by Vicky Sim | Mar 30, 2020
For the next few weeks as the Covid-19 pandemic deepens, we will be spending a whole lot more time at home than we usually do – in fact, all of our time during lockdown. Home, for most of us, is a place for evenings and weekends and the occasional holiday if we...
by Vicky Sim | Jun 30, 2014
In today’s busy, fast-paced world, women are stretched in every direction. Not only are we taking on more in the sphere of work, we still remain the primary caregivers of our children and/or aging parents. The term ‘the sandwich generation’, coined by Dorothy A....
by Vicky Sim | Apr 25, 2013
Yesterday I was confronted with the reality of how much stuff I have in my home that I hardly ever use (and this is coming from a self-confessed minimalist!) A friend’s sister had lost all of her household contents in a fire caused by an electrical fault. She is a...