Sense-scaping is the wellness-inspired interior design trend to watch out for in 2025. This trend brings together all five senses to bring your space together. It goes beyond beautiful aesthetics and focuses on creating a perfectly balanced space.
In recent years, wellness trends have become increasingly popular as we look for a calmer lifestyle – and that now extends to our home decor ideas. Last year, Feel-good gardens We've seen how we want to boost our mental health at home, and now it's time to bring similar principles into the home with a new, calming interior design trend.
Sense-scaping is the practice of balancing all five senses to create a specific feeling in the home – it is often used to create feelings of peace, calm and relaxation. And here's how you can achieve it at home.
What is sense scaping?
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“The sense scaping trend in interior design is about more than just decorating a home to make it look good.” Rather, it is a holistic approach to creating interiors that appeal to all five senses promote immersive, wellbeing-focused environments,” says Lucy Mather, interior design expert at Arighi Bianchi.
“The trend is moving beyond aesthetics to designing spaces that evoke emotional responses and enhance well-being by carefully considering how interiors look, feel, sound, smell and even taste.”
Using your five senses to bring a room together gives your interiors a three-dimensional feel. If you are looking for relaxation Ideas for the living roomChoosing soft colors can make it feel calming while enjoying a relaxing scent like The White Company's iconic Ylang-Ylang scent Calm Candle (£22 at The White Company) can help bring the spa-like feeling to life.
“Targeted quiet zones for relaxation or mindfulness, free from external noise pollution, are just as important in this trend as multi-layered lighting concepts, including soft ceiling floodlights, dimmable lamps and candlelight, to create a mood-enhancing atmosphere,” says Lucy.
“By curating spaces that engage all of the senses, this trend creates immersive environments that promote both physical and emotional health.” The focus on personalization ensures each space feels uniquely calming and deeply engaging.”
How to create a sensory landscape at home
To pull off this trend, you don't have to redecorate, just work with what you already have. For example, adding candles and a few of them best reed diffusers is an easy way to change the scent of a room. If you want to add a playful, fun touch to a room, you should choose a fruity citrus scent, while oud or bergamot are best if you prefer a luxurious look.
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View is also possible with a small budget. Avoid microtrends and focus on your own style to make yourself happier. Upholstered furniture can help make a room feel cozy, with browns and earth tones being the most popular this year Color trendPlus, it's perfect for creating a warm, cozy feeling.
“Touch is a very important sense to appeal to when decorating a home,” says Ana Zuravliova, trend specialist at Blinds Direct.
“Different textures evoke different emotions, so using them correctly can be extremely beneficial.” For example, a room that combines the cool softness of leather chairs with wooden tables and rich velvet curtains will appear cozy and inviting, while a room with linens, voile curtains and smooth Aluminum blinds appear refreshing and bright.
According to Ana, your sense of sound can also be applied to silence. If you're bothered by noise pollution from passing cars or noisy neighbors, she recommends using noise-absorbing Roman blinds to soundproof a room or investing in smart speakers like one Amazon Echo (£109.99)where you add ambient sounds and music as soon as you need them.
Taste is probably the hardest sense to achieve in your interior design. Fruit trends like that Strawberry girl aesthetic can make a place look good enough to eat, but literally, filling the fruit bowl full or even putting bowls of snacks too deep in it is a way to feel cute at home.
Shop the look
Neom Wellbeing Real Luxury Destress Travel Scented Candle
Neom is a wellness-focused luxury brand and their Real Luxury candle is specifically designed to help you relax and de-stress. With extracts of lavender, jasmine and Brazilian rosewood, it is perfect for relaxing after a long day.
Candar structured bouclé throw
If you want to create a cozy and relaxing space, a cozy throw that is soft to the touch is crucial. Choose one in warm earth tones to make your sofa look even cozier.
Enoki Led Rechargeable Wireless Lamp – White/Gold
Soft lighting is the easiest way to improve the atmosphere of a room. Choose a warm lamp to make your living room or bedroom a more relaxing place.
A room shouldn't just look good, it should also feel good. By engaging all five senses, you create a space you'll always want to spend time in.