Once you start a home renovation project, it can be useful to want to finish it all, down to the last detail. This might not the best option, for either your budget or your happiness. 

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22. Home renovation: how psychology can help you manage the stress and the budget.

If you’ve gone through the earlier episodes of the podcast,  you’re now ready to start coming up with ideas to fix your home’s layout or style.  

21. How to get a better layout for your home.

Too often we focus on the number of rooms we want in a home, but this isn’t the best way to maximise space in a small home. 

20. Why you shouldn’t focus on rooms, and what you should look at instead.

Open plan living is often touted as the best option for a small space, but it might not work for everyone.  

19. Why open plan doesn’t work for everyone.

From extensions and outbuildings to smart furniture choices, there are a number of ways to increase space in your home. 

18. 12 ways to create space in your home.

People living in the same home don’t experience it the same way, so one person can love it whilst another wants to list it and sell up.

17. How can one person love a home and another hate it?

A home shouldn’t be judged on how it looks, but on how well it works for those who live there. 

16. 4 signs that your home doesn't work for you.

Is there an ideal housing density? You might think you’d love a big home, but when that leads to urban sprawl it’s not so good for us. Is high rise, small space, apartment living like Hong Kong the answer?

15. Can our homes be too big?

What makes a home ideal? What would it need to be able to do in order to be your dream home?

14. What's your Ideal home?

If we want buildings and cities that enrich our lives and the world, the 4 brains is a useful model when designing.

13. How the 4 brains support Enriching Design.

The last in the series looking at designing to make your 4 brains happy. 

12. Why your hive brain craves a sustainable home.

This episode looks at the 3rd brain, the Human brain. This is about the location of your home as well as its contents. 

11. The Human brain, time travel and loving your home

The cat brain is all about emotions, comfort & interest, but beware of shiny new object syndrome. 

10. What kind of home will make your cat brain comfortable?

I look at how design can make you (or your lizard brain) feel safe. And it might not be the same for everyone.

9. 3 ways design can make your lizard brain feel safe.

I think the latest colour of the year by Pantone is beautiful, so what's wrong with it?

8. What is wrong with the pantone colour of the year?

Talking about how design can make homes and cities better for people and better for the planet.

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