How to improve the well-being of children?
We spend up to 90% of our day indoors, which inevitably affects our health and well-being. A good indoor air quality and the right microclimate are therefore aspects of primary importance in the construction of a healthy and safe home, along with lighting, furniture and materials that contribute to defining the overall comfort of each environment.
This is even more true when it comes to children: a good night's sleep, the right concentration and healthy fun are closely related to the quality of the spaces in which they live their daily lives. In this sense, the nursery plays a crucial role: it is the micro-world in which they dream, study, play and to which parents devote the most attention and energy. There are many effective solutions for purifying the air and ensuring the right level of humidity in the bedroom (we talk about them here https://www.olimpiasplendid.it/qualita-dellaria-indoor).
To go further and understand how to choose the right furnishings, colours and materials for a comfortable bedroom, we asked designers Sebastiano Ercoli and Alessandro Garlandini, who have already designed numerous Olimpia Splendid products, to guide us through the project.
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With them, we started by analysing the most common solutions. "We often resort to complete bedrooms with matching furniture, typically pink for the girl and blue for the boy. Nothing could be more wrong, the newborn will soon become a teenager and will find himself inside a small child's room that will be too small for him." How, then, to succeed in creating a bedroom that can adapt to the different needs of growth? "It is better to build the room little by little, trying to contain the number of pieces of furniture to leave more space for play. Colour should also be dosed carefully, on one wall only or on a few details, leaving the rest white. There are wonderful wallpapers, but don't overdo it; the room will be filled with toys, soft toys and books, creating an incredible visual clutter. A few maxi-stickers can also make the room lively and, for those with artistic talent, we recommend drawing and printing them, involving your children. For the furniture we prefer light natural wood (birch) or white lacquer. Last suggestion: a small surface painted with chalkboard paint on which the children can unleash their creativity, leaving the other walls untouched."
