The Benefits of Indoor Fountains

Indoor fountains add beauty to your home.

The decorative appeal of indoor water fountains is obvious. These beautiful pieces can only be referred to as art in motion. Everyone is looking for unique decorating ideas for their home. Indoor fountains are the perfect choice for adding a stunning accent to any room and will have everyone talking.

Relaxation and Stress Relief.

Have you ever relaxed near a babbling brook or stream and felt all the stress and worries of your day-to-day life just float away with the gentle waves?  Who wouldn't want to experience that feeling on a daily basis?  Flowing water is one of the most relaxing and naturally calming sounds on earth and now you can bring one of nature's best stress relievers to any room in your house... or even your office.

Negative Ions

In the case of ions, being negative is a positive thing.  Our bodies need negative ions, but just about everything we do creates positive ions. Negative ions are abundant in nature, but the closer you get to the cities the fewer negative ions are available.  And in your homes there are very few if any.  Every electrical device in your house produces positive ions as do our own bodies.  Negative ion's counteract the positive ions and neutralize them, but in our homes there are overwhelming numbers of positive ions. Your shower of course creates negative ions, but it's just not practical to keep that running all day long. Negative ions also help clean the air of pollutants.  Their negative charge attracts dust and other airborne impurities, removing them from the air.  This allows us all to breathe healthier air and is especially nice for those with allergies.  In addition, when humans are living in a negative ion rich environment, the negative ions into the bloodstream and naturally increase serotonin levels. This been shown to help relieve stress, alleviate depression, increase our daytime energy levels and improve our overall mood.  That's why we think it's important to point out that indoor waterfalls and fountains create negative ions, which in turn makes for cleaner, healthier and more energized air.

The White Noise Effect

White noise is created when something generates sound in all different frequencies at the same time.  I know you've experienced this many times in your life but never realized what it was.  Maybe you've been in a really crowded building, with hundreds or even thousands of people, all hanging around in groups talking.  If you got there earlier, when there were fewer people, you could probably hear the people at the next table clearly.  But as more and more people showed up, the harder it became to hear until it got to the point where no matter how hard you tried you could not hear what they were saying at the next table. Your initial thought might be that it just became louder with so many people, but volume has nothing to do with it.  These people are probably not talking any louder than the people at the next table and they are farther away.  What you are experiencing is the saturation of the frequencies and you can no longer discern the individual voices.  You then just hear the “buzz” of the crowd…..  Or maybe outside in a rainstorm, you may have found it harder to hear someone you are talking with.  Again, it's not the volume of the rain, it’s the white noise effect masking out the frequency of the other person's voice and other sounds.  Flowing water has that effect.  It doesn't block noise; it masks it so that it's not as annoying and distinct.  In many cases, so indistinct that you don't know it's there.

Improved Work, Study, and Sleep

The combination of the relaxing, tranquil sounds and the white noise effect, gently filter out the annoying background noises that might otherwise disturb your concentration.  Indoor water fountains help create the perfect environment for working or studying.  When you're trying to concentrate the littlest sounds can be annoying.  The ticking of the clock, the person a few cubicles down from you tapping their pencil on their desk, or even the kids down the street playing basketball.  While obviously perfect for the home, tabletop fountains are also great for your desk at work or for a student’s dorm room. The same benefits that create a great environment for better concentration also create an ideal sleeping environment.

Humidity.

While not everyone has to suffer through low humidity, many of us do.  Whether you just live in an arid climate or the winter cold has frozen the moisture out of the air, you suffer just the same.  Low humidity dries everything out; your skin, your hair, your eyes, and even your mucous membranes.  This then leads to itching, chapping, dry eyes, nose, and throat, and an increased susceptibility to colds and respiratory infections.  Your home and belongings suffer as well. Everything dries out and cracks, and static electricity runs rampant.  I'm guessing this should be obvious, but indoor water fountains are natural humidifiers. And unlike other humidifiers, that may force too much moisture into the air; you don't run the risk of over humidifying and creating a healthy environment for mold.