The Art of Rest: Where It All Began

The Art of Rest: Where It All Began

There are some places that hold more than memory – they hold feeling. The kind you can’t quite name, but you recognise it the moment you arrive. Heatherly Design began in one of those places.

A wool shed, tucked into the Heatherly farm. Utilitarian, weathered by time and shaped by the rhythm of rural life. It wasn’t glamorous and it didn’t need to be. And it was here that the first idea of Heatherly Design Bedheads took form.

Not as a business plan, but as a feeling. A desire to create something meaningful and considered that honoured rest not as an afterthought, but as a vital part of living well.

That spirit is still present today – woven through every piece, every fabric, every decision. And it is the thread that runs through our new short film, The Art of Rest.

A Home, Not a Set

When it came time to create the film, there was no question of where it should be shot. It had to be here. In Georgie Leckey’s home – the founder of Heatherly – where the brand’s philosophy is not styled for the camera, but lived every day. A home layered with texture and light. With objects collected slowly and rooms that feel grounded, calm, and deeply personal.

Nothing was overly arranged or forced. The light moved as it always does – across walls, across linen, across the bed. And the camera simply followed.

Our new short film The Art of Rest doesn’t rush. It invites you to slow down – to notice the way morning arrives, the way the day softens, the way rest is not just found at night, but woven throughout our lives.

Because the bedroom is not just where the day ends. It’s where intention begins.

The Wool Shed, Revisited

Alongside the film is another story, told in Georgie’s own words.

Standing once again in the wool shed where Heatherly began, she speaks not about success or growth, but about beginnings. About trusting an instinct and creating from a place that felt true.

There’s something grounding about returning to where it all started, acknowledging that what mattered then still matters now – care, integrity, beauty with purpose.

The wool shed reminds us that Heatherly was never about trends. It was about creating something lasting. Pieces that feel as good as they look and that support rest in its truest sense – physical, emotional, and mental.

Rest, Reimagined

We invite you to watch the films, explore the imagery, and step into the rhythm of Heatherly – where rest is not rushed, and beauty is always considered.

Just a few weeks after we visited the Heatherly Acheron farm to shoot these films, the Mount Alexandra Shire in rural Victoria has been ravaged by bush fires. Thankfully Georgie, her family and animals are safe – with the farmhouse escaping the blaze that ravaged much of their land.

Devastatingly, hundreds of homes have been destroyed by the fires, including that of Georgie’s dear friends, Cathie and Michael Harp. Georgie has helped set up a Go Fund Me page to assist Cathie and Michael. If you would like to donate the link is below.

Donate here