I moved to Australia from South Africa almost 7 years ago with my husband, a 3 cubic meter container and some suitcases. We then had both of our babies here, during and after COVID, with no family nearby. No village. No backup. No one to call when it all got too much.
That's when the home stuff stopped being optional. I had to build systems that actually worked, not on a good day, but on a sick-kid, bad-sleep, touched-out Tuesday.
I spent 15 years as an architect and interior designer designing houses and luxury hotels, and the one thing that work taught me clearly: more storage is never the answer. Less stuff and better systems are.
Now this is my full-time work. The OBM and everything in it, built around one thing I kept coming back to: a calmer home isn't about doing more. It's about finally having something that works even when you don't.
I help overwhelmed mums stop feeling like their home is a second job, get their weekends back, and actually enjoy their kids, mess and all.