FEBRUARY TREND: sleep sweet and… ‘beautifyingly’

Reflect on this briefly: do you have a beautiful bedroom or just a bedroom?
Scientifically proven since long: restful sleep is the be-all and end-all of a healthy lifestyle! With plenty and regular sleep, we increase our resilience. Healthy sleep translates into a better balance, more energy and sometimes even increased beauty. That’s why a beautiful bedroom ready to welcome you and your sleep is truly important, especially in present times. A beautiful bedroom should not only be functional, but also reflect your personality as hardly any other room in our homes is as individual and as unique as this one, a place which stimulates you to try out new things.

This is what astrologer Monica Kissling says about February 2021: EXPERIMENT!
In February you can explore new paths to suit your every whim and mood. Venus, goddess of love and aesthetics, shows her most original side in the eccentric Aquarius. Therefore, it is first and foremost in the living room and in the bedroom that you can now give your creativity free rein. In view of the celestial conjunction of Uranus, the innovator, and Saturn, the preserver, you will probably prefer combining old and new such as vintage furniture or restored objects, for example. A daring mix of styles is almost obligatory in the sign of the nonconformist Aquarius so: go out and find your own distinctive style now!

This month, focus on your bedroom and redesign it. Beds with an individual and distinctive headboard are in trend – even the traditional four-poster beds, reinterpreted in a new and modern way, are experiencing a revival. Don’t hesitate either to choose a slightly darker colour for a wall: bedrooms can have a calming effect and thus also exude some “cocooning” feelings.

BE TRUE TO YOURSELF!

How and where to start?
Choose a beautiful headboard that will ‘back and support’ your sleep.
Even a modern four-poster bed can ‘zone’ a sleeping area better. Matching bedside tables, preferably with a decorative finish, and beautiful lamps with tinted fabric shades bring cosiness.
Never to forget either: a beautiful carpet under the bed to welcome our bare feet in the morning, dimmable and indirect light, an armchair or a chair. Another recent trend: ‘bed benches’, serving as storage space, also increase the cosiness factor. And yes: add curtains ! Next step: check what is, or what are the first things you see when you wake up: inspiring art, subtle decorations, a beautiful view? Whatever your eyes rest on when you open them in the morning should help you start each new day well-rested and positive.

Link to the 2021 monthly lookout by Monica Kissling