Soulful Home

I first met Tara in September 2018 when she invited me into her newly purchased home. Her intention was to refurbish the entire property into her soulful home. The cottage was originally converted from a barn and had been extended in several places, giving it a higgledy piggledy feel. I used to get … [Read More...] about A Soulful Home – Before and After

6 of the most effective ways to make a beach home cozy Over the last 12 months Tara Leaver and I have been designing the renovation of her clifftop beach home and have been giving away the designs of each room. This is the last post in the Soulful Home series until the Before and After pictures are … [Read More...] about 6 ways to make a beach home cozy

The most versatile home office layout As part of the Soulful Home series I have been taking you behind the scenes of artist, Tara Leaver's clifftop barn conversion, and sharing all of the interior designs room by room. With only the home office layout and living room designs still to share, we are … [Read More...] about The most versatile home office layout

Tara Leaver, artist and owner of the barn conversion that we are currently renovating, asked me how to make a cozy bedroom. Having worked together to produce her ideal design, I would like to share the 6 easy steps that we took to achieve it, as well as the designs themselves. (Before and After … [Read More...] about How to make a cozy bedroom in 6 easy steps

 6 easy style tips when renovating a bathroom Building a home, and in particular renovating a bathroom, is such a personal process. This is why I decided to spend the next few posts in the series taking you behind-the-scenes of a barn conversion that I am currently working on with artist and … [Read More...] about 6 easy style tips to use when renovating a bathroom

Case Study: Artist Tara Leaver, Project: An open plan kitchen diner In the first post of the Soulful Home Series, I asked Tara What makes a soulful home? ...... “A soulful home to me is a sanctuary that reflects and supports who I am at the deepest level, how I live day to day, and how I want … [Read More...] about 10 ways to maximise an open plan kitchen diner

Have you ever opened an unfamiliar front door in an unfamiliar place and just knew it was going to be your new home? Have you ever left everything you knew behind and made some scary, drastic life changes that you just knew you would never regret in order to find your 'feels like home' Thats … [Read More...] about How to find your ‘feels like home’

What is a soulful home? It's not about creating a staged, static, (sometimes impractical) collection of impersonal furnishings that we don't always need, positioned to look nice. Instead it's a real life curation of meaningful belongings that make us feel good and support (often tiny but) important … [Read More...] about 5 steps to cultivating a soulful home