Home Improvement Your home is meant to be a reprieve from the hectic pace and jarring patterns of the modern world, but unless care is paid to the layout and features of that home, you might instead find yourself in a setting that only makes you more anxious. Here are some ways to make your space peaceful. Build a Zen Garden Image Source: Flickr A Zen garden is not typically a garden with flowers. Instead, it is a garden composed of sand and rocks, something like a child’s sandbox. Instead of the ubiquitous pail and shovel, however, a Zen garden often has a rake nearby, used to draw patterns in the sand and to manipulate the rocks. Zen gardens can also incorporate surrounding greenery or a water feature. Spending time …
