Visiting Teri Hodanová

She lives with her dog Delfína, studies psychology, and recently started recording the podcast Aura. It's Monday morning and we're in her airy Leten apartment. What does home mean to Teri Hodanová and what are her favorite interior accessories?

HOME IS WHERE...

Where is Fína.

Do you have a favorite ritual?

I love rituals. I like to light all the scented candles, pala santa and incense burners and just exist.

If there was a fire in my house, I would save...

Especially Fína and my marble table.

Do you have a favorite place in the apartment?

Definitely the kitchen with the dining room, it has the most light and space, and I basically do everything here. This is where I work, cook, and eat the most, but I like to just be here.

"Home is where Fína is."

Speaking of food, what do you prepare for visitors?

I like to bake the most, I love fruit cakes and bubble tea. I like to share food. I buy some yummy things and then we just enjoy the time together.

What is your favorite Lejaan?

Definitely the Quiet Jungle bedding. White, smooth and beautiful.

Do you have a favorite home gadget?

I don't have a hack, but my apartment has a lot of hiding places and interesting accessories. You can find something good to eat and something to browse everywhere - books, photos, things from trips, stones, dried flowers, lots of fragrant things. I couldn't be without those little things.

Woven Throw Monocolour at Teri's on the balcony.

WHAT SHOULD EVERYONE HAVE AT HOME?

Everyone should find what defines them and surround themselves with it. It took me a long time to figure it out, and then I realized that it's not about things that someone else has, but things that I like. I couldn't be at home without flowers. I mean cut flowers, because nothing survives here - except for the ficus, which I've had here for four years and I don't understand how.

If we offered to create a custom product for you, what would it be?

Definitely a rug, because I don't have one here yet and I know exactly what I want. And various stools and armchairs, you can never have enough of those.

What does home smell like?

Like an awful lot of sandalwood, that's my number one. I also love essential oils of all kinds, I mix them according to the season. And of course candles, I try to choose Czech and Slovak ones and then classics like Byredo.

"A place where I like to just exist."

WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO WEAR AT HOME?

I love shorts, I have about twenty pairs of shorts at home, but I also wear them outside, and leggings.

ARE THERE ANY PIECES THAT YOU TRY TO TRANSFORM TO YOUR IMAGE?

Yeah, I like vintage. I think I have it half and half here, something is cheaper, I invest in something, I have things second-hand and sometimes even third or fourth-hand.