Designing for happiness
Did you know that interior and garden design can have a direct effect on your overall well-being? When curating our extraordinary ‘Designer’ collection, we took this inspiring connection as our starting point.
Interior design psychology is the branch of architecture that studies how great design enhances human well-being. It is premised on the idea that functionality, comfort and aesthetics can be brought together in ways that generate significant lifestyle benefits.
At the centre of every designer home is the living room.
As the biggest piece in the puzzle, it plays a pivotal role in determining the optimum interior design scheme for the property as a whole. For an immediate mood-booster, make sure you really make the most of the available natural light. Generous windows, glazed terracing, skylights and mirrors can all help create the uplifting effect of a naturally luminous space.
Everyone knows that the most intimate conversations happen in the kitchen, the heart of every home.
It’s a place where secrets are shared and indelible memories made. A long, leisurely lunch with friends, a family brunch or a romantic dinner: it all starts, or ends, right here. When envisaging how a kitchen should look and function, we need to go beyond pure design concerns to ask ourselves how we want to live in and enjoy the property we have selected as our home. And that will inevitably make a real difference to our personal well-being.
The trend among the most modern properties is to integrate the kitchen more and more fully into the rest of the living space. To create a sense of airiness and flow, these spaces often make use of long, straight lines and lighter tones.
For properties in more rustic environments, the contrast between sleek, modern units and appliances and more traditional materials can be used to stunning effect.
Your dreams matter, so make sure you pay special attention to the design of your home’s most restful spaces.
It’s no secret that a good night’s sleep is vital for a healthy, balanced lifestyle. By meticulously planning every detail of a bedroom, we can make grabbing some downtime a luxuriant, energizing treat. Lighting, both natural and artificial, is key to creating the perfect atmosphere throughout the home, especially in the bedrooms.
Bright and spacious, secluded and decadent, modern, traditional, boasting panoramic views or eclectic charm: your ideal bedroom reflects your unique style, but should always be designed for relaxation. By choosing the right lighting, textures and colours, you can create your own private sanctuary where the stresses of the day melt away, leaving you to enjoy a deeply restorative sleep.
The bathroom: an undervalued design asset
Until recently, bathrooms did not light up the imaginations of most interior designers. More recent trends have restored the smallest room to its rightful place in an overall design scheme.
In a designer property, bathrooms are symbols of exclusivity and their owners’ unique style. Whether you lean towards vintage, luxury or the avant-garde, each and every one is a showcase for your own very personal aesthetic.
Landscape design is not only for the upper crust
Whether you have a patio, a terrace, a pair of fetching window boxes, a bijou garden, or a lush jungle, giving some thought to outdoor space design is one of the best things you can do to create a truly extraordinary home.
Your goal is to allow inside and outside to flow into one incredible whole that does wonders for your well-being.
