Happy House

What makes a happy home: new doormat, shiny silverware or a mouth-watering smell of freshly baked bread? All of that of course, and also the thought of the lockdown coming to an end. After months of hosting zoom calls, accommodating home-schooling and witnessing occasional nervous breakdowns of its dwellers, our homes desperately need some peace and quiet. And they are not asking too much: just a few hours a day their long-awaited 'me-time', free to clang, creak and rumble as they please.