I would add: get plants. Having plants seems to reduce stress in the workplace, and I imagine this effect works at home as well. In addition, I think plants just make rooms look more appealing. I’m not sure if well-made fake plants have the same stress-reducing effect, but I bet they do. I have a number of fake and real plants in my bedroom. Fake plants are low-maintenance, but they do have to be dusted every so often. Real plants need watering, and they have to be replaced eventually.
Another good idea is to have a couch, loveseat, divan, or big, comfortable chair in your bedroom (if you have room). This gives you a place to read/watch TV, etc without using the bed. There is some research suggesting that people who do work or watch TV in bed have a harder time falling asleep or don’t sleep as well.
When it comes to plants in bedrooms it’s just important to think about CO2.
A lot of plants emit CO2 at night when there’s no light. If you are sleeping in a room with closed windows that can be problematic.
Sansevieria is a plant that doesn’t release CO2 at night but absorbs it. It’s also okay with getting water once per month.
Do you have any cites for the idea that having a few plants in a normal sized bedroom is problematic? That seems really implausible, especially since bedrooms aren’t air tight, and the CO2 presumably diffuses throughout the entire house. I’m not talking about sleeping in a rainforest here, just having a few plants.
Also, a lot of people sleep with another person in the room, do plants really emit more CO2 over the course of a night, than another person would?
I would add: get plants. Having plants seems to reduce stress in the workplace, and I imagine this effect works at home as well. In addition, I think plants just make rooms look more appealing. I’m not sure if well-made fake plants have the same stress-reducing effect, but I bet they do. I have a number of fake and real plants in my bedroom. Fake plants are low-maintenance, but they do have to be dusted every so often. Real plants need watering, and they have to be replaced eventually.
Another good idea is to have a couch, loveseat, divan, or big, comfortable chair in your bedroom (if you have room). This gives you a place to read/watch TV, etc without using the bed. There is some research suggesting that people who do work or watch TV in bed have a harder time falling asleep or don’t sleep as well.
Getting a “sunrise alarm clock” might also be a good bedroom addition.
I had a fish, it died. I just got a philodendron, we’ll see how it goes.
When it comes to plants in bedrooms it’s just important to think about CO2. A lot of plants emit CO2 at night when there’s no light. If you are sleeping in a room with closed windows that can be problematic.
Sansevieria is a plant that doesn’t release CO2 at night but absorbs it. It’s also okay with getting water once per month.
Do you have any cites for the idea that having a few plants in a normal sized bedroom is problematic? That seems really implausible, especially since bedrooms aren’t air tight, and the CO2 presumably diffuses throughout the entire house. I’m not talking about sleeping in a rainforest here, just having a few plants.
Also, a lot of people sleep with another person in the room, do plants really emit more CO2 over the course of a night, than another person would?
Downvoted for being about as plausible as fan death http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death