I am amazed at how often new owners of homes and apartments decide to completely ‘renovate’.
A bomb site emerges as the majority of the space is pulled apart and what

intrinsically remains has very little connection with the original context and history.

Extend the metaphor to include your day to day inter personal skills and integrity too.

Be the sympathetic guardian of all aspects of your life.

Your home has ingrained authenticity.

You can be its forensic detective appreciating that once it was part of

design and decorating fashion. Cornices, ceilings, windows and fundamental

construction materials provide keys to its origins.

Appreciate and understand the efforts of the builders, craftsmen and the

era it represents.

Rejoice and retain some of the inherited craftsmanship as you deconstruct,

reconstruct and leave your own footprint.

You are merely the custodian of a home … Honour