By the age of nine I knew all about house envy. Every week our school bus would drive through a more affluent area of the …
House Envy: All You Need To Know

Lived Experience of Design and Home: Original Stories and Insights
By the age of nine I knew all about house envy. Every week our school bus would drive through a more affluent area of the …
Every cold morning brings condensation in my well-insulated home, leading to a daily mopping ritual to prevent moisture damage. It’s a battle against nature that highlights the hidden troubles, including health risks, of living spaces.
Textiles and Pattern for the brave and the bold While clearing out my parents’ home I discovered this incredible piece of fabric. Not something you see …
Home designs rarely accommodate the full laundry process – even though technology aims to ease this perpetual chore.
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.
(See: Anyone_At_Home on Instagram) Instagram is direct, it’s fun, it’s creative and, yes – inspiring. A flicker of image becomes an instant connection. This is …
Poems and songs are a huge part of the Irish cultural tradition. At school, one poem we learned (by rote) – The Old Woman Of …
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 …
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. …
Art in all its shapes and forms stimulates and inspires us. It connects us to places, experiences and people – and to imagination and creativity. …