Walking into your home after a busy day can add stress and can reduce stress. Home is a shelter from weather, privacy, place of family activities, and a collection of familiar belongings. There are spaces in your home for busy activities and then there are spaces in your home to provide rest and relaxation.

The importance of clean building indoor air quality is more crucial for human health at a time when individuals spend more time inside. Stated in WELL Building Standard, the World Health Organization estimates that air pollution globally contributes to close to seven million premature deaths in 2012 (Delos Living LLC, 2015). Poor indoor air quality can also lead to an increase in physical systems such as runny nose, eye irritations, headaches, asthma and possible cardiovascular complications.

It is scientifically proven that the average person spends between 90% to 93% of their time inside built environments. With the large amount of time a person spends inside built environments, a home needs to have spaces that can promote healthy behaviors to the occupants. Design should have familiar items that the occupants enjoy. Rooms in your home should be designed to create feelings.

When is there a day without stress? Running to work, packing lunches, picking up the bathroom. A Super Woman? Trying to get everything done in a small amount of time. I can remember when I was trying to be Super Mom, Super Wife and Super Business Woman. Yet, Is there a space in my home that I can go to and relax?