Bringing the Natural World Indoors: How to Craft Your Way to Happiness

Bringing the Natural World Indoors: How to Craft Your Way to Happiness
Flower arranging is one craft that can feed your creative side and bring nature—and a burst of joy—indoors. Karolina Grabowska/Pexels
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You may have noticed the recent movement toward huge picture windows and fancy bifold doors being fitted into people’s homes. Maybe you’re one of those people. Maybe your neighbors are (and you secretly envy them). What’s fueling this desire to install gigantic plates of glass in our walls?

Simply put, it’s to bring the outside in. To bask in glorious sunlight and to invite nature, metaphorically speaking, into our homes. In this way, we allow ourselves to drink in the calming shades of blue and green and enjoy the colorful display provided for us by birds, insects, and seasonal blooms.

 EJ Taylor
 EJ Taylor
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EJ Taylor is a UK-based environmental biologist, entomologist, and teacher with over 20 years of experience in working internationally. Ms. Taylor holds a fascination for the natural world and the relationships between species. Of particular interest are the effects of the natural environment on human well-being, mental health, and cognition. When not surrounded by nature, Ms. Taylor can be found creating artwork, cooking, pottering in the vegetable garden, or traveling (sometimes on a classic British motorcycle).
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