In the 1980’s we loved our ‘country-style kitchens’. This is typically a kitchen with heavily moulded cupboards and wooden knobs, wood trimmed formica worktops and …
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Lived Experience of Design and Home: Original Stories and Insights

In the 1980’s we loved our ‘country-style kitchens’. This is typically a kitchen with heavily moulded cupboards and wooden knobs, wood trimmed formica worktops and …

I was born in a house on other side of this street. Our family have been in this area from the 1920’s. In 1976 it …

In spring we see our homes differently. After the darkness of winter it is a time to renew our relationship with our home. Suddenly, we …

Place: The place we call home is ‘ours’ for only a short time. We live our life there. We invest in it emotionally and financially. …

Sarah Beeny In Round the Houses the property developer and broadcaster Sarah Beeny visits well known people in their homes. In a series of podcasts …

City Dwelling. Rents in big cities now cost more than most people can afford. Should we now be looking more creatively at housing provision? Is …

Country living. I’d been living in town and wanted to live in the country. It took me a week to find this place. Because it …

What is a living home standard? What do we need, want and deserve in our home? In 2016 the homeless charity Shelter, working together with British Gas, …

A night on the sofa? It’s no great hardship – it’s just a place to crash. But if it becomes long-term – that is a very …

Minister and manse. Whenever a Presbyterian minister moves to a church part of their call is that the manse comes with the job. The last …