What makes a house a home?
Sometimes it is the big things: the people who live there, the years spent under its roof, the memories made in its rooms.
But sometimes it is much smaller.
A red front door.
A wobbling chair.
Pencil marks on a doorframe.
A junk drawer full of things nobody can throw away.
Children's shoes abandoned by the entrance.
Bath toys that remained long after the baths became showers.
This House is a quiet collection of observations about the ordinary things that gather around a life.
Through gardens, photographs, laundry, family rituals, childhood remnants and the small imperfections of everyday living, Jessica Matthews explores what happens when a house quietly holds years of people growing, changing, leaving their marks and becoming themselves.
Tender, funny and deeply familiar, This House is a love letter to the places that remember us.
Because sometimes we don't realise we are making a home.
We are simply living there.