A Journey Into the Psychology of Your Home

A common example: a 1950s semi with the kitchen at the back, the living room at the front and a long hallway between them.

What it does to people:

The person cooking spends most of the evening alone. Children play in one room while the parents are in another. Conversations happen by shouting down the hall. Everyone is home, but nobody is together. Over time this shows up as tension, isolation and a feeling that the house is too small, even when it isn't.

Three ways to fix it without extending:

- Open the kitchen to the living space. Taking out one wall, or part of one, connects the cook to the rest of the household.

- Move the kitchen. Putting it in a brighter room that sits more centrally turns it into the heart of the home rather than a back room.

- Put the hallway to use. Absorb the corridor into the rooms beside it, or give it a job such as storage, a reading nook or a utility area.

You keep the same footprint, and the house works in a completely different way.

If your home feels like it's working against you, we can help you work out why and what to change first.

Layout redesign · Extensions · Conversions · Repurposing

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