Why are we all so obsessed with candles? Candles might not change our surroundings, but they do change our experience of them

Table with tablecloth, metallic pot, golden candlesticks with lit pillar candles, amber wine glasses and tortoiseshell vase with fresh flowers.

Home decorator Ammarah Hasham is one of Ideal Home's new Open House contributors, sharing her thoughts infusing her rental house with plenty of personality. See the rest of her articles here.

One of my favourite school run rituals, whenever I have a bit of time to spare, is leaving a little early for pick up and spending those extra few minutes wandering around TK Maxx (which is dangerously close to the school). Yes, I consider myself very lucky.