10 Tips To Make Your Cozy Bedroom Ready When Mercury Level Rises

Decorating your room with indoor plants is not only about decorating the space, but it also offers various benefits, especially in summer. There are a few plants that survive in indoor environments, such as snake plants and Areca palms. Now, I would not say that these plants offer cooling like an air conditioner, but placing them around can make the air feel lighter. Apart from that, the process of transpiration releases the fresh air inside the room and gives your room a cooling effect, which feels more like nature’s touch. 

Looking for curtains for your home usually includes matching them with the interior of the room, as they mostly act as a decorative item. But since I got to know about the curtains that not only look pretty but also block the sunlight from entering my room, I became more curious to use them. All these years, the sunlight used to come directly to my sleeping space through the window, as I have a west-facing room. To all people who are relating to me, they understand how warm the temperature of our room gets, especially during the afternoon or evening, and its effects can be seen at night too. But with these blackout curtains, now the UV rays get blocked from getting into the room and help in maintaining the temperature.

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To all the heavy and thick materials that we have used during the winter, it’s high time to remove them. And no! Not even decorative materials like fancy silk and polyester blends will give you the light and heat resistance feature. Cotton is the fabric of summer, as it allows constant airflow and does not hold the body’s heat. So, whether you are using the fabric on your sofas, cushions, bedsheets, or pillowcases, cover it all up with cotton that feels soft and cool to your body and does not trap heat.

We know that colors cannot directly reduce the temperature of your room, but they have a psychological effect on your brain. Just like using colors like yellow, golden, and orange gives your brain an energetic yet warm appeal. In the same way, cool colors like blue or mint green trick your mind and give a cooler effect. I know it does not sound like a guaranteed way, but don’t underestimate the psychology that the color can have on our minds.

This is the trick that has been working for a very long time, when there were no coolers or AC to use for people. It is a very simple technique where you just have to take a metal or glass bowl with ice cubes and add a little amount of rock salt so that the ice does not melt too fast. Now place this owl in front of any table fan and see your room turn into an air-conditioned area. As the air picks up the coolness of the bowl, it makes your room chilled and turns it into a cozy place without heavy electricity bills.

Do you ever realize how these old yellow bulbs emit heat in such a way that you never actually notice it? Most of the traditional bulbs were basically mini heaters that emitted light while raising the temperature of your space, and it is very important to replace them to maintain the temperature of your room. So let me tell you how I dealt with this issue. I just replaced the old yellow bulbs with the cool white LEDs. Apart from that, let me give you a bonus point: unplug all your electronic devices before sleeping because even the energy they use can emit heat and raise the temperature in an unnoticeable way.

As the name suggests, we are talking about a shield that helps when there is a hot and dry breeze outside. During the summer months, sometimes there is an evening breeze that gives you relaxation from the scorching heat of the day. But how can we utilize this dry air to make your room cool? Just open your window to let the breeze come inside, but keep your curtains closed. Now, either you can spray the water on cotton curtains, or you can cover your window with a wet cloth, if you have no curtains around the window. This will make the air a little cool when it enters your space through these wet curtains. Along with this, your room will also get the ventilation that it needs to manage the indoor air quality.

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Even with blackout curtains or shield technology, sometimes a little heat can still get trapped inside the room. But why keep letting the sunrays touch the window frames when you can guard and do it from outside? When I noticed how hot the windowpanes become after the whole day, I decided to guard them before the heat gets absorbed and makes your room a space filled with trapped heat. I installed the window panes that fill your room with natural daylight, but do not allow any kind of noise and heat to enter the room. These panes come in various designs that not only look aesthetic but also give a rainbow effect in my room.

Heat, along with humidity, can be a worse experience during summers. Now, as I used a lot of products to keep heat away from my bedroom, let’s understand how to deal with the humidity. As much as it sounds, it is not rocket science. Either you can buy a dehumidifier from Amazon, or you can make one yourself. Now, if you are curious about how to make one by yourself, let me help you with that. As we know, rock salt is a natural dehumidifier, you just place the rock salt in a bowl with charcoal and keep it by your bedside. This trickle helps the sweat to evaporate faster, which will automatically cool down your body.

There is one thing that one should know about cluttered spaces is that they make your room feel full by blocking the air flow and thus leading to a hot environment. One of the ways to deal with this is to just adjust your furniture a little bit. For example, you can move the extra boxes or heavy furniture away from the window to make space for airflow. Have you ever noticed that even when we clean up the room or clean with water or mop, it starts giving a cooling effect? This has nothing to do with the temperature, but how the organized space gives you a spacious and airy feel.