Beccy, Holistic at Home
When it comes to creative chaos, Beccy — founder of Holistic at Home — is a seasoned pro. From Belgian bun-fuelled sewing marathons to starting “just one more” project before finishing the last, she’s built an entire brand around making, laughing, and occasionally… battling rogue craft supplies.
Her most recent epic? A bean bag build that turned into a full-blown cardio workout, complete with airborne bean bag balls, dismantled hoover parts, and a landing that could pass as a snow globe scene.
Q: What’s the most chaos you’ve ever had during a make?
Most recently, I was making a cosy little reading nook on a raised box in the corner of our bedroom – it’s beaut with fairy lights and little curtains – but it lacked a comfy bean bag. So I got my sewing machine out, ordered some filling… let the bean bag commence – or should I say bean bag ball tsunami.
I’ve done this loads of times before but for some reason we couldn’t get the balls moving. Obviously Zack (my husband) was dragged in and it turned into me at the top of the stairs and him at the bottom with empty bean bag sack in hand. We made a tube out of paper or card – I can’t remember which – but they weren’t moving.
We thought it was like water, when you need to have air going in the top to allow the flow… so I had a big plastic sack full of beans, tube sealed so there’s no leakage, tube down the stairs into the bean bag sack. I made a hole at the other end (to allow air flow) which did nothing, except allow bean bag balls to fire out at the back, so that was the landing covered.
We even dismantled Henry (the hoover – we aren’t criminals) and tried the tube from that thinking if it’s more structured… nothing. We managed it in the end but it was a complete workout, and every time we got the balls moving you would think we had won the lottery. Hours later and we finally had a bean bag. And a house that could be called a bean bag by technicality. Balls. Everywhere.
Q: Favourite crafting snacks/drinks?
Coffee and Belgian buns – or beer and spicy nuts if I’m feeling adventurous.
Q: If your workspace had a warning label, what would it say?
Beware! Black hole lurking.
