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HELLO

LOVELY TO MEET YOU.

" My approach is holistic. How will the room work with the rest of your home?"

My C.V.

 

Quick career check.

Ten years as an interior design journalist & shoot stylist at the glossies. Worked up through the decorating department at House & Garden magazine. Decorating Editor at Homes &

Gardens. Style Director at Livingetc.

Remit was always to source great products and create stylish, considered schemes for quite different readerships - see my portfolio of published work.

Raised a family. Property development projects for myself & others.

Now back to what I'm best at. Beautiful rooms.

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At present, I offer design only, rather than turnkey or project management solutions. I am, however, always at the end of a phone for follow-up queries, following any design work.

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SERVING FAMILIES IN OXON, BUCKS, BERKS, HAMPSHIRE, SURREY & WEST LONDON

THE LOWDOWN

My Approach

 

Residential interior styling & design is what I do. I create elegant, modern room schemes for real homes and real people.

All designers have a signature style. Learn about mine, understand my approach to design projects & browse my work to see if we're on the same page. Things to know...​

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  • EVERY PROJECT IS UNIQUE TO YOU & YOUR FAMILY (BLAND, FORMULAIC DESIGN MAKES ME RUN A MILE)

  • MY APPROACH IS HOLISTIC. HOW WILL THE ROOM WORK WITH THE REST OF YOUR HOME?

  • I'M GOOD AT INTERPRETING A BRIEF. I CAN ALSO HELP FORMULATE ONE!

  • I AM LED BY THE MOOD OR LOOK A CLIENT WISHES TO CREATE (IN ADDITION TO THE PRACTICAL NEEDS OF A SPACE)

  • I CREATE ORIGINAL DÉCOR SCHEMES BOTH CLASSIC AND MODERN. MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, AN INTRIGUING MIX OF THE TWO.

  • COLOUR & PATTERN ARE A SIGNATURE - MY MAGAZINE WORK ATTESTS TO THAT! BUT I'M EQUALLY ENTHUSED IN ASSEMBLING A PALETTE OF SOPHISTICATED NEUTRALS

  • I SAY IT HOW IT IS. YOU HIRED ME FOR A REASON. BUT...I'M WHOLLY FOCUSED ON YOUR GOAL. A ROOM THAT WORKS FOR YOU, COMES IN ON BUDGET AND IS FABULOUS.

  • I WORK WITH DIFFERENT BUDGETS. I KNOW WHERE TO SPEND AND WHERE TO SAVE, MIXING HIGH-END WITH HIGH-STREET; BESPOKE WITH READYMADE; VINTAGE WITH MODERN.

  • I HATE WASTE AND LOVE A CIRCULAR ECONOMY. VINTAGE, RECYCLED & RE-PURPOSED FINDS LEND SOUL AND UNIQUENESS.

  • MY PERFECTIONISM IS YOUR GAIN.  I KEEP THE BIGGER PICTURE IN MIND WHILE OBSESSING ABOUT THE DETAILS.

  • MY JOB IS NOT DONE UNTIL YOUR DREAM ROOM IS DESIGNED, YOU LOVE MY IDEAS & CAN'T WAIT TO BRING THEM TO LIFE.

 

If you think I can help solve your interior design dilemma, I'd love to hear from you!

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With Thanks...

to the following UK interiors titles for allowing me to use their imagery for my styled portfolio page & the wonderful photographers listed below, whom I have worked with over the years.

 

House & Garden 

Homes & Gardens 

Living etc.

 

Jan Baldwin, Carolyn Barber, Bill Batten, Brian Benson, Jake Curtis, Chris Everard, Helena Chateau, Winfried Heinze, Tom Leighton, James Merrell, Rossana Novella, Mark Scott, Paul Raeside, Debi Treloar, Polly Wreford, Mel Yates, Tim Young

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