Green and blue vs yellow and orange Even though it’s autumn in Sydney, Australia, it feels like the middle of summer. On Monday we hit 37 degrees celsius – the warmest day in a long time. Thinking about colour schemes, I thought it might be good to talk about cool and warm colours to give…
How to choose colours for your room
Home decorating with ideas to find the right colours for each room Happy Autumn from Sydney Australia! Autumn is my favourite season with the leaves changing to beautiful warm colours, and the mornings with a crispness in the air. I wanted to share today how I use inspiration as a guide to choosing colours to…
Feel good colours
What are feel good colours when you’re feeling ill This is me in the hospital last December after having ankle surgery to repair a torn tendon and tighten ligaments. And I wore this recovery boot for six weeks during the day and for sleeping to help healing. I feel blessed that I had this boot…
Using Colours to help with elderly Patients
How can using colours help with Dementia? When I first started my journey to learn about colour, one of my passions was to discover and learn how using colour can help people. Can using soothing colours help people heal while going through cancer treatment? Can using the right colours for each person help with autism…
It’s a New Year, how does your home feel?
At the beginning of each year, after school holidays have finished and the new year dust has settled, I like to walk through my home and feel whether it needs any changes or improvement. I don’t mean major renovations, it’s more about is there a room that I don’t feel comfortable in, or pulls my…
Meditation and Colours – Meditation Stones
As 2022 comes to a close I wanted to share something to bring peace, focus and calm to your lives for 2023. I try to spend time each evening meditating and find I start, then stop, and my mind wanders. This really means I need to meditate! During December I’ve been recovering from ankle surgery,…
Decorating kids rooms – colours, calmness and sleeping
If you want your kids to feel calm to go to sleep, the right colours may help. Sometimes, as parents, we love to decorate kids rooms with the bright colours they love, and are used so much on kids toys. Too much bright colour, and too much colour can keep the mind and body active,…
Giving character to your home with a front doormat
Doormats may seem a bit of a non-event at your home, just somewhere to wipe your feet. I’m going to change the way you see them! Your doormat is at the entry to your home. It’s the welcome you receive when you come home tired and late from work. If you choose a great doormat,…
The calmness of blue in home decorating
What comes to mind when you think of blue? Is it the beautiful soft blue sky? The gentle blue of forget-me-not and hydrangea flowers? The sparkling blue of the ocean? The rich blue of cornflowers? Or the deep indigo blue of the evening sky? Blue, in all its shades and tones has a calming effect,…
A great start to your day using colour
I received a lovely tea set as a gift – cups and saucers, a small teapot and tea canister – all matching. So, I bought some loose leaf black to to fill the canister instead of teabags. When I first made the tea in the teapot, I felt calmer and enjoyed the experience, feeling happy…