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Interior Design is about more than wallpaper and bean bags

In this TedX Talk Phoebe shares the power of Interior spaces and her passion for designing for the people who use those spaces.

All too often interior design is fed to us as a frivolous art of cushions and seasonal trends, but could there be a hidden power to make our lives better physically, emotionally, and visually?

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Wellness in design – What’s that about?

Over the last few years there have been a few buzz words that have started to really infiltrate our culture. One of them is “wellness”, another “self-care”. We have all become alert to the hype around wellness and how we should be shaping our lives to take our mental and physical health into account. But how many of us are asking if our homes or workspaces are supporting our wellness instead of just supporting our Instagram likes?

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Designing Children’s Bedrooms, Part 1: The General Rules

As well as being an Interior Designer, I am a mother! Even more intense, I’m a mother of two crazy full-on boys with two very different characters; they’re now 9 and 12. So not only do I design children’s bedrooms for my clients and can look at them with a professional approach, I know what a child’s bedroom goes through. I know that the beautiful pictures last a moment before their stuff explodes all over the room. That is how it should be!!!

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Biophilic Design – What you need to know

Have you ever noticed how your spirits are lifted when you are outside? Maybe it’s a walk on the beach or through the woods. At home you can get extraordinary pleasure from being in your own garden. Even your humble potted plants can bring you joy! This “feeling” is what makes the building blocks of “Biophilia”, a concept Edward O. Wilson introduced in 1984 which describes the relationship between humans and nature. But it’s not just about how we relate to nature; it is about how having contact with nature makes us happier.

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Design your bedroom for a better night's sleep

Read estate agents’ details and a house is broken up into rooms with functions: reception rooms, family kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms. We know what all these rooms do and often guess at how we will live our lives in them. The bedroom speaks to us of life’s simple pleasures.

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KBIS, Orlando & Florida, USA: Live Talk Panels, Jan 2018

Live at the Design Milk x Modenus #DMMtalks lounge - The Good Home with Modenus CEO Veronika Miller moderating. Panellists include Joshua Levinson, Lisa Kahn Allen, Phoebe Oldrey, Susie Feia and Sandy Gordon sponsored by Use Natural Stone. KBIS, Florida 2018 – Talk Panel “The Good Home” Phoebe joined an international panel at KBIS to talk about wellness and sustainability in Interior design.

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Design your kitchen with cooking at the heart

Kitchens, we all lust after them as we scroll through Pinterest or flick through design magazines. They are huge status symbols in the home, with a big price ticket to match. It would be very easy to start by asking what you want it to “look” like and think of all the gorgeous finishes first but aren’t we forgetting what the purpose of the kitchen is?

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