Designing your home to get ready for fall and autumn season change. Hygge tips and ideas for your family home.
Autumn Fall is upon us and Winter will be here soon—how should you be preparing? Step 1 – Deal With Your Plants!
We’re spoiled at the end of the Summer. We’ve had all sorts of access to all sorts of green leafy plants, at our homes or in nearby parks or other spaces for months (well,...
Windows onto the World!
When going outside can seem like a burden, looking at it from inside seems like a better and better option. Take a minute now, while fixes are relatively easy and pleasant, to fine tune...
Add some gentle Movement in your Home….
Winter and time spent inside can be both stressful and boring. Some gentle movement in the spaces where you live will change all that. Here, we are talking about curtains that sway slightly and...
Managing the Temperature without touching the Thermostat!
Our brains and bodies work and feel best in spaces where the temperature is 72 degrees Fahrenheit and relative humidity levels are 40% to 70%. Ideal conditions are not always achievable ones. There are...
The First Language we Speak…. and Design
The first language we speak can influence how we experience spaces and the objects in them for the rest of our lives. Our earliest language influences what we pay attention to (because we need...
Don’t forget Visual Metaphors too….
Verbal metaphors seem to be linked in a fundamental way to how we physically experience the world that surrounds us, how we reason through the information in it. Some examples: The same centre in...
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