Creating Atmosphere in Your Home with Flowers

Posted on September 17, 2008 with No Comments

One of the most important elements that makes a home a true home is atmosphere. The place where you live should not just be a collection of rooms, it should have an atmosphere that helps you relax and refocus your energy.

Redecorating your home can be time-consuming and expensive, but with a few arrangements of flowers you can give your living space the exact atmosphere you desire.

Research has also proven that flowers can give natural energy to a home by shifting our emotions in a more positive direction.

One study done by Harvard University gave its subjects a bouquet of flowers each morning and they found that the people immediately had a positive shift in their mood, they were happier and energetic after they were given their flowers.

Best-selling author Jayme Barrett says, “Flowers are a wonderful way to ease the stress of everyday life and refocus our emotions.” She went on to say, “We need and deserve simple ways of creating homes where we feel happy and harmonious by disconnecting from the hectic world outside.”

[Via: The Outpost]

Flowers can be Energizers

Posted on July 8, 2008 with No Comments

Most people would never think that flowers can give you energy but they can be better than a cup of coffee.

Nancy Etcoff recently led a study at Harvard Medical School Massachusetts General Hospital, investigating the effects of flowers that are kept in the home and the effect they have on our well-being. A group of people aged 25-60 using reporting on themselves let the team of researches know where they were, with whom they were and what they were doing, when they felt emotions and whether they were in the presence of flowers or not.

The study’s overall result was that the flowers had a positive impact on people at home on their emotions and general well-being. People who participated in the study felt they had more energy with flowers around. NASA led a similar study which showed that people feel better around plants and that plants help filter out toxic elements in the air.

[Via: The Eureka Reporter]