Gone are the days of uber-late nights followed by a silly-o-clock start. When was the last time you heard someone boasting about getting five hours sleep? In contrast with days gone by, when getting by on little sleep was seen as a symbol of success, today the opposite is true. In fact, in 2019 sleep is seen as the ultimate sign of success. As Grazia magazine explains, sleep has become.

We’ve talked in previous blogs about the fact that people fit into different energy chronotypes – larks, who are morning people and owls who perform best in the evening. In those blogs we looked at the research and the implications of your chronotype for sleep, exercise and socialising. Now, it seems, the focus has shifted to work patterns. Scientist Linda Geddes, talking at the Hay Festival in June, explained. She.

We’ve covered all sorts of interiors and life style trends in our blogs over the years. Everyone from Marie Kondo to James Wallman has had a mention and we’ve advocated everything from folding clothes that sparks joy to Swedish death cleaning. Now, according to Sunday Times journalist Alexandra Goss, it’s time for something new – witchcraft! Self-labelled witch Erica Feldmann has written a book called HausMagick which combines earth magic,.

For many, success is defined as achieving more and bigger. Better job, bigger home, new car, more expensive clothes – you get the picture. This endless pursuit of the ‘perfect’ lifestyle is what gets many people out of bed each morning. But now, it seems, the secret to success actually lies with doing less and being less ambitious. That’s according to Danish psychology Professor Svend Brinkmann, author of The Joy.

Whether you’re 18 and leaving home for the first time; moving into a flat share; or 40-something, newly single and living alone, there comes a time in every person’s life when they finally feel all grown up and in a position to take control of their own space. So apartmenttherapy.com’s Blog How to make a home look grown up really resonated with us. What’s more, it got us thinking about.

Here at Futon Company we often talk about hero products – those hard working pieces that help us to make the most of small and shared spaces. We rarely, however, reference saints! So when we came across Katrina Burroughs @Kat_Burroughs article Small Saints in The Sunday Times, June 16, we were chuffed to bits on several levels, not least because it featured our good selves! She said: Don’t let a.

Marie Kondo might still be flavour of the month with her mindful approach to curbing the clutter, but, it seems, we’re still sentimental when it comes to clinging on to old clothes. That’s according to preloved clothing website Patatam, who commissioned a survey to explore attitudes to clothing in the UK. According to the research, British women have up to £500 worth of unused clothes in their wardrobes. Apparently there’s.

Apparently this year’s big interiors trend is the workplace. That’s according to Katrina Burroughs (@Kat_Burroughs), writing in the Sunday Times. Hot off the press from Salone del Mobile, the annual Italian design fair that took place in April, this workplace trend reflects a social change that is affecting many of us: the way boundaries between work and home have blurred, with the shift towards careers constructed from various jobs, often.