January is not only a time to make changes to our lifestyle, says Bee Osborn – our wonderful in-house interior designer, but also an opportunity to go around our home and see how to enhance our living and wellbeing. Now more than ever before, the home has become our sanctuary, an important place that provides rest so we can recharge, and somewhere to enjoy family time and cooking. Bee shares a few key elements that will help you freshen up your home for the new year.

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Create somewhere super comfortable to sit: a big comfy chair, or squashy sofa, somewhere warm, draft free with a cosy throw and a good task light. Perfect for reading, meditating for just unwinding.

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Invest in a good mattress, we all know the benefits of a good nights sleep. Our bedroom should be somewhere to retreat to, comfortable, relaxing and cosy. Turn off overhead lights and use lamps instead, or failing that replace all switches with dimmers to enhance a more relaxed feeling with gentle light.

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Declutter, tidy and organise, as constant clutter is stressful.

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Organise the kitchen to make cooking fun. Use kilner jars, labels and paint a small area with blackboard paint to use as a shopping list. If you can add a new splashback or worktop that is such a game changer as it feels like a completely new kitchen!

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Make your bathroom a sanctuary with a new power shower and organise things on shelves in baskets.  We use our old candle vessles for cotton buds and cotton wool as pretty storage.

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If your budget stretches to it, update internal doors with Crittall ones for a more modern look.  Companies like B&Q do reasonably priced ones.

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Let the daylight in, add a new skylight or switch up window treatments to let in as much daylight as possbile.

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Paint your front door for a new fresh look.  It’s amazing the impact of a different colour on your front door when you arrive home.

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Update flooring by investing in a new runner, or paint floorboards, or even just a new rug for an instant uplift.

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If you can invest in a garden room for a home office, it’s a wonderful way to get work papers & items out of the house, as well as creating that important shift between work and home.

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Add greenery, even some branches from the garden or foliage from a walk, in old jam jars or pots gives an instant lift and increases the feeling of wellness.

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New in 2022! Bee Osborn’s beautiful fabric designer collection for Spring

Collaborating with fellow designer Zoe Glencross, Bee Osborn is launching this gorgeous natural fabric and wallpaper collection for Spring 2022.

Bee loved the idea of creating a patterned fabric that had a connection with nature, which was very much akin with Zoe’s design handwriting – it was the perfect fit! Together, the two have created natural and elegant designs that would suit any home, from an urban to a countryside setting. The fabric collection takes inspiration from the natural world, with compellingly named colour themes such as Eucalyptus Bark, Sea Tangle and Inky Sky.

Have a look at Bee and Zoe’s fabric collection today!

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Bee brings a personal approach to each client and over the past two decades has designed a vast array of residential and commercial properties, both in the UK and overseas. Inchbald trained, Bee and her professional team provide expertise, attention to detail and exceptional creativity to every project they undertake, whether it is a home or a boutique hotel.