Creating a Slow Home with Amelia Lee

Brooke and Ben often talk about the idea of creating a home that works for you, and how that will look different to each of us, depending on lifestyle, circumstance and priorities. But, practically speaking, what can we do to create a home that actually does work for us? Enter Amelia Lee! 

Amelia Lee is an architect based in the beautiful Byron Bay hinterland, who helps people create homes that support the life they want to live, rather than create houses that require a life-support in order to exist. Today she and Brooke talk about the philosophy of Slow Home design and why mindfulness and intention should be the cornerstones of the home we create. 

They talk about Amelia's personal journey towards intentional living and how a trip to Uganda proved the pivotal point for her in recognising the excess in her own life and in our society in general, as well as what that meant for her fast-growing architecture firm. 

The idea of a Slow Home - one that is simple to live in and light on the environment - is something Amelia and Brooke discuss in depth, including ways you can incorporate the idea of a slow home in to both your current or any future home. 

Head over to http://www.slowyourhome.com/141 for links to loads of resources mentioned in today's episode as well as Amelia's podcast, blog and social media. 

Enjoy! 

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