PHOTOS

What makes you feel at home?

 
 
A photograph of my kitchen which I have set up as a workstation during lockdown to save me from going bonkers! I find creating things to be very Therapeutic during (especially) times of stress. It has stopped me from feeling totally isolated – which…

A photograph of my kitchen which I have set up as a workstation during lockdown to save me from going bonkers! I find creating things to be very Therapeutic during (especially) times of stress. It has stopped me from feeling totally isolated – which I have been during this period.
Joy. London, UK

I feel at home wherever my children are. Their drawings are important to us.
Iulian. Bucharest, Romania.

I love the shy light morning and my plants enjoying it.
Aurora. Torino, Italy.

For Beatrice the portrait of her grandmother makes her feel at home. She misses the home where she lived before.

The Barbican is homely. When I moved I was worried I might not like living in Brutalist Architecture, but I bonded to Mother Concrete! Walking into the Barbican is a homely feeling wherever I am returning from. Julia. London, UK

The Barbican is homely. When I moved I was worried I might not like living in Brutalist Architecture, but I bonded to Mother Concrete! Walking into the Barbican is a homely feeling wherever I am returning from.
Julia. London, UK

Even in wintertime flowers making me feel at home.
Lin. Tongeren, Belgium.

A favourite chair for sitting and reading etc...
Adam. London, UK

Eivind. Oslo, Norway

I feel very much “at home and I identify with” the building and flat where I live. That includes the area and the view too. And I feel like I have all the reasons in the world to do so. Central and nice [hyggeligt] I take what happens in and ar…

I feel very much “at home and I identify with” the building and flat where I live. That includes the area and the view too. And I feel like I have all the reasons in the world to do so. Central and nice [hyggeligt] I take what happens in and around the house where I live personally. I have lived here for 22 years. Steffen. Oslo, Norway

I love reading books.
Manuela. Bucharest, Romania.

As soon as I get home I change into comfortable clothes and my robe is one of them. 
Teresa. London, UK.

Ida. Halden, Norway

Ida. Halden, Norway

The sewing machine
Fred and Jo. London, UK

A blanket I bought in Crete in 1980. I was invited to crew on a sailboat when I was visiting Heraklion while backpacking. I had a sleeping bag but the captain told me I would need extra bedding. I bought two Cretan blankets in a souvenir shop and th…

A blanket I bought in Crete in 1980. I was invited to crew on a sailboat when I was visiting Heraklion while backpacking. I had a sleeping bag but the captain told me I would need extra bedding. I bought two Cretan blankets in a souvenir shop and they have been with me ever since. They’re used by guests, and by myself if I nap on the sofa.
Adam. London, UK

Playing hide and seek.
Silvia. Barcelona, Spain.

Changing the sheets on a Sunday afternoon.
Alex. London, UK

Martin & I collected bottle stoppers, and I have 3 bookcases full of them. The task for Christmas 2019 was to prepare a hard list of what there is as the first step to disposing of the collection + and then there was the pandemic. So next year this will be revived. We have 750; the cost price was about £7000 not including travel and accommodation to do the acquiring, mainly collectors far in the Southern Counties of England.
Jane. London, UK

Frøya. Oslo, Norway

Eszter. London, UK

My son, when he is enjoying himself and doing his own thing, is the only thing I need to feel at home.
Linda. Halden, Norway

The shelf with the portrait of my grandchildren makes me feel at home. I miss them.
Doina. Bucharest, Romania.

My favourite chair! Inherited from my grandparents.
Randi. Oslo, Norway

Sitting at the table looking at the garden and thinking about how it’ll change through the seasons.
Victoria. Hockley, UK.

My dog in her Thunder jacket. It calms her when fireworks are outside.
Jane. Hockley, UK

Our comfortable armchairs – we have an informal ‘recycling’ scheme in the block. People leave useable but unwanted items in the foyer for others to take if they want. If still there after a couple of days they get thrown away. Items range from books…

Our comfortable armchairs – we have an informal ‘recycling’ scheme in the block.

People leave useable but unwanted items in the foyer for others to take if they want. If still there after a couple of days they get thrown away. Items range from books and kitchenware to clothes and furniture. My wife saw this just after a previous chair had broken. It is very comfy and a while after we got it, a neighbour came in and recognised it. She was glad it was being put to good use – and the penny twister was, she had also picked it up after it had been put on the street for disposal! Don’t know where it originally came from.
Andrew. London, UK

Kirsten. Oslo, Norway