Like many Aussies, I have spent the last few months in an exclusive relationship with my four walls. It has been enough to drive even the most stubborn homebody crazy, and as far as hermits go, I can give most a run for their money. As one lockdown day melted into another, I found a welcome escape — the colourful online world of interiors inspiration.
One such destination is the Instagram account of Rachel Castle and her eponymous homewares brand CASTLE. Not only are Rachel’s designs, with their smacks of colour and abstract prints, ridiculously Instagrammable (something that delights her 177,000 followers), but they also depict the sort of uplifting witticisms we all need to hear right now: “I get lockdown but I get up again” and “Let’s just be really nice to one another” are personal favourites.
The embodiment of her Instagram page, Rachel is everything you might expect her to be: vibrant, thoroughly optimistic and
