Fionnuala Jones: Ignore Pinterest — a home is a place to live, not just to show

What is home if it’s also not a place to rot?

Fionnuala Jones: It’s not long before you’re caught up in the comparison trap, scrolling. Pictures: Gareth Chaney

“You’ve gone so house proud, it’s hilarious,” my best friend Val told me as I apologised for the state of another room in our house.

None of the rooms required an apology — I’d done my standard panic clean-and-tidy before she arrived, but it didn’t feel like enough. It was certainly a lot better than my days in student accommodation, when moving out would have required an archaeological excavation team.