Student accommodation is an essential rite of passage, learning to live independently, managing finances. For many, it is when they begin to collect their own household belongings and express their own sense of design.
A Thousand Pieces Of Gold
An Inch of Space…. Is Worth A Thousand Pieces of Gold 25 years ago my film, “A Thousand Pieces of Gold”, won a Gold award in …
Instagram – A Moment Of Your Time
(See: Anyone_At_Home on Instagram) I love using Instagram; it is direct, fun, creative and, yes – inspiring. A flicker of image, an instant connection; this …
Poems – The Words of A Life Lived
Poems and songs are a huge part of the Irish cultural tradition. At school, one poem we learned (by rote) – The Old Woman Of …
Support for Trauma – By Design
Trauma informed interior design. My interview with Kieran Hughes from The Welcome Organisation, Belfast was an eye-opener. A glimpse of an alternative world – that …
Homeless Support – When You Need It
If you couldn’t pay your rent or mortgage for a few months and didn’t have a family support network…very quickly you could find yourself struggling. Interview with …
The Unique Experience of The Patient
As a patient on a hospital ward…. It’s difficult to sleep. You are not in your own bed, You are not in your own home. …
Just Me, My Husband And Our Dog
We have lived here for 19 years – just me, my husband and our dog. It is a semi-detached 3 bedroomed house with living room and kitchen/diner. …
From Hospital To Home: Mind, Body, Space
The very strange thing about being in hospital… I’d gone through brain surgery and when I came out of it I was in a lot of …
Ukraine: My Home Before- And Now.
In the news they were saying that war was coming to Ukraine….. But no-one actually believed it was going to happen. This is insane…. It …