The Foundations
Interior Design is personal. There is no one-size fits all approach. At Wax & Wane Interiors, I create a loved, lived-in, sensory affirming home, over time, with intention of focusing on sustainability, natural materials and eco-friendly, low-toxin products and accessories.
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Five principles I build every home from
A home, like a good sentence, needs something to hold it up. These are the five things I return to, room after room, house after house.
1. Neutral ground
I begin with neutrals — whites, beiges, warm stone and shades of grey — as the quiet, load-bearing structure of a room. Colour is never left to chance; it's added sparingly, and always with intention, in hues that sit together the way old friends do. I work to a simple rhythm of 60-30-10: a neutral shade holding the majority of the space, your most-loved colour woven through in its varying tones, and a final accent to bring balance without ever raising its voice.
2. Slow, and moving in the right direction
Your home doesn't need to arrive anywhere all at once. I choose furniture for its natural, sustainable materials — pieces invested in because they're built to be kept, not replaced. Energy-efficient appliances, low-toxin soaps and cleaning choices, laundry detergent that's kinder to you and the home you live in. This isn't about reaching Passivhaus perfection. It's about a home that is consciously, steadily, moving that way.
3. Room for everyone
Before I design a single corner, I ask: who lives here? A room is never one person's opinion dressed up as a finished space — it's a shared chapter, written by everyone who'll use it. My question is always the same: can each person who walks in be exactly who they are here, and feel they belong?
4. Loved, not flawless
I don't design for pristine. I design for lived in. Furniture should carry its history with it — who chose it, who loved it, who it's watched grow up. The etched smiley face on the kitchen table stays. The photographs on the wall show personality, not performance. Every piece should be able to answer, quietly, "remember when…" That's the atmosphere I'm after: come as you are, we've been waiting for you.
5. The senses no one mentions
Most people stop at five senses — candles, soft blankets, a nice playlist — and call it considered. But there are three quieter senses most homes forget entirely: how you move through a space, how your body is held and supported by it, and what it stirs in you when you sit still in it. What memories does this room bring back — and are they ones you want to keep returning to? A truly considered home listens for all eight.