A Home for Your Next Chapter — A Practical Guide for Life After Change

A practical way to make your home feel like you after a life change.

Life can change before your home has had time to catch up.

Perhaps you have moved somewhere new.

A relationship has ended.

Your children have left home.

Or your everyday life looks different, while the rooms around you have stayed much the same.

There might be boxes you haven’t unpacked.

Objects you’re unsure whether to keep.

Colours you chose years ago, without really thinking about what you liked.

And somewhere amongst it all, a question:

What would I like my home to feel like now?

You don’t need an answer for every room.

Begin with somewhere to sit comfortably. A photograph you want to see. A colour that makes you smile. A reliable place for your keys.

A Home for Your Next Chapter helps you turn those small choices into a home that supports the life you are living now.

Drawing on my own experience of starting again in 2017, it brings together personal touches, practical organisation and manageable steps you can take using what you already own.

There is space for memories, humour, colour and things you haven’t quite decided about yet.

Inside, you’ll discover:

• questions to help you work out what you need from your home now

• simple ways to notice the colours, textures and objects you’re drawn to

• a manageable approach to deciding what to use, display, put aside or let go

• five practical steps for making one corner or area your own

• useful places for keys, bags, incoming post and everyday reminders

• a straightforward way to organise papers into Action, Waiting and Keep

• ideas for using a notice board to bring together appointments, personal memories and future plans

• help choosing art, checking print sizes and trying an arrangement before making holes

• three printable planning worksheets: My First Space, Keep, Place or Pause and My Week, Made Easier

You can work through the guide in order, or return to the section that feels useful today.

Start with one shelf, one drawer or one corner.

Try an arrangement for a few days.

Notice what makes life easier and what you enjoy having around you.

If you’re starting again somewhere unfamiliar…

If your home still reflects decisions that no longer feel like yours…

If you want to keep meaningful things without keeping everything…

If you would like everyday life to feel a little easier while you work out what comes next…

This guide gives you somewhere to begin.

Because choosing how you want to live can start with choosing what you want around you.

Still wondering where to begin? Read How to Make Your Home Feel Like You After a Life Change for an introduction before working through the guide’s practical steps and worksheets.

Instant Digital Download

19-page PDF guide • Practical exercises and three printable planning worksheets included • £9 • Download immediately after purchase

Read on your phone, tablet or computer, and print the worksheets when you’re ready to use them. You can use a separate notebook for longer answers or additional sketches.

This is a digital download. No physical item will be posted. Art prints, frames and notice boards shown in the images are not included.

Good to Know

You can use this guide whether you’re moving home or making changes to the home you already have. There is no need to redecorate every room or buy everything new.

For help choosing the right scale for your artwork:

Read: What Size Art Print Should I Choose? A4, A3, A2 and A1 in Real Rooms

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