Additional Sensory support
for homes with additional sensory requirements
Designed for the way you live
Every sensory temperament tells its own story. The scars, the joys and the struggle.
At Wax & Wane Interiors, we begin not with mood boards or paint charts, but with you. Who lives in your home. How you rest, how you move through a room, what soothes you and what does not. What needs to change, and what you are hoping to feel when it does.
From the first conversation to the final detail — inspiration, mood, materials, and makers — nothing here is hurried. This is a considered service, shaped entirely around the life that is actually lived within your walls.
Your home, your senses, your pace.
Together, let's create the home you need.
The Process - Additional sensory needs focus
Reach out
Simply get in touch — no lengthy forms, no pressure. Just a few words about your home and what you are hoping for, highlighting the main areas of struggle.
From there, we will arrange a time to talk.
The first conversation
This is where we begin to understand each other. We talk about who lives in your home, how you move through it, what feels wrong and what you are longing to feel. There are no right answers — only yours.
For those living with autism, ADHD, PTSD, sensory processing differences, or the quiet aftermath of a traumatic brain injury, your home is not simply a backdrop. It is a sensory experience happening all day, every day — and when it is not calibrated to the way you and your loved ones sense the world, it costs you.
Your sensory picture
From that conversation, I build a quiet picture of your sensory temperament and what your home needs to do for you. Light, texture, sound, scent, space — all the things that shape how a home feels to live in. This might include:
Light — the quality, colour temperature, and intensity of light in each room. For many autistic and PTSD-affected nervous systems, harsh overhead lighting creates a constant low-level stress that is easy to overlook and deeply exhausting to live with. We look at natural light, layered lighting, and the gentle shift from room to room.
Sound — hard floors, high ceilings, and open-plan spaces amplify noise in ways that can be genuinely destabilising for those with sensory sensitivities or hypervigilance. We consider acoustic softening — rugs, textiles, curtains, and the deliberate placement of soft surfaces — to create rooms that absorb rather than reflect.
Texture — for those with tactile sensitivities, the fabrics, surfaces, and materials a home is filled with matter enormously. What sits against skin, what is touched in passing, what lines a sofa or a bed can be the difference between rest and restlessness. We source materials that are natural, soft, and sensory-kind.
Scent — often overlooked entirely in interior design, scent has a profound effect on the nervous system. For those with PTSD or heightened sensory awareness, synthetic fragrances in cleaning products, candles, or soft furnishings can trigger anxiety or overwhelm. We consider scent as part of the whole — choosing natural, gentle, or neutral materials throughout.
Visual calm — busy patterns, high contrast, and visual clutter create cognitive load that many neurodivergent and sensory-sensitive people experience as physical discomfort. We look at colour palette, pattern, visual weight, and the amount of information a room asks the eye to process — creating spaces that feel still rather than stimulating.
Space and flow — for those with ADHD, the layout and flow of a home can support focus and calm, or constantly disrupt it. Transitional spaces, clear sightlines, and dedicated areas for different kinds of activity all play a quiet but significant role in how a home feels to move through each day.
Regulation and retreat — every home benefits from at least one space designed purely for decompression. A corner, a chair, a room — somewhere that asks nothing of you. For those with autism, ADHD, or PTSD, this is not a luxury. It is a necessity.
The vision
I bring together a considered mood board and a set of thoughtful recommendations — products, materials, independent makers, adjustments, and changes — all chosen with your home, your senses, and the people who live there in mind.
Nothing is generic. Nothing is rushed. Every suggestion has a reason, and that reason is you.
At your own pace
You take what resonates and leave what does not. We can go further together — sourcing products, refining the vision, working room by room — or you can take the reins from here.
This is your home, your pace.
The home you need
Not a showroom. Not someone else's idea of beautiful. Not a space that looks right in a photograph but quietly grinds against you every single day.
A home that feels entirely, quietly, like you. Where your senses can settle. Where the people you love can breathe. Where coming through the door at the end of the day feels like exactly what it should - because this is the home you need.