Can a " space " be depressing?

I love my home but I think a house feels even more welcoming with fresh flowers and plants. Daffs are so cheap and cheery at the moment too.

New bedding, new cushions and throws and curtains are not too pricey at the budget stores such as Home Bargains/The Range.
Donate old table lamps and buy new. Give the windows a thorough cleaning inside and out.

A selection of modern vases -you can combine fresh flowers with the “modern” fake ones they are pretty good.

Fling the window open whenever you can bear it and only watch the minimum of news output on tv.

Try and get your hallway decorated if possible too with some cheerful new doormats outside and in.
Clear clutter/paperwork one bag or box at a time.

This can be very hard but afterwards satisfying, and gives a sense of achievement, and a feeling that you are in control of some aspects of your life.
Happy spring time!🤗

I think a house can be depressing .....I absolutely love my home....we have restored it room by room and to me its now perfect ....I have lived in a house where I didnt feel this.... it felt miserable tired, dated

Are you feeling depressed most of the time ? If so please visit your GP .
If you think you are just fed up then following the advice already given may boost your mood . I hope you begin t feel much better very soon .💐

Thanks folks, interesting ideas. I'm back and forth to the GP. Amazingly enough, I can actually get to talk to them reasonably easily.

Not against medication but I tend to feel worse before I feel better.

The house is very tired and needs money spent on it plus no interest from partner ( in house that is !)Just got to chip away at it I suppose. I agree Chardy any action is better than nothing.

Possibly both. Can you make one room, that you spend a lot of time in, brighter, put pictures up on the wall, even paint just one wall
Good luck

I would find a dark, gloomy home to be depressing. Also, one full of clutter.

As much as the dark, elegant rooms look wonderful in the magazines, I could never have one. The current trend for colour drenching (were the ceiling is painted the same colour as the walls) is also all a bit too much for me- unless it is white or a shade of white.

My ideal home would have large windows and sun coming in as much as possible.

I think lighting also makes a difference to a room. Lamps rather than the 'big light' make a space look less bleak. I can't understand why anyone would want a fluorescent light in their living room. Mind you, some of the new LED lights are equally bright

No-one can decide that from a post but if you feel really in despair about everything then do go to see your GP.

What is it that is getting you down about the house?
Does it need a good clear up, decorating or real renovation?

Do you have the energy to start with just one room?
Sometimes, when Spring comes it can show up all the faults that we tended not to notice throughout the winter.

It depends on your budget but if you could just make one room bright and welcoming, probably the sitting room, that would be a start.