If your idea of a healthy home includes a private gym and tons of plants, we have good news. Your home can enhance your wellness in more ways than these. The latest advances in home remodeling support your energy, comfort, and quality of life without sacrificing beauty or personalization. What’s more, many of the most powerful wellness home upgrades are undetectable. As experienced design-builders passionate about wellness, we complete home remodels that improve homeowners’ health. Here are our 7 favorite wellness-forward features that work behind the scenes to benefit you.
7 Low-Key Home Upgrades That Increase Wellness
1. Non-Toxic Materials
Refinishing the surfaces in your home doesn’t have to be dangerous. Modern paints and sealers can be low-VOC. Cabinetry can be free from formaldehyde. And flooring doesn’t have to off-gas. By choosing non-toxic materials like these for your home remodel, you’re not just refreshing the spaces you live in; you’re refining the air you breathe.
2. Thoughtful Lighting Layers
Exposing yourself to just the right amount of sunlight year-round is essential for your mental health. But it’s tricky to do in Northeast Ohio. Thankfully, you can ward off seasonal affective disorder and other health complications caused by grey skies with good lighting design. Lighting layers should include ambient lighting for safety, task lighting for clarity, and accent lighting for mood. In the absence of harsh overhead lights, your home will feel less like a waiting room and more like a wellness retreat.
3. Easy-to-Clean Surfaces
Surfaces that collect dust, grime, germs, and bacteria are the enemy of a healthy home. In places like the kitchen and bathroom, cleanliness is next to wellness. So, easy-to-clean surfaces are a must. Quartz countertops are anti-microbial, while flush cabinet toe kicks and integrated backsplashes eliminate dirt collection zones. With home upgrades like these, you can spend less time cleaning and more time living.
4. Smart Layouts
Squeezing through tight spaces and maneuvering around sharp corners are activities best reserved for cave explorers, not home cooks. By considering your lifestyle, the best design-build remodeling companies create kitchen and bathroom layouts that flow smoothly and avoid choke points. Such layouts make multi-tasking simpler and safer now. They also make getting around more manageable for people of different ages and mobility levels.
5. Slip-Resistant Flooring
Slippery flooring is stressful and unsafe. No one wants to crash into furniture just because they’re wearing socks. Or have to hold on for dear life while trying to take a shower. Slip-resistant flooring provides the friction you need to walk or stand securely anywhere in your home. And such flooring doesn’t have to be unsightly. We know of tile and LVT that have enough texture and style to give you peace of mind and ease of movement.
6. Touch-Release Hardware
Opening cabinets and drawers with the touch of a finger feels like magic. But it’s just modern convenience. And it’s great for your health, because accessing storage with just a gentle nudge or soft pull puts less strain on aging joints and overloaded hands. Little home upgrades like this hide in plain sight while making a big difference in family wellness.
7. Effective Task Zones
How are you ever supposed to match the prep time on a recipe when all your tools and ingredients are scattered around the kitchen? And how can you enjoy a nice cup of coffee in the morning if you work up a sweat while making it? You’ll be better about shaving that 5 o’clock shadow when you don’t have to dig through random drawers for your razor. Or you’ll have time to apply your makeup the way you want to when your mascara isn’t always missing.
Designated zones can solve these problems and more in your kitchen and bathroom. With a baking zone, coffee station, home bar, shaving cabinet, makeup vanity, and other task zones in your home, you’ll have everything you need at your fingertips.
Home Upgrades from Wellness Experts
Healthy home upgrades aren’t obvious; they’re smart. They elevate your life in such indistinct but important ways that we believe they should be standard in every home. And when you work with Capozzi Design Build on your next remodel, they are.
We can seamlessly blend healthy home upgrades with your vision for your space. You don’t have to settle for less than a home that takes care of you. And once you’ve experienced it, you’ll never want to go back. Contact us today to start your life-changing remodel with healthy home upgrades.
