Half of the planet’s population is confined to their homes right now. So are you. And when you have nowhere to go, it’s so easy to just roll out of bed, throw on ‘something’ (or not!), down some coffee and schlump through your day with Netflix in...

We are experiencing times that are as fascinating as they are uncertain and challenging. Country by country is putting people into quarantine, and all of a sudden the role our homes play in our lives has been catapulted to the forefront! The best thing (whether...

    I remember the scene, about 20 years ago. We were with a couple of friends, and one lady had just shared how bad she felt about her child being verbally abused by a horrible first grade teacher, and how she felt completely helpless, not daring to do...

  I was staring at the spreadsheet and couldn’t believe my eyes. A dream, a small dream but still a dream, had just come true. In the past week I couldn’t have been looking at that spreadsheet more often if it were a picture of a Brad Pitt at the beach or a lotto...

How it all began ... little did I know that day that life would direct me towards the book that would transform my home and subsequently the trajectory of my life...  

  What do you need to run your Life well, happily, with a sense of purpose and joie de vivre, in short: elegantly ;)? For many people the first things that springs to mind are “more money”, “more time”, “a different job/spouse/education/career/family or home”....

The time was some decades ago, the place was our old house in the French countryside. The hole was right in the middle of our courtyard. It was the remnant of repairing a blocked sewer system (#oldhouse). Now the ground wasn’t level any longer, the interlocking...

Last year was a first. A first for me to stick to a Word of the Year for, well, a whole year! My word, which had fallen out of the blue, proved to be the perfect framework for that transition I found/still find myself in between having deconstructed my life and...