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Will a tidy home tidy my mind?
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Will a tidy home tidy my mind?

On whether you can be both peaceful and creative, in the home (and in your head).

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It’s spring 2019 and my husband is renovating our house, creating a bedroom in the loft because I’m due to have our third baby in the summer and we need (want?) another bedroom.

I know these two women who are breaking into interior design and they’ve kindly offered to help us design the bedroom. This feels like a relief because I’ve forgotten what interi…

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