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Ideal Home
Sara Hesikova

Should we be decorating our homes with healing crystals? The science behind the crystal decor trend

Bohemian bedroom with a buddha statue and salt lamp

In recent years, healing crystals have entered the mainstream, seen both as a trendy home decor trend and a potential way of promoting our wellbeing. Whether you believe in the latter is up to you, but the popularity of the trend is indisputable as the average search volume for the term 'healing crystals' reaches 11,000 every month in the UK. 

Several Ideal Home editors have crystals around their homes. But more so for their aesthetic appeal rather than the healing powers - our Assistant Editor Thea Babbington-Stitt displays a cluster in a bowl and a fluorite crystal for promised creativity enhancement on her home desk (there's a wellbeing home office trick!), Content Editor Kayleigh Dray has them around the garden and Junior Writer Jullia Joson uses a crystal water bottle.

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