We spend a lot of time worrying about colour. I know I do. I’ve worked with colour for more than 25 years, and I can still spend far too long moving a paint sample from one wall to another, looking at it in the morning and then again when the lights are on. Colour has […]
We have almost been conditioned to think about our homes in terms of how they look, rather than how they feel. We choose paint colours, furniture, artwork and accessories, save images of beautiful interiors and think about whether everything works together visually. But we spend far less time asking how those same choices make us
Sensory design is a human-centred approach to creating spaces around how they are experienced through sight, sound, touch, scent, temperature and movement – not appearance alone. It uses lighting, acoustics, colour, materials and layout to create environments that feel more comfortable, supportive and appropriate for the people using them. Home interiors are evolving. Finally, we’re
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A healthy home is about far more than how it looks. The spaces around us can influence how alert, calm, distracted or restored we feel. Light, noise, colour, temperature, texture and visual clutter all place demands on our senses. When those demands build up, we may feel tired, unsettled or unable to concentrate without fully
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After more than 25 years working with interiors, one thing I’ve learnt is that a room can look beautiful and still not feel quite right. I’ve experienced it in my own home and in the spaces I work on. Everything can look considered, the colours work, the furniture is in the right place, nothing is
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Image: Paint for Wellness collection™️, The Sensory Home® x Graham & Brown, showing Slide from the Focus story. Photography, Jon Day Colour is often thought of as just something decorative, but it has a purpose that goes beyond how it looks, something I have come to understand after more than 25 years as a creative
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Practical ways to calm evening chaos with low-contrast colour, predictable layout, soft sound zones, layered lighting, and simple swaps How to Create a Low-Stimulation Living Room Evening chaos tends to have a pattern. One person wants to have silence, another wants to make noise, and another wants to eat, and the living room turns out
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When we talk about interiors, colour is usually the first thing we consider. Paint shades, palettes, contrast, and mood. But texture is just as important in interior design, and in many cases, it has a greater impact on how a space feels to live in. This is where a sensory-led approach to colour becomes most
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A home should settle the mind as much as the body. When it doesn’t, the effect can be subtle but draining — a space that feels busy, loud, or simply hard to relax in. This is overstimulation: when the nerves are fed more information than the brain can process. At home, it might show up
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Introducing the Paint for Wellness Collection Paint for Wellness is a sensory-led paint collection I created in collaboration with Graham & Brown. It’s built around the idea that colour isn’t just visual — it’s emotional, physical, and deeply personal. Each palette in the collection is built around a sensory story: Focus, Gather, Rest, and Nook.
