Jennifer Sheahan: Simple tricks to improve your home's flow so you stop bumping into the furniture

If you stand back and look at how you live, you'll spot lots of ways to make your home a better place to live

The living area at Jennifer Sheahan's home in Rathmines, a finalist in RTÉ's 'Home of the Year'. Jen says you should leave at least 60cm around furniture and at least 90cm for main walkways such as between a kitchen island and kitchen cabinets. Picture: Moya Nolan

Sometimes, when something doesn’t feel quite right in a home it has nothing to do with the colours or fabrics or decor.

Sometimes it’s invisible. The kitchen may look perfect, but it’s not easy to get to what you need. The living room may look cosy and inviting at first sight, but you keep banging your hip trying to get to the couch. The word for this is flow — or lack thereof.