Everyday life is getting increasingly noisy, whether it’s demands from the children, or yet another online Teams call, which is why it’s more important than ever to make your home a sanctuary of calm and tranquillity. The latest trend in interior design calls for just that: a dose of peace and quiet.
   
‘Home hushing’, as it was first dubbed by blogger Myquillyn Smith (AKA ‘The Nester’), is the delicate art of dialling down the ‘visual’ noise of your décor to create a serene space that evokes a feeling of being completely at ease. Interiors that make you go ‘ahh’ the moment you step through the front door – the equivalent of a warm bath or cup of tea.
   
It comes hot on the heels of the decluttering trope – popularised by ‘cleanfluencers’, such as Marie Kondo and Mrs Hinch, and TV shows, such as The Home Edit. This method of organisation is a way of practising mindfulness and being fully present in where you are and what you’re doing.
   
‘Hushing the house’ is decluttering 2.0 and requires you to remove unnecessary items to free up visual and emotional space. After 24 hours, you reassess the room, reintroducing only what’s really important in order to retain the ‘quiet’. According to the experts, everything in a space creates a ‘hum’, but the aim is to create a harmonious one. Here’s how.