Deborah Wessling - Home Sweet Home

SELF-CARE SANCTUARY: 8 Steps to Create Restful Square Footage at Home The phrase "self-care sanctuary" can sound fancy or over-the-top. The idea behind it is simple. Every room in your home already has a job: the kitchen for cooking, the bedroom for sleeping, the bathroom for getting ready. A self-care sanctuary is a place that has one job too. Its job is to remind you to slow down, be present, and do something that takes care of you. That doesn't have to mean a full extra room. It can be a corner of the bedroom, a bench in the basement, a window seat, an unused walk-in closet, a small section of the porch, or a shaded patch of the backyard. What matters is that you've claimed the space on purpose and outfitted it for rest, creativity, or quiet. Eight steps will get you there.

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July 2026

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