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.
Insights
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 amazing piece of fabric. It’s not something you …
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) 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 …
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 is in all our lives. In all its shapes and forms art stimulates and inspires us. Art connects us to places, experiences and people. …
The Everyday Is A Time And A Place
Everyday life… We had no idea what was coming down the line….. …That a global pandemic would keep us locked up in our homes putting …