What do doctor's office waiting rooms and grocery stores have in common? They produce a certain emotional response in people. Color and texture are used to either soothe or stimulate the emotions. Let's explore the psychological effect of beach decor in Lancaster County, PA, on the emotions.


The Psychology of Color

Colors are either warm or cool. Warm colors include red, orange, and yellow, while cool colors include blue, green, and purple. Warm colors suggest great energy, passion, and even anger. Cool colors suggest calm and harmony.

Beach decor is primarily blue for sea and sky. It includes white for puffy clouds, beige for sand, and green for grass and palm trees. There are accents of pink for seashells and sand dollars. These are all soothing colors, promoting calm and harmony in a room.


The Psychology of Texture

Lots of beach decor in Lancaster County, PA, features model boats, ship's wheels, netting holding a piece of driftwood, a starfish, and perhaps a canoe paddle or a miniature anchor. The nautical theme brings to mind the sound of surf hitting the shore, wind blowing across the beach, and making tracks in the sand.

While no woman in history has ever voluntarily allowed sand in her house, everyone can understand the emotions sand evokes. It makes you happy to dig into it with your toes, feeling its warmth on your sandy feet and the different textures of dry sand on the beach and wet sand in the surf.


The Psychology of Beach Decor

A lighthouse, ship's wheel, buoys, and pier posts with pelicans all suggest a beach house. The porch is full of flip-flops and wet towels. The water birds call and flap about. The sound of the surf is loudest when the tide comes in, and you can't hear what your friend is saying.

Find out how the Amish handcrafted nautical decor items at Beaver Dam Woodworks, LLC, make you feel when you visit www.BeaverDamWoodworks.com to find out more about this soothing approach to decorating your home.