Finding sanctuary in our homes
Finding sanctuary in our homes has never been so important. A global pandemic can do that. Our homes are our safe places – where we are isolating and social distancing with our loved ones. They should be somewhere where we enjoy spending time, and should help us to feel relaxed, calm and safe in these […]
Choosing Colour for how you Want your Home to Make you FEEL and BEHAVE
How does your home make you feel? Is it a supportive, comfortable haven that expresses and reflects who you are, nurturing your wellness and encouraging positive behaviours? Or is it leaving you feeling exhausted and overwhelmed, or bored and lifeless? How we choose to decorate our homes, or more specifically, the colours that we surround […]
The Five Images That Have Brought Me Joy This Week
As we enter week 6 of lockdown in the UK, I thought I’d share with you the five Instagram posts that have brought me joy over the past week. I think you’ll find they share a common theme! First up is this image from one of Kit Kemp’s designs, a collaboration in the loft space […]
Designing for Introvert vs. Extrovert Personality Types
I am used to spending quite a lot of my days alone, with my husband out at work, and me quietly working away in my business. However, spending the majority of time during lockdown under the same roof as my husband has highlighted to me our different personality types. I am very much an ambivert. […]
How to Boost your Well-being and Maintain your Motivation whilst Working from Home
How things all around the world have changed in the last couple of weeks! These days, most of us are confined to our homes, taking our work home with us if we’re lucky enough to still have a job! Home means something different to all of us, and it’s by no means a safe place […]
7 Ways to Bring Pattern into your Home
Before I get started on pattern I thought I’d say a quick word on the virus. I am not a doctor or a scientist, and it’s hard to know who is right and who is wrong at a time like this when things seem to be changing on a daily basis. As an interior designer, […]
Building a Connection to Nature through our Interiors
Last week, the BBC published an article discussing how we are all missing out on a daily dose of nature. The writer referred to a study published by the National Trust with the University of Derby, which suggested “that being connected with nature – noticing natural phenomenon every day – is linked to higher well-being.” […]
How to Design your Home like a Pro
I’m sure that, like most things in life, there is more than one way to plan your room scheme, but today I am going to share with you the approach that I have honed through many years of experience. I’m going to be using the living room as an example in this case. Once you’ve […]
What does Biophilic Design have to do with Wellness?
These days, we humans are increasingly spending up to 90% of our lives indoors. Today’s urban landscape and our growing dependency on technology are increasingly disconnecting us from the nature that used to be part of our everyday lives. Stress, anxiety and depression are very real, modern day afflictions.
How to Bring your Home to Life using Light
I have talked quite a bit recently about how using colour in our homes can affect the way we feel, and how we behave. But there is one vital element that needs to exist in order for us even to see colour, and that is light. Without light, everything is just black. It is light […]