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Motorhome: My Life on The Road
Life in a Motorhome I’ve had caravans and motorhomes, probably for about 15 years. My cousin and her husband gave me a wee caravan. There was neither electric in it or water or a toilet, but it was just absolutely perfect for me for towing along the road and heading off to sites, where I used to go set dancing. I’d park up, and have my water on board in a container. There might have been…
My Life, My Home: From Orphanage To Wheelchair User.
This flat is completely accessible for my wheelchair. It’s part of a block of six apartments, and I’m on the ground floor. There’s quite a big hall – that’s really what I was looking for when I moved in. I have lived here since 2016. I have two bedrooms and a garden out the back. The flats upstairs have balconies but the lady across the way and myself each have a garden. I got it paved over…
My House Became A ‘Caring Zone’.
Caring for my parents….I thought I knew what I was signing myself up to. My house is located a cul-de-sac in a housing development in a mid-sized town. It’s a 1990’s bungalow with three bedrooms, one bathroom with a garden out the back. I’m currently renting this house, and have lived here for eight years. My mum and dad lived in a house in the countryside, which they had rented for over 50…
House Envy: All You Need To Know
By the age of nine I knew all about house envy. Every week our school bus would drive through a more affluent area of the city. With lots of very beautiful houses along the way we would play a game: which house was ‘Mine’ – and who saw it first. Unsplash From so many, which one to pick? Rumours that one house had gold taps and a centrally heated driveway, another had a swimming pool,…
Moving House: Downsizing To A New Home.
I am moving house: I love my house…. I have lived here for 32 years. But… I have to ‘not love my house’ and disconnect from it emotionally so that I will love the place I am moving to. I live in a Victorian terrace, 5 bedrooms, with a bathroom and a shower room. You come in the front door…stairs in front of you… to the left there is a living room. It was two rooms that was knocked into…
Rent In London... It's Disgusting!
We were so lucky to live rent-free in an old abandoned house for a year! How we got this house was all down to the incredible kindness of our neighbours. I live in a three- storey townhouse in a beautiful tree-lined road in south London with my twin sister and my cat. P. and I were renting just up the road and when we asked to renew the contract the landlord said: OK great. The estate…
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Condensation: my home, my battle
Some mornings, it’s like living in a rain forest! As I pull back the curtains I know what I’m going to see: a wet, damp, film of condensation. A cold frosty night inevitably is a morning of heavy-duty mopping up. Water, water, everywhere. And, until the weather turns warmer, there’s not much I can do about it. I live in a well insulated home and condensation is the price I pay. I have…
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Textiles: A Portal To A Past Life
Textiles and Pattern: the brave and the bold Clearing out my parents’ home I discovered this amazing piece of fabric. This is a textile that shouts ‘purple’… and ‘ flowers’. It’s not something you see every day. Not these days. Somehow it was put away and survived the past 50 years. I was a bit shocked when I first saw it. Was this how we once lived? This fabric is a visual portal to…
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Laundry? What Do I Know About It?
A mountain of laundry! With six children every day my mother had to face countless terry nappies, shirts, school uniforms, towels…. and endless socks, vests and pants. Laundry was for her a constant worry, and a lot of work. I don’t know how she did it. Clean clothes don’t appear in the wardrobe by magic. ‘Someone’ in the household (with a sense of responsibility and organisation) has to…
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Student Accommodation - Design Is For Life.
Spanking new purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) is springing up all over Belfast. These are well-designed and appointed places to live, with interiors in a style that is… neutral and inoffensive. Students have their own en-suite bathroom with access to broadband and cooking facilities. All costs are inclusive. There are games rooms, study rooms and TV rooms in a building that is…
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This is... A Thousand Pieces of Gold
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Instagram - A Moment Of Your Time
(See: Anyone_At_Home on Instagram) I love using Instagram; it is direct, fun, creative and, yes – inspiring. A flicker of image, an instant connection; this is how modern-day storytelling works. Insta enables anyone to communicate their ideas with the world. It is a hugely liberating and powerful platform, and a great leveller. While it’s true most of the images and ideas are not going to…
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Poems - The Words of A Life Lived
Poems and songs are a big part of the Irish cultural tradition. At school one poem we learned (by rote) The Old Woman Of The Roads, by Padraic Colum – was a staple of poetry classes and elocution lessons. It’s a simple poem to understand; easy to say, and to remember. It is a poem with rhythm, and depth of emotion. Years later, the words still linger somewhere at the back of my…
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Dealing with Trauma - It's By Design
Dan Burton/ Unsplash Trauma informed interior design. My interview with Kieran Hughes from The Welcome Organisation, Belfast was an eye-opener. A glimpse of an alternative world – that most of us never see, or think about. I had little understanding of what goes on behind the scenes to help homeless people start again. The bigger picture. Homelessness is not about sleeping bags and hot…
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Homeless Support - When You Need It
Home - homelessness
If you couldn’t pay your rent or mortgage for a few months and didn’t have a family support network…very quickly you could find yourself struggling. Interview with Kieran Hughes, The Welcome Organisation. In recent months we have noticed an increase in the number of homeless people seeking our services. With the cost of living crisis people are finding it harder to make ends meet. The NI…
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The Unique Experience Of The Patient
When you are a patient on a hospital ward…. It’s difficult to sleep. You are not in your own bed, You are not in your own home. In pain, or discomfort, you may be hooked up to equipment and machines and monitored throughout the night. There is an unpleasant pervasive smell. It is noisy, stuffy and there are people constantly moving about. There is no peace. Hospitals are strange…
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Just Me, My Husband And Our Dog
We have lived here for 19 years – just me, my husband and our dog. It is a semi-detached 3 bedroomed house with living room and kitchen/diner. Not long after we moved in we built the conservatory where I sit and look out at the garden – that’s the only room that we are ever really in. Two years ago we took the glass roof off and put a proper roof on, because it was too cold in the winter…
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