3 Benefits of Wooden Home Decor
It's no coincidence that many people feel wood brings warmth to a home. There's an unconscious attraction to the material for many of us. But beyond the emotions we associate with wood, there are some very compelling reasons to use wooden home accessories in your interior.
Wood Brings Nature Into Your Home
A natural environment benefits everyone. Bringing nature into your home is a no-brainer if you're aiming to create a healthy living space. There's an entire field of research focused on the impact of natural surroundings on our health. This is called biophilia, and designing products or living spaces with this principle in mind is known as biophilic design. Over the past decades, the health effects of this approach have been extensively studied.
Conclusions of these studies show:
- People in a natural environment use approximately 50% fewer painkillers
- After surgery in a biophilically designed hospital, patients were discharged on average one day earlier
- Cities that implement urban greening experience less crime and aggression
- Children who grow up in a biophilically designed environment are less often ill
- Children who attend classes in a biophilically designed classroom have lower heart rates and lower cortisol levels
Wooden Home Decor is Timeless
Wood is timeless and has always been regarded as beautiful. Even today, it remains in style, which is remarkable given the wide range of choices available. Moreover, wood has a long lifespan during which it changes but does not necessarily look worse. In fact, the opposite is often true. Wooden products are known to become more attractive with age, a phenomenon also known as patina. To achieve this, a little love and care for your wooden home decorations is required. In a future blog, we’ll gladly explain how to do this most easily. In any case, know that you can enjoy high-quality wooden products for a long time.
Wood is Circular
A common and valid concern regarding wood is its impact on the environment. Cutting down a tree simply results in less CO2-absorption. At first glance, this makes wood seem like a poor choice for the climate. However, the opposite turns out to be true. Wood can play a perfect role in a circular economy. Through photosynthesis, trees separate the C and the O2 . The O2 is the oxygen (O2) that we breathe, and the carbon (C) is stored in the wood. In short, trees give us the ability to convert our emissions into useful wooden products. Of course, it is important that we do not reduce forest area to meet our demand for wood.
We explore this in more detail in our article about sustainable wood.
What do we do with this knowledge?
At Timber Delights, we provide you with high-quality wooden products that are free from unwanted substances. You will immediately notice the unique character and quality of our wooden home accessories. So, to sum up Timber Delights in brief: no mass production, no dropshipping, but craftsmanship, quality, and character.
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Finally, we aim to encourage consumers to choose plastic less often. Plastic is not circular, difficult to recycle, and harmful to our health and the environment. Together with our community, we want to make a difference. So if you’d like to contribute: please share this blog and check out our selection.