The winter blues are real and are a pretty common thing for Canadians to experience. When the days get colder and darker our collective moods are affected. We find ourselves more lethargic and can find ourselves a little more “down in the dumps”. With the lockdown keeping us indoors and isolated from others, those winter blues are even more noticeable.
There are things you can do to help ease those winter blues and have your home be a sanctuary of happiness instead! Take a look at different products you can get to help rid your home of the winter blues!
House Plants
House plants are great to have indoors. They clean the air of toxins for us. While we breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide, they do the exact opposite. That makes for a pretty great relationship.
But house plants are actually even more important in the wintertime. According to studies, house plants reduce stress levels. They also boost productivity and sharpen your attention. If you put them in your home office, they can even improve your job satisfaction. Plants are also linked with more positive moods by releasing endorphins!
If you’re experiencing the winter blues, try surrounding yourself with lush greenery and beautiful living plants to help boost your mood, reduce your stress, and help you feel motivated to do the things you love! Check out these stunning plants:
A Tiny Cute One
This 3.5″ Piccolo Banda is an adorably little plant with beautiful light green leaves that have striking dark green lines on them. For such a small plant that doesn’t take up much space, it still will clean the air of toxins and provide you with all of the benefits that indoor plants bring! Get it here.
A Luscious Fern
This 10″ Coontie Fern and beautiful thin and glossy leaves. It has vacation-esque vibes and can liven up any room in the home. Get it here.
A Pencil Cactus
This stunning 6” Pencil Cactus looks like something you’d find undersea. It’s lowkey to take care of and will bring character to whatever room you place it in. Get it here.
A Soft And Snowy Plant
This 4″ Tillandsia xerographica is an air plant. It has beautiful cascading light grey-ish green leaves. Air plants are known for being easy to take of at home. Get it here.
A Pop of Purple
This beautiful plant has stunning pops of purple and is sure to light up a room. It’s a 5″ Tradescantia Zebrina Purple and is a unique addition to any home. Get it here.
A Heart-Shaped Leaf
Fall in love with this 5” Heartleaf Fern. This plant has striking dark green leaves in the shape of giant hearts. Get it here.
A Staycation-Worthy Palm
This 6” Sago Palm plant gives off serious vacation vibes. While we can’t travel where the sunshine and palm trees are in abundance, we can enjoy our home and pretend we’re taking a staycation. Get it here.
A Beautiful Aloe Plant
This 5″ Aloe Blue Elf is perfect for any home. Aloe is not only beautiful, but it’s also so useful! You can use the gel inside of the leaves. It heals burns, is beneficial for digestive health, can help reduce inflammation, and more! Get it here.
Candles
Candles do more than just make your house smell good. According to science, they can actually improve your mood, elevate feelings of happiness, relieve stress, and even improve your focus. Not only that, but the warmth and the flame can set a cozy mood inside your home, which is the perfect setting when outside is cold and dark. Leave the winter blues behind with these locally made candles!
A Pack Of Mood Candles
This CO/ZY Pack by Mood & Co. has Birthday Wick, 50 Scent, and Scent and the City. Get it here.
A Candle That Smells Like The Best Parts of Winter
This Wassail candle from Folklore Candle Co smells like home-brewed hot cider mulled with cinnamon, anise, cloves, crushed nutmeg, and a twist of orange peel. It’s warming and can instantly remind you of comforting family gatherings during cold, winter months. Get it here.
A Candle That Makes Winter Smell Nostalgic
This candle from Folklore Candle Co is called The Longest Night. It’s said to smell like “towering pines in a snow-swept valley, breath rising in air that’s cold enough to crack, and the ghost of a wood fire.” It’s the kind of scent that will make you embrace winter and forget the blues. Get it here.
Yoga
Sometimes the way to rid your home of the winter blues is by doing something that is good for both body and mind. Yoga is known to be stress-reducing. It strengthens your body and gives your mind the peace and space to get centred. Yoga is a great way to bust yourself out of those winter blues.
A Sharable 10 Class Pass
Evolation Yoga is offering virtual classes that you can attend from the comfort of your own home. This 10 class pass is also sharable, so if you want to try out a new class with a friend or family member, you can both try it out in the same, virtual class! Get it here.
Positivity
Positivity is something that you can cultivate in your home. Negativity is so easy to fall into, especially when you’re feeling blue, but it keeps you in a bad headspace and does nothing to improve your mood. If you consciously try to be positive, you’ll find yourself in a better mood in no time.
Anything you can put in your home or on your person to remind you to be positive is a great way to rid your home of the winter blues. Take a look at these awesome shirts that affirm you and anyone you live with:
A T-Shirt That Tells You You’re Enough
This shirt series is all about having positive intentions. It reminds you and everyone who sees you wearing it that you are enough. Just as you are, you are enough. It’s empowering and it’s positive and can lift you out of a funk if you let it. Get it here.
A Shirt To Remind You That You’re Strong
This positive intention t-shirt is here to remind you and your family that you are all strong. You can get through this period in life. You’ve got this. Get it here.
A Tee To State That You Are Loved
Everyone needs to be reminded that they’re loved from time to time. What better way is there to cheer up than to know that you are loved? Get it here.
Cheerful Decor
Another great way to rid your home of the winter blues is to fill it with things that bring you joy and make you smile. If there is anything we’ve learned through this pandemic it’s that our homes should be a sanctuary that we enjoy and relish being in. Here are some cute and cheerful pieces of home decor to give your home little pops of joy:
A Charming and Brightly Coloured Fish Wall Hanging
This cute fish wall hanging is quirky and colourful. It adds a pop of fun and curiosity to your walls. It doesn’t take up much space but gives plenty of cheer whenever you see it. Get it here.
A Stunning Gemstone Wall Hanging
This beautiful gemstone wall hanging has an agate slice and clear quartz. This is another quirky, out-of-the-norm wall hanging that doesn’t take up much space but can add some cheery playfulness to your home. It brings a piece of the outside in, reminding you that sunshine and days outdoors are just around the corner. Get it here.
A Cute Raccoon Planter
This cheerful ceramic can be used as a planter for cactus or succulents or a vase for flowers. It’s smiling and adorable and it reminds me of Meeko from Pocahontas. Get it here.
An Adorable Minimalist Fox Planter
If you’re a fan of the whole cute wildlife decor, then check out this minimalist fox planter. It’s a tiny 3.5” in a stunning greenish-blue colour. It’s impossibly cute and brings a small smile to your face when you look at it. Get it here.
Glass Terrarium
This beautiful glass terrarium is begging to be made into something splendid with a succulent or air plant inside. It’s beautiful and is just the excuse you need to spend some time creating your own terrarium. Get it here.
Starry Night Garland
This beautiful brass garland of stars is sure to bring a smile to your face whenever you see it. It adds character and cheerfulness to whatever spot you put it in. Get it here.
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Every item on this list of ways to rid your home of the winter blues is from Shop Locorum. You can make your home a cheerful and uplifting place to be while you support local businesses!