- 29 Apr 2023
The psychology of spaces harmonizes coexistence with your home
- Larissa Del Río implements her patented Space Psychology methodology in companies, institutions and homes.
- People build and decorate their personal spaces without knowing how to transform their homes into a source of energy recharge to fulfill their dreams.
- Space Psychology has demonstrated its impact on physical, psychological and emotional well-being.
Space Psychology is a discipline that goes beyond Interior Design or Feng Shui and has demonstrated its impact on physical, psychological and emotional well-being with the necessary changes in the environment where you live or work.
“That gray wall makes me sick!” “We can't live together!” are some phrases that, without knowing it, have a lot to do with the house or apartment where you live. “The space we inhabit is decisive in our quality of life and in the way we assimilate changes at work, as well as in the way we relate,” says Larissa Del Río, pioneer in Space Psychology.
Larissa Del Río has created a unique model that integrates her profession as a Psychologist, and Interior Design, Architecture and Decoration. She manages to understand this interaction between people and their environment, prior to the beginning of any architectural or interior design project.
According to Larissa, the science of Psychology plays a primary role in ensuring that the environments created by architects and/or designers have a positive impact on the mood, mental and behavioral states of future inhabitants.
In Colombia how much does it cost to remodel a house? The average cost of a remodel is between COP 500,000 and one million 500 per square meter. This value may vary depending on the area of the house you want to remodel and the complexity of the arrangements. It means making profound structural and façade changes, such as expanding spaces, solving humidity problems or modifying all the floors of the property.
However, many are frustrated when they are not satisfied with the arrangements in their home, and they do not know why. For this Space Psychologist, “people build and decorate their personal spaces for purely aesthetic and functional purposes, but they do not know how to transform their homes into a source of energy recharge to fulfill their dreams.”
It is vital to understand that spaces may or may not help people to have motivation in the mornings, a restful sleep, have healthy habits, promote creativity, productivity, mental clarity, emotional health and in general a healthy life.
Today the house has become for many the permanent place to live and work. Multiple activities are carried out there, from taking advantage of the dining room for home schooling and home office during the day, and transforming it at night into the meeting place to dine together.
This new reality has forced families to invest in their homes, to have adequate productivity. Furthermore, “we are questioning ourselves about how we are investing our money, time and energy, to have a balance between our external physical image, and our privacy and intimacy,” says Larissa.
What is the transformation process like?
The Transformation of people's lives is developed through spaces, in three simple steps:
- The Diagnosis: the Psychological and Emotional relationship that people have with different spaces and objects is analyzed to identify with them.
- Heal wounds or overcome grief : because you have to give identity to the space or make it more welcoming.
- Transformation of the physical space: at this point, a team of interior designers, architects and decorators execute the changes to the space, based on the psychological concept.
Hence, the Psychology of Spaces “is much more than a home make over , which is so fashionable. Actually, it is a Self-Make over , so through a reflective, revealing and creative process we create the concept of the ideal space for the people who live together, so that later with the interior decoration team that psychological concept is reflected in the spaces".
After all this process there will be a new look of the space, more harmonious environments that generate peace, calm and inspiration. There is also the option of making a new distribution of the space or incorporating new decoration elements, a new color palette, cushions, rugs, furniture, to generate a visual change that improves the experience with the space.
Larissa is also suited to large projects that involve changes in structures, finishes, expanding or creating new places, custom furniture design, lighting design, among others.
A course that transforms lives
Additionally, Larissa not only transforms lives through her advice. It also does so by sharing its knowledge in a 7-week course, in which students learn to discover which colors, textures, aromas, and materials identify with them, generate well-being, and allow them to feel happy and balanced.
“I teach them to get to know themselves through their home, to reconnect with their home, to identify the blockages that prevent them from having their dream home, to give it warmth with their own tastes and unique style, so that they learn to project their inner beauty into their home. outdoor space and enjoy a life in harmony” emphasizes Larissa.
He adds, “what I like most about these processes is to see how with changes in the distribution of decorative elements, with removing some objects that do not bring pleasant emotions, with choosing a new color palette, you instantly begin to see changes in the people's lives, how they receive a new lease of life and obtain well-being in all areas of their lives.”
Five essential steps to improve space
Finally, “the perception we have of our space and what it reflects is vital to staying active and improving our quality of life.” Larissa Del Río recommends these simple steps so you can start renewing your life through the space you live in:
· Get rid of belongings that no longer serve people's lives and that do not bring back the best memories. |
· Choose a color palette with which you feel identified and that also evokes pleasant emotions. |
· Identify the concept you have about what an ideal space is, visualize what objects, colors, shapes you feel best with. |
· It is very important to recognize the tastes and personalities of each member in the inhabited spaces. |
· Create spaces for aesthetic coexistence in such a way that each member feels that they are represented in the environments. |
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