As crystals become more mainstream, home decor magazines, like Better Homes & Gardens, have started to adopt ornamental minerals as a way to bring pops of color and sparkle into their designs. Crystals for the home are a brilliant way approach to adding a sense of ease and cool bohemian style into a room, but it’s important to consider their other uses as well. In home design, the functionality of a room is just as crucial as the look. Healing crystals have properties that if used correctly, can amplify the functionality of your entire space. Taking a crystal’s metaphysical benefits into mind can help you to clear or manipulate a room’s energy, and even enhance what you’d like to do in it. Want a little more romance in the bedroom? There’s a stone for that. Looking for some sweet, earthly energy in the nursery? There’s a stone for that. Just need to relax? There is most definitely a stone for that. Explore the greater possibilities of these dazzling accents with this quick decor guide to crystals for the home!

An Insider Guide to Crystals for the Home

Crystal for the Office: Shungite

Shungite is an important stone for the work desk or home office because of the natural antioxidants found in the stone’s fullerenes. Unlike any other stone on Earth, this stone, found only in Russia, can absorb and neutralize the electromagnetic radiation (EMF) put out by electronic devices. If your desk is covered with a computer, tablet, phone or other electronic devices, this stone can be useful in combating that energy. It also connects with the root chakra, which will benefit your work by keeping you grounded and helping you to harness courage and resourcefulness.

Crystal for the Bedroom: Rose Quartz

What better crystal to have in the bedroom than one that invokes feelings of peace and unconditional love? Rose Quartz to the rescue! This stone connects with the Heart Chakra to open the soul up to vulnerabilities, and promote love in relationships. It is the quintessential stone for rediscovering self-love, as it brings you to realize that you deserve the same compassion and understanding that you give to others. Those with families can benefit for rose quartz especially. With a soft energy, rose quartz will soothes the remaining tensions from the day, and keep you from going to sleep angry as it influences empathy, forgiveness, and lowered stress.

Crystal for the Bathroom: Amethyst

Stress relieving Amethyst crystals is ideal for a relaxation space because it casts a calm, yet vibrant energy. Amethysts rid rooms of negative resonance, replacing that energy with a positivity that is good for self-reflection. When taking a bath, place an amethyst stone somewhere so that it can be near your head. It connects with the third eye and crown chakras to stimulate mental healing. This stone is thought to heighten cognizance, bringing the spirit closer to the divine and the mind closer to clarity.

Crystal for the Kitchen: Carnelian

A dynamic crystal, Carnelian emits an energy as bright as its fiery orange surface. This stone works for the kitchen because it delivers confidence, boosts creativity, stimulates motivation and increases stamina. Cooking is hard work. Carnelian will aid in lessening the physical toll that cooking takes on the body, and inspire you to take bold risks in those recipes.

Crystal for the Kid’s Room: Celestite

Celestite crystals have a calming and soothing energy. The gentle vibration of this luminesce stone calms chaos and ushers in a protective field of white light. Often tempered by bad dreams, help your child get to sleep easier by soothing their fears. Objects cast scary shadows that take on a new life in a child’s active imagination, but celestite can counteract those anxieties by serving as the light to combat the shadows. Celestite’s energy is a rainbow of happiness that will inspire good thoughts, happy dreams and more sleep-filled nights for you!

Crystals for the Garden: Green Aventurine + Quartz Crystal

This combination of crystals for the garden works as well for green thumbed savants as for their less cultivation-capable friends. If you tend to stick to cactuses for fear of killing yet another potted plant, boost your confidence and the energy of your garden with these crystals, and give gardening another try. Green Aventurine guides earthly energy up into the roots to pulse vitality throughout your plants. Bury it into the soil of your garden or potted plant with clear quartz for energy amplification. Quartz Crystal can also aid you in programming your garden with the intentions you want to set. Set those intentions with a quick meditation in the garden. Focus on what you want for your plants, and how you want to treat them. If watering is something you always forget, set an intention to be more mindful and attentive to your garden, and then bury the quartz into the earth.