Have you ever looked across a room at someone who just looks effortlessly cool? From the haircut, to the clothes and the swagger. What’s their secret?

Phoebe offers her top tips for designing your space for Family entertaining. (pg 127)

It’s Saturday and you have decided that you are going to paint the bedroom this weekend. You know you want it light blue – so how hard can it be to choose a paint?

A beautiful room design is a “work of art” and lots of different things are working in it to build a space with interest and personality.

Phoebe explains how Biophilia can help us to feel more connected to nature through our homes.

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?

When I first came home from the hospital cuddling my bundle of joy, wondering if I would ever experience sleep again, I could never really envision the journey I and my child would set out on. I really couldn’t get my head around how it would affect my life, let alone my home. But the passing years have made me wise, my friend!

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!!!

Phoebe’s expert opinion was included in this article about how to successfully sell your home.

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.

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.

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.

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?

The Wealden Times profiles Phoebe’s new-build home and talks to her about her move from London to Tunbridge Wells.