Add extra cosiness to your home this winter

For many people, winter is not their favorite time of year. If you have a house in Alanya, you can enjoy more than 300 days of sunshine a year, which suppresses many winter depressions. Do you still want to make your home more cozy during the rare dark days? Below we share 7 interior tips with you below to make your house winter-proof. This makes being at home in Alanya even nicer.

1. Light, light, light!

When it's dark outside, you don't have to sit in the dark inside your home. Instead of uninviting fluorescent lighting and bright energy-saving lamps, you can make it cozy with small lights and candles. Put some nice candlesticks on a cupboard, a bowl of tealights and different sizes of candles on the table and a few large candles on the dining table. Wall lamps or an atmospheric salt stone lamp will also provide warm light.

2. Bring structure into your home

Warm blankets, soft pillow covers and accessories made of wood create a warmer atmosphere at home. Not only do they feel soft and warm, they also look cozy. Especially when you opt for autumn colors or warm tones. Thicker curtains also provide structure and also keep out the cold during winter.

3. Go bake something

Cosiness goes hand in hand with comfort food. And this doesn't just start when you sit down at the table, but already when you're preparing your food in the kitchen. Browse through your favorite cookbooks, visit the farmers’ market in search of the most delicious ingredients and prepare your baked goods with love. Enjoy delicious comfort food while watching a good movie, or in the company of your loved ones.

4. Play music that makes you happy

Enjoy music especially for this season on your favorite radio station, or create your own playlist on Spotify. Can't reach your favorite radio station from abroad? Then turn on your smartphone or laptop and stream it from the internet. Radio-uk.co.uk is such a site where you can listen to your favorite stations.

5. Rediscover board games

Pull your kids away from their screens and gather around the table for old-fashioned fun. Board games come in all shapes and sizes, from classics like Don't Annoy and Stratego, to the newest variants of Monopoly and Pictionary, and games that require more interaction like Taboo! and Pie Face! Is no one else around? Then play a game with family or friends during a Zoom meeting.

6. Brighten up your home with flowers

Outside the trees may look bare, but indoors you can make sure the flowers are still in full bloom. Treat yourself to a beautiful bouquet of flowers or some plants to bring color and ambiance into your home. You can also opt for a bowl of potpourri, or a bouquet of Lego. In this way you will also have fun creating your bouquet together with the kids.

7. Personalize your home

It is a shame to store your personal items in cupboards. Instead, display your memorabilia and finds from nature. Put your favorite photos somewhere where you will see them often and your favorite books within reach. Set up a china cabinet with souvenirs from Alanya or from your hometown. Collect objects from nature such as leaves, shells or chestnuts and make beautiful pieces of them. A personal interior provides, perhaps more than all other ways, for extra cosiness in your home.