Decluttering Your Bedroom Can Boost Your Sex Life
Clutter is a problem we all have to deal with and even if you have a handle on it in your kitchens and living room, there’s a sneaky way it could be negatively affecting your life. You may not realize it, but if you have clutter in your bedroom, your sex life could be paying the price.
The thing is, when the mood turns amorous, no one wants to be reminded of their unpaid parking ticket or the call to the doctor’s office they need to make. That’s why Dr. Jane Guyn, a relationship coach and author of the best-selling book, “Too Busy to Get Busy,” told Apartment Therapy to get paper clutter out of the bedroom. She also recommends stashing mail and bills out of sight and moving any reading material that isn’t being used and doesn’t feel sexy, like a copy of “Taxes for Dummies.”
Electronics are also not on Guyn’s “keep in the bedroom” list. Sexologist Dr. Kelly Rees agrees, urging, “Get the tech out of the bedroom!” Even if you need our phone for the alarm in the morning, she suggests stashing it in a drawer when things get steamy in the bedroom. Both experts also advise moving pet-related clutter, like crates, toys and blankets, when you want some privacy in there.
- The ultimate goal, Guyn explains, is to “Get rid of anything that takes your attention away from feeling relaxed, open and sensual.”
- Beyond the paper, pet and tech clutter, Rees focuses on creating spaces that aren’t just decluttered, but clean. That includes piles of clothes and laundry, and if you don’t have time to fold them and put them away properly, at least stash them in the closet temporarily and close the door.
- To set the mood in the bedroom for sexy times ahead, start with making the bed, because when it’s smoothed out and neat, Rees says it’s “like an invitation.”
- Guyn notes that mood lighting creates an intimate feeling and fragrances can add to that.
- Music goes a long way to setting the sexy, sultry space you want your bedroom to be.
Source: Apartment Therapy
