From pared back, natural colours, to dramatic mantel arrangements, I’ve put together a round up of the biggest floral trends set to rise in popularity in 2021. It’s been a stressful year for everyone, two national lockdowns have seen us desperately searching for anything that can bring a little bit of cheer to our homes, …
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What the VOC..?
An easy to follow guide on how to create a healthy home environment using materials free from harmful toxic chemicals and off-gasses. First of all, I appreciate that a title containing words such as ‘volatile organic compounds’ sounds like an absolute hoot so I decided to try and grab your attention with a childish pun, …
7 of the Best Bedroom Plants
I’ve put together an easy to follow list with 7 of the very best bedroom plants to help you keep things alive in the bedroom. We are all becoming so much more aware of the importance of a good nights sleep. The amount, and quality of the sleep we get has a huge impact on …
Evoke the Senses | A guide to home fragrance
An easy to follow guide to evoke the senses and create the right atmosphere for your home, using scents that will help to stimulate or calm you depending on what you need. Whist designing the interior of our homes, regardless of our tastes on the aesthetics of the room, we all have a similar end …
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5 Colours Inspired by Nature | 2021 Edit
With colours inspired by nature predicted to be huge in interiors this year, I’m here with my picks of the best ‘5 Colours Inspired by Nature’ to help you bring in some of the health benefits from the great outdoors into your homes. I’ve put together an edit of the very best 5 colours inspired …
Biophilic Desk Space
I have created this Biophilic Desk Space guide to help you create an inspiring and restful space to work from home. With all of us spending so much time working, home schooling and maybe even studying from our homes due to a global pandemic I’m not sure why it’s taken me so long to put …
5 Festive Foliage Creations
Those of you that have been following me and my blog for while will know that I am a huge advocate of bringing nature into the home and the benefits that it has on our health and wellbeing, and Christmas time is no different. Using local foliage and natural, biodegradable decorations is one of the …
Sustainable Christmas Gift Guide
A Christmas Gift Guide that keeps on giving back. Christmas is gaining on us fast and we are all going to get bombarded with gift guides and Black Friday sales so I wanted to put together a Christmas gift guide with a difference. I am the queen of leaving everything to the last minute, and …
Biophilic Dynamic Lighting
“We brought biophilic dynamic lighting into one of the darkest rooms in our home and it has completely transformed the space and how we use it.” Have you ever noticed that you feel energised and drowsy at the same times every day? Well this is all thanks to our circadian rhythm – put simply, it’s …
5 Steps to Get Your Garden Winter Ready
Tips to get your garden winter ready, including; seasonal bulb layering and protecting your spring and summer plants so that they’re ready to thrive again in the new year. We are all becoming so much more aware of how important it is for our physical and mental health to get outside into nature. Most of …