26/05/2026
June is one week away.
If your home is already uncomfortable at 1 PM, the next 8 weeks will be long.
Three things a designer would fix in your home before June — none of which require a renovation:
➤ Swap your curtains for the season. Heavy curtains hold heat between the fabric and the window glass from mid-morning. Light, light-weave cotton or sheer linen in white or soft ivory reflects heat, diffuses glare, and keeps the room 3–4 degrees cooler through the afternoon. It is a 2-hour change that your home will feel within a day.
➤ Move the furniture away from your windows. Most Indian flats have a natural cross-ventilation path between windows and balcony doors. A sofa placed against the window — or a large wardrobe positioned across the corridor — blocks this path entirely. Moving these pieces 18 inches changes the air movement through the flat noticeably by evening.
➤ Change the visible surfaces in your warmest room. Dark rugs, terracotta cushions, and heavy throws read as warm — both visually and physically. Replacing these with lighter tones and lighter materials for the summer months is a styling change, not a design change, and the difference in how the room feels is immediate.
These are the conversations that happen in the first 15 minutes of a Perth home consultation. They cost nothing to implement. They change how your home feels for the next 4 months.
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