its summer charm!

Add Summer-Inspired Accessories 

Complement your summer bedroom transformation by including accessories that capture its spirit. Choose colorful throw pillows featuring tropical prints or nautical patterns for visual interest; hang artwork of beach scenes or nature landscapes to evoke relaxation; display art depicting beach scenes or nature landscapes to add the summer aura further; add candles or diffusers that emit citrus or coconut scents that awaken senses and add to its ambiance!

Add Cooling Elements

Avoid the heat this summer by adding cooling elements to your bedroom design. Fans, such as a ceiling or portable fans, are an easy and stylish way to increase air circulation and create gentle breezes in a room – consider purchasing decorative standing fans that complement the decor in your room for even greater effect! Additionally, investing in memory foam or gel-infused materials mattresses that regulate temperature may provide added cooling comfort during warm nights for restful and rejuvenating sleep experiences during hotter summer nights.

Conclusion

Transforming your bedroom for summertime relaxation can create an oasis-esque sanctuary to ease heatwave stress. By including light colors, breathable fabrics, natural elements and summer accessories into the mix, creating the ideal summer bedroom will become effortless and rejuvenating! Enjoy a blissful and refreshing summer retreat right within your own home!

How Self Care Changes As You Get Older

Aging is a natural fact of life, and we all have to go through it. That said, it’s important to recognize that doing so is the most natural thing in the world, and while time can take some things away, it can also enrich your inner world, grant you the wisdom that you’ve always wanted, and help you see what really matters in life and why it’s important to understand how self care changes as you get older. 

I’ve found that as I age, priorities shift, and needs differ. All of a sudden, that which seems so important in youth and middle age isn’t as pressing as you had imagined, and more than ever, family, connections, and being positive are everything.

This can have a deeply restorative effect, and anyone who has felt that sense of authenticity develops knows exactly what I’m talking about. So, in this post, I hope to discuss how self-care and cultivating your best outlook on the world changes as you get older, hopefully helping some people who are embracing aging into their golden years:

Social Events Become Fewer, But More Enjoyable

As you get older, you can still party and have fun. After all, age is just a number. However, often you do focus on spending time with those who are most important, from close friends to your beloved relatives and family, and as such who you spend time with tends to become more important to you, and that time also feels deeply cherished.

You begin to prize the little things, such as relaxing and laughing with your grandchildren, heading on slow walks along the beach with your sibling, or taking some time to reminisce with a school friend. You may even make new friends at this time, such as by joining new hobby groups or by meeting new people at Prestwick Care. Big social events reduce in number, but the simple pleasures are those you look forward to most – and for good reason.

You Stop Having “Guilty Pleasures,” They’re Just Pleasures

When you get older, you start to realize that you don’t have to justify anything to anyone, provided you’re not causing harm. The guilty pleasures you enjoy? Those are just pleasures, and if you need them to feel happy and conduct self-care, that’s wonderful. This might involve salsa dancing as a novice taking lessons for the first time, singing your heart out to Adele or whatever other singer you love, and reading pulpy, silly, but eternally interesting 

A Good Sleep Schedule Is Everything

Don’t worry, I know you’re not someone who falls asleep in the armchair six times a night, but it’s true that as we get older, sleep becomes much more necessary. That doesn’t mean you have to sleep or nap all the time, just ensure you’re keeping consistent with your bedtimes, unwinding well before bed (reading is always a lovely habit for this), and improving sleep hygiene by getting good ventilation and the right tog duvet. This self care, will help you retain your energy, help your body sustain itself thanks to getting the rest and recovery it needs, and over time, will keep you energized and positive. As anyone over sixty knows, a bad night of sleep can be very laborious to deal with, even if you’re in general good health.

With this insight, you don’t have to worry about being an uber-militant health nut in your progressing years. You can have fun, and focus on the simple things. Trust me when I say, you’ll thank yourself for practicing this kind of self-care.

The Secret Benefits Of Online Gaming For Adults

Although it’s been a few years since I played it, I’m no stranger to the game of Candy Crush. There, I’ve said it. But it seems a bit old hat now that there are so many more online gaming options to choose from.

Online gaming has become an increasingly popular activity for adults of all ages. It can be a great way to keep your brain active and engaged, while also providing a fun activity to share with grandchildren or friend

No matter why you choose to play, maybe whilst travelling, waiting for someone, or simply to while away the time during your coffee break, studies have shown that playing online games can help improve memory, concentration, and reaction time in adults. So there are some secret benefits of online gaming for adults

Nowadays, there is an online game to interest everyone, from gardening and cookery, to learning about money, or how to run a burger bar. All are designed to help you develop new skills, all from the comfort of your own home!

As people get older, the old ‘use it or lose it’ adage becomes a kind of mantra. Many mature folks turn to crosswords or Sudoku to keep their mind and brain active. But online games provide so many more benefits than simply sitting with a pen and filling in squares with letters or numbers.

You will find gaming can improve your concentration and focus, and enhance your hand-eye coordination, and reflexes because you need to have quick reactions and precise movements, and complete multiple tasks all at the same time.

Some of the key advantages of regularly doing some online gaming are that they present you with challenges that need creative thinking, logical reasoning, and planning, which you then carry forward into other areas of your life.

Some of the most challenging online games I’ve come across are to be found quite unexpectedly here

The choice is amazing, and there is something for everyone. I especially like this one it’s absorbing and not too frantic.  The idea is to build a salad, from the ingredients shown on the grid. You move things like tomatoes, onions, and various salad items around until they ‘merge’ into one, and you’ve created a plate of salad.  Each completed salad moves you further toward an upper level.

There is a tutorial to help you get started, and you could quite easily play this game with children of any age to help them recognise different vegetables and salad ingredients. You can turn off the toot-toot music if you want to, although I don’t find it intrusive at all.

This game needs cognitive skills, and decision-making, and will also need to recognise patterns and retain information. All of these online skills can extend and help you with real-life situations.

Online gaming can improve concentration and focus but it’s important to say that too much gaming can have negative effects too. It’s crucial, as you get older, to maintain a healthy balance between gaming and other activities and to prioritize physical exercise, social interactions, and other aspects of well-being.

So when you feel it’s time to move on from Candy Crush, you might find else something that appeals to your sense of creativity, and helps you to use it, not lose it!