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How a few changes can make you fall back in love with your house: I don’t know about you, but I get itchy feet after having been in a new place after a few years and it rarely makes sense to move. I have found that doing some small redecorating can make you fall back in love with your house. I have recently completed my second renovation and I am a strong believer in working at your home to keep it fresh and interesting. Redecorating: So what do I mean by redecorating? It can mean things like repainting the walls...

Your Home is your sanctuary, is what we hear so often. Now more than ever it is our safe haven where we know we can relax and be ourselves. However even though our home is our sanctuary, why does it often fall short when it comes to how we style it? Our home and the way we style it, is as much a reflection of our personality as how we dress ourselves. As much as a new outfit gives a renewed energy so does styling our home to our taste, gives us a new lease of life. Whether you are fully...

If you settle for less, then please read on. I used to make compromises in my first home, I didn't buy the pieces that I loved but the ones that I could afford quickly in order to furnish my home. However I quickly realised even though I loved my place, I quickly fell out of love with it. The reason was simple I had compromised on the furnishings and chose items that were second best and therefore didn't spark as much joy. I eventually concluded that in order to fall back in love with my place I had to invest in pieces that...

We discussed the topic of 'Less is More' with Anna Day from @Simplifywithanna at www.annaday.ie. If you didn't catch it, you can read up what we spoke about! What does 'Less is More' mean in terms of interiors? Does it mean stark interiors? An absence of cosiness? First off, we discussed de-cluttering! Anna Day who is an expert in helping people declutter, spoke about taking one room at a time! Don't overwhelm yourself, don't start with your wardrobe but with a smaller room like your bathroom closet. Get used to the idea of decluttering. Once you have gotten used to the idea,...

Did you watch our Instagram live yesterday with the great Alicja from Allessa Interiors? We had a lot of fun discussing various questions from the audience and getting some great tips and tricks. One question that came up was how to make a small space appear bigger. Alicja spoke about using reflective surfaces, meaning use mirrors on the walls so that the walls will seem bigger as they reflect through the mirror. Also using glass console tables, like this one Transparent glass console  that Alijca mentioned yesterday. Also a big lesson was that 'less is more', so true. I don't know...