INTERIOR DESIGN MUSINGS: COMMENSALITY & CULTURE

‘we bake the bread, we break the bread, we share the bread’

No this is not a piece with religious undertones!

These musings one day will become part of a much larger piece of writing. But for today let’s talk about how the concept of commensality plays an integral part in the role of the interior, the design within this interior and especially the kitchen design and dining spaces.

Your home should reflect the people that live within it and the ones that bring life to the interior and the bones of the building. We like to view the home from a holistic point of view. Something that generates overall wellbeing for the people that live there.

An environment to create comfort you never want to leave, spaces crafted to match your lifestyle. Beautiful spaces that make your home your own haven, a place that provides food for your soul and beauty for the eyes.

The kitchen is the heart of the home, where all other spaces converge, and where everyone comes together, including the cat. Design: Hello Home Interiors. Photo credit: Jeff McEwan - Capture Studios.

So, where do you start?

Feasting together around the table - a shared celebration. Photo credit: Jenny Siaosi - Siaosi Photography

Commensality: the practice of eating together.

The island has become the kitchen table, and little hands are often there too. Design: Hello Home Interiors. Photo Credit: Anna Briggs Photography + Hello Home

Kitchens are for everyone.

The kitchen is no longer viewed as a space where one person (the female

Brewing coffee, pouring wines, getting work done, a place we connect. Photo credits: Anna Briggs Photography + Jeff McEwan - Capture Studios.

A good interior designer always asks questions of your lifestyle.

Coming together over coffee, hot cross buns, brownies, scones - all the kiwi favourites. Photo credit: Jeff McEwan - Capture Studios