Dear home, everytime I leave you I long the time to come back to you
In Selftropy with love ❤️
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From the organic feeling rust coloured tiles and patterned carpet to the rich zebra wood the White Oaks Spa’s moody interior offers a different approach to the typical light and bright spa designs. The outcome of using these finishes and darker colours is a space that feels grounded in nature and slightly moody spa experience.
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Incorporating current interior design trends into your space does not mean complete overhaul. To seamlessly integrate trends, consider infusing elements of casual elegance, vibrant colours, mixed textures, bold contrasts, and embracing what you already have.
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Let's celebrate the awakening of nature, the burst of colors, and the promise of new beginnings. Infuse our lives with positivity and energy, reminding us that like nature, we too can bloom anew!
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Marble is one of those eternal materials that can combine colours like no other. Textures, patterns, and strikes of chisels all form a family of aesthetic sensations that stay quiet in the shade and grow bold in the sun.
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Not often enough do we wonder who stands next to us, are they happy, are they sad, will our paths intersect ever again? When travelling, I often observe the tourists around me, lost only for a second in taking the perfect photo while more often than not, I find myself taking the photo that nobody else does.
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Do you have a family member of someone living with Alzheimer's? Then you know that creating a safe, familiar home environment is crucial; supporting their independence is crucial. Let’s look at how to modify your home to be more Alzheimer-friendly.
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Creating a home environment that fosters motivation and courage is crucial for staying true to your passions and resolutions. As the new year unfolds, it's an opportune time to set the stage for positive change, reinforcing your commitment to what truly matters. Here's how you can design your living space to inspire determination and a sense of purpose.
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The PETER PAN PHENOMENON is living in homes that lack the three basic elements of universal design. According to a Harvard study, 25% of households have someone that lives with some impairment, yet most homes built before the new millennium are for those that will not grow old. Considering that 9 out of 10 of us want to age in place, something here is not quite right.
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January is Alzheimer's awareness month in Canada. Do you have a family member or someone living with Alzheimer's? Then you know that creating a safe, familiar home environment is crucial; supporting their independence is vital. Let's look at how to modify your home to be more Alzheimer-friendly.
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Choosing the right seat can flip your dining experience from merely satisfying to exceptional. Barring the fact that you cannot control certain factors such as layout and decor, you can control the type of experience you seek.
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Happy New Year from our team at Dochia! As we reflect on the past year, we are grateful for the opportunity to work with such wonderful clients and bring wonderful interior projects to fruition. Through our collaborative efforts, we’ve been able to create beautiful spaces and be recognized for our work. As we look forward to the year ahead, we are excited to continue with our current projects, work with new clients and explore new avenues of creativity. We wish you all the joy and success in the new year and can't wait to see what 2024 has in store for us all!
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This is an ode to the Everyday, the normal day, the one that tends to get ignored, the one that you want past while you reach the special ones faster, that day, that ordinary one that fills most of your life, the one that should get the most attention but frequently it does not. ✨
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Before modernity, Interiors were part of enhanced living. Humanity’s way to connecting with the universe. It was believed that symbols, amulets, and even colours brought into the home, influence our wellbeing. With modern life, we lost that to Form&Function as we’ve prioritized this duality ever since. Going against it is now unquestionable. It is so ingrained in how we understand the built environment that the sheer proposition that Form&Function is not everything in design is blasphemy.
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Baroque choral music developed in the 17th century during the Baroque Era, specifically between 1600 to 1750. In the church of St. Mark in Venice, Giovanni Gabrielli created polychoral music of multiple choirs with various voices and instruments.
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The beautiful tradition of colouring eggs is laden with meaning. Its history can be traced to the very beginning of creation. Spring is a flame that took the shape of myths, legends and religions across time. Believers hold it as the reaffirmation of faith. Non-believers cherish charismatic rebirth customs in many of its forms.
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Social climates have the power to remap the earth. As we've erased meaningful cultural signifiers, we have forgotten the importance of communication as a perpetual, reciprocal transmission. We used to communicate with Gods, mother nature, plants, and animals. We used to use our thoughts, gestures, posture, and rituals. We must re-learn how to tell, think, listen and share as a planet.
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Design and science are equally important
Reality is systemic, inter-connected, and ever-changing, and it does not take place in a vacuum. Design methods produce solutions that reflect that. They are environment-sensitive, bio-responsive and non- destructive to both the human subject and the environment. Science, in an unnatural way, validates everything through experimental isolation. Equally valuable truths stem from both approaches; science just had the stage for longer.
Home-lovers and house-users are two kinds of homeowners that look at things very differently.
The home-lovers cherish their homes dearly; the house-users have a non-emotional go-about their day, move tomorrow if a better gig appears type of sentiments. There is nothing wrong with either; however, if you’re in the house-user camp, something is to be said about losing some opportunity here for a better self.
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