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
Insights
Condensation: Everyday Life In A Winter of Discontent.
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: A Portal To A Past Life
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 …
Laundry? What Do I Know About It?
Home designs rarely accommodate the full laundry process – even though technology aims to ease this perpetual chore.
Student Accommodation – Design Is For Life.
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.
Instagram – A Moment Of Your Time
(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 – 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 Homelessness And 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 …
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. …
Art In All Its Shapes and Forms
Art in all its shapes and forms stimulates and inspires us. It connects us to places, experiences and people – and to imagination and creativity. …