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INTERIORS INSIDER

Here are five ways in which you can incorporate
comfort into your home.
comfortcore Tactile textures
Ways to embrace
Ensure your living space is layered with plenty of
soft, snug, comfy textures to create the feeling of a
warm hug to welcome you home. Think teddy bear,
boucle, cotton, chenille, linen, faux fur and velvet. A
mix of textures will amp up the comfortcore factor.

Are you sitting comfortably?
Give existing dining chairs a comfy upgrade, with the
simple addition of a cushioned seat pad for chairs
The past few years have been full of or a dining bench. Available in a variety of colours,
challenges such as Covid and the cost-of- materials and patterns, it’s a cost-effective, easy way
living crisis, making us crave comfort and to bring stylish comfort to your dining space.
stability at home.
One-pot wonder
Food is often at the heart of celebrations, bringing
family and friends together to make memories
over mealtimes. Having a cast-iron casserole dish
ith many facing economic challenges, our in your cupboard provides you with the ultimate
homes have become spaces of comfort kitchen companion for all kinds of dishes, from
Wso it’s no surprise that the comfortcore stews to roasts, baked goods and more. Enabling
trend has taken off. It’s the idea that interior design you to serve from the oven straight to the table, it
shouldn’t sacrifice comfort in the name of aesthetics, has comfort appeal at any time of the year – from
that both can be achieved at the same time. Similar warming casseroles to summer paella.
to the hygge trend of the 2010s, comfortcore
embraces cosiness as a key part of its aesthetic. Nostalgic comfort
Part of making a house feel like a home is putting your
Research from Wayfair and YouGov found that own stamp on it, but this isn’t necessarily all about the
more people want the home to be a place where style of décor, furniture or the accessories. Whether
they feel safe (69%), want to relax (67%) and it’s putting race medals on display for achievements
connect with family and friends (53%). Meanwhile, you’re proud of, your toddlers latest work of art in
56% of respondents surveyed stated that ‘good pride of place on the fridge, or filling frames with
interior design’ means ‘something comfortable’, with photos of loved ones or favourite places, these small
seating coming out on top as the home item most but important touches can bring joy to a space and
worthy of financial investment (51%). make it feel lived in and loved.

Wayfair’s Resident Style Advisor, Nadia McCowan Hill, Mindful me-time
says: “After more than two years of turbulence, we’re Make the most of time at home by slowing down and
looking to our homes for comfort and reprieve. At pressing pause, which will definitely be encouraged
one end of the spectrum, it’s the little budget-busting with Insta-favourite, a wooden bath caddy. Perfect
accents in bold colours that are lifting our mood, while for holding a drink along with your current favourite
at the other, we’re drawing moments of calm from read, it’s the ideal pairing with a spa-like bubble bath
whisper-soft tones and curved cocoon-like forms.” to upgrade your me-time.

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