Last week Ireland’s House and Home magazine reported that their May/June issue was the best selling in ten years! Proof, if you needed it, that lockdown has significantly amplified the desire to update and upgrade our home décor. I personally believe that loving our homes is an important self-care practice. That involves caring for it…
Unsurprisingly, lockdown has stimulated our appetites for home improvement. And this is a good thing for our mental and emotional wellbeing, as our home environment has a huge role to play in that. Colour in particular has a significant impact on our moods and on our rooms. For that reason, we need to choose our…
We’re all familiar with the phrase, “My body is a temple”. Not so common is the concept that our homes are temples too. Whether religious or not, we often view the places that are sacred to us as places outside of our homes. They can be churches for some. And equally, they can be the…
I believe that, regardless of ownership, our homes should be true sanctuaries. Our home needs to be a safe space for us to nurture our wellbeing on all levels. But for those living with domestic violence, staying home does not equal staying safe. Throughout the lockdown I have been thinking about all the people who…
I recently gave my living room a bit of a makeover and I’m going to share here some tips for making small spaces feel bigger. In interior design there is some conventional advice for how to decorate small spaces that has a sound logical basis. Number one on the list is to paint the room…
Did you know that hygge is not just for winter? In Denmark, hygge is a year-round practice and it’s not improbable that it contributes to their enviable levels of happiness and wellbeing. More than candles, hot drinks and cosy throws, hygge is about a way of being…being present, being grateful. Slowing down and appreciating the…
Feng Shui is widely misunderstood in the western world as a manifestation tool. This is unsurprising given that it’s so often peddled as just that. And people have mixed results—for some it works like a charm and others have frustratingly poor outcomes. The reason for this is that Feng Shui will be far more effective…
Spring cleaning and decluttering our homes makes them far more pleasant spaces to spend time in…need I say more in the current circumstances? It’s the time of year for it anyway, and with all the extra time we’re spending at home it’s a perfect opportunity to tackle it. I started a couple of days ago…
If you’re just getting started, here are some meditation guidelines to bear in mind. Because it’s quite common that people’s preconceptions don’t match their experience…. They expect to have a still mind….and their mind remains busy. They expect to feel bliss…and they experience boredom. They expect to have a profound experience…and they don’t. They expect…
I was half way through my interior design course before I hit the colour module and got something of a shock: Contrary to popular opinion – including no shortage of high-profile professionals in the field – monochrome is not black and white. And now, whenever an architect on the telly describes a black and white…