Depending on their personal style of at-home mooching, I find that people can be categorised as either kitchen people or bathroom people. For the kitchen people, an afternoon of prepping and planning and plotting in the kitchen to a Saturday-afternoon soundtrack is pure bliss. Mastering Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s no-bake Raspberry Ripple Cake (page 134, highly recommended) may be more of a solo pursuit, or it could be with friends and a little gin and tonic, creating a feast to share. That’s their happy place.
The bathroom people, however, are a different breed. It’s a slow and steamy bath with maximum self-care, soft towels, mood lighting and delicate calm that they seek at home. So, here’s the thing. If you had to choose to renovate one or the other of these rooms,…
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Inside Out (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2020