I should have read the signs early on, painting murals on my bedroom wall when I was 10yrs old and always rearranging furniture, but it honestly wasn’t until I was in my early 20’s that I discovered there was something called interior design, and you could actually have a career helping people make their homes beautiful. I had followed my creative instinct and did a degree in graphic design, followed by a graduate position with M&S as a range selector at the then Baker Street HO. I managed to wangle my way into the Homeware department were I worked for a brilliant 5 years developing a wide range of home accessories.

I then worked for Mulberry, creating a range of homeware to compliment their famous fabrics. I’d spend my weekends ‘doing up’ the home we were in and before I knew it, we were looking for ‘projects’ to renovate. We moved out of London when we had two small children and I gradually started to help friends with their homes. We were selling a property that we had renovated and extended which was featured in The Times, this started a flurry of enquiries and I took on my first official client. That was 15 years ago!