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A Balanced Place

Learn more about the ups and downs of mental wellbeing at home through the stories and experiences of people around the world. Explore our Life at Home magazine, A Balanced Place.

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A Balanced Place

The Big Home Reboot

The Power of Privacy

Ways to Wellbeing

IKEA Stories

At IKEA, we're passionate about life at home. Meet some of our people and discover what life at home means to them.

The Bigger Picture: Future Home

How will we create happy homes for the future?

The Bigger Picture: Space

How have we been adjusting our spaces to better suit the way we live?

The Bigger Picture: Rituals

How can we make our daily rituals work for our wellbeing?

The Bigger Picture: Community

How do we make neighbourhoods a better shared living experience?

Life Lessons

Child’s play with Magnus Thuvesson

Why adults must never forget the magic of childhood

Finding Faces

A visit to the home of artist Olaf Breuning

Sustainable Space

Tips on building a better balance with nature from Country Sustainability Manager at IKEA Retail Denmark, Monica Keaney

Sides of Home: Thriving or Stuck Alone

Two very different insights into coping with lockdown

Happy Hobby

How to make a kokedama

Learn something new and refresh your space with this beautiful Japanese organic art form

The Long Scroll Goodnight

Writer and journalist Emma Beddington studies her own attempts at shut-eye and finds out we’re doing it all wrong

Breathing Space

When four walls get too small

Does Ikaria lifestyle hold the secret to long life?

Photographer and writer Eftihia Stefanidi explores the Greek island where the locals seem to live forever

Sides of Home: Together or Apart

Perspectives from across the world on trying to stay connected

My body is my home

The culinary innovator who feels at home anywhere in the world

The Life at Home Magazine

Issue 1: A Balanced Place

How to build a happy home

Michelle Ogundehin shares her expert tips on how to create a happy home environment

How to feel more at home with male friendship

Award-winning storyteller and comedian, Mark Pagán investigates the role masculinity can play in our friendships – and the spaces we inhabit

Discovering the importance of community connections

Much to their surprise, writer and author Jamie Windust discovers a new sense of belonging in their neighbourhood

Escape Rooms: the architectural psychology of the home

A Seoul-based architect finds new ways to travel without leaving his home

Life at Home Snapshot 2021

A chance for change

We connected with more than half a million people around the world, to understand the changes people are making this year.

Table Talk

Does mental wellbeing start at home?

To launch the IKEA Life at Home Report 2021, we explored the intimate relationship between our homes and our mental health through a live studio panel discussion.

A Balanced Place

5 ways to make your home the key to a balanced life

We speak to two of our IKEA experts and asked them for their tips on achieving balance in five key areas of home life.