Because we’re happy!

‘If you know what happiness is to you’, as Pharrel Williams sang, then build it into your new home. Make sure your house is designed and filled with things that you and your family can enjoy every minute you spend there, doing what you love with things that make you smile. Whether it is barkitecture or arcatecture it’s their home too

1. Daschund loo roll holder. Even the most mundane objects can make us smile. www.dibor.co.uk

2. No more ‘Get off the sofa!’. www.wayfair.co.uk

3. Your cat as wall art; it probably thinks it’s an Egyptian god anyway. www.fabiothecat.com

In tents pleasure. Who doesn’t love a tent; they make big kids of us all

4. Make a reading den and snuggle down for a story. www. cuckooland.com

5. Have a tent for a teenage hangout or a gin joint for parents. www.boutiquecamping.com

Make a special space

6. Happiness is a comfy sofa big enough to swallow the whole family on movie night with enough cushions for everyone to hide from the scary bits. theoriginalchaircompany.co.uk

7. Who says a garden room has to be for gardening? How about a games room. www.greenretreats.co.uk

‘Who plants a garden, plants happiness’

8. Create a garden that grows into a room that makes people happy to sit and enjoy each others’ company. John Lewis

9. A welcoming declaration. www.redcandy.co.uk

10. A fire in a garden into the evening sets a great mood for a long summer sunset or a dark autumn night. Buy a barbecue rack for a fire pit and you’ve covered both ambiance and supper in one go. www.firepitsuk.co.uk