The Quiet Home

HOUSE HUSHING FOR CALM INTENTIONAL LIVING

explores the concept of House Hushing - a mindful approach to creating spaces that go beyond aesthetics, focusing on the deeper connection between our surroundings and how they make us feel.

It’s a thoughtful guide to slowing down, quietening visual noise, and finding beauty in simplicity, with interiors that nurture calm, wellbeing, and balance.

It takes a pared-down, thoughtful approach to home interiors and explains how to create spaces that whisper rather than shout.

takes as its starting point the idea that everything in an interior has a voice and creates noise. By reducing this visual noise through thoughtful design principles and strategies we can create a more serene living environment that in turn increases our wellbeing.

A concept that delves deeper than aesthetic principles and how a home looks, quietening the spaces we live in can greatly affect how we feel. provides insights for both creating a quiet home and adopting a more considered way of life, with chapters on Foundations, Mindful Minimalism, The Art of the Edit and Room by Room.

Each chapter is accompanied by beautiful imagery that takes the reader on a global journey of inspiring homes and design. A comprehensive guide to read cover to cover, the book's chapters can also be read in any order, providing clear reference points for a range of home projects, large or small.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Michelle Halford is an interior stylist, writer, and designer based in Auckland, New Zealand, with over 300k followers across social media. She works on creative projects with local and international brands, and consults with clients on residential spaces.
Hardcover
304 Pages