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Hello lovelies, With the third installment in the ‘restorative spaces’ series we venture into Autumn with September. You can catch up with July here and August here. As a reminder seasonal color psychology is the study of color and how it’s tones and traits are mirrored in nature and can be relatable to nearly every aspect of…

Hello lovelies, Popping in to share the second installment in the ‘restorative spaces’ series – August. You can catch up with July here. As a reminder seasonal color psychology is the study of color and how it’s tones and traits are mirrored in nature and can be relatable to nearly every aspect of design ..…

Hello lovelies, How has your summer been going? We have had a great deal of rain and things are more prolific this year then I can remember in a long time. Life has also been quite busy so I am posting this far later then I had hoped. I thought it would be fun to…

Hello lovelies, It’s been awhile since I have posted regularly, as I have been very busy behind the scenes the past four months updating my offerings and this website to reflect a new direction in my work. It’s partly the offerings themselves that are new, but also the approach. To be honest, it has always…

Hello lovelies, Celebration time! Nine years ago today I published my first blog post. So this seems the perfect time for a relaunch, where I can share updated offerings and a new mission statement. ‘Creating restorative spaces you love to live in’.  (I will expand on the ‘why’ behind the mission statement in my next…

Hello lovelies, And here we have the last color psychology moodboard; December. I have enjoyed putting these together a great deal and have honed my understanding of how interconnected everything is, yet has it’s own traits and characteristics. Over the year I have been keenly watching how the seasons move from one month to the…

Hello lovelies, In my part of the world winter has come upon us fairly quickly. We have a fresh dusting of snow on the ground at present and the temperatures are dipping. And in that context let me share the moodboard for November. It is a clear combination of the cozy depth we feel in…

Hello lovelies, ‘delicious autumn! my very soul is wedded to it, and if i were a bird i would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns’ george eliot I think this quote sums up the feelings and depth this month brings in color, it’s robustness and it’s zest for life. It is the true…

Hello lovelies, As is very fitting with the change from summer to autumn, time appears to be passing more quickly and the days certainly do get busier .. I am at last sharing the mood board for September. The word that I think summarizes this month the best is sumptuous. September has the refinement of…

Hello lovelies, Here we are in the last days of suumer with our mood board for August. As you can see we are creeping ever closer to autumn with the mellowed feel that this month brings and the more earthy wholesome elements it embodies. It is unpretentious yet upscale, detailed yet carefree.  You can see…