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I live in a late Victorian farmhouse in\u00a0East Sussex. It\u2019s set in the countryside\u00a0right by woodland. Inside I\u2019ve\u00a0expressed my love of colour so it\u2019s very\u00a0bright on the inside with lots of\u00a0modern-country design references \u2013\u00a0tongue and groove and Victorian\u00a0encaustic tiles in the hallway.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve always been into colour. But over\u00a0the years my style has grown and got\u00a0more mature. I\u2019ve always liked mixing\u00a0vintage<\/a> with modern pieces. I don\u2019t\u00a0think I have a go-to colour because I\u00a0like every room and project to feel\u00a0different. But I do like to have an accent\u00a0of yellow in most of my rooms.<\/p>\n When designing a room I start off by\u00a0putting a whole scheme and mood\u00a0board together and I think about how\u00a0I want the room to feel \u2013 what sort of\u00a0ambience I want to create within a\u00a0space. Then I\u2019ll put colours and patterns\u00a0together and play around with those\u00a0before I go picking paint and flooring.<\/p>\n You might also like<\/strong> a Victorian property with vibrant, vintage decor<\/a><\/p>\n The oldest object in my home is a\u00a0Victorian console table that belonged to\u00a0my grandmother. I really like having\u00a0elements of antique furniture<\/a> in my\u00a0home because my colour schemes and\u00a0a lot of the pieces I choose are very\u00a0modern and bright and I feel that\u00a0mixing them with antiques<\/a> helps\u00a0to ground the look and keeps\u00a0it sophisticated.<\/p>\n I collect needlepoint tapestries. I gave my collection to an upholsterer who patch-worked them and covered a bench with them, which is now in my living room. It\u2019s quite a talking point.<\/p>\n Lots of people inspire me. Recently I\u2019v\u00a0discovered an Australian designer,\u00a0Anna Spiro, who is great with pattern.\u00a0Someone recommended her book and\u00a0said, \u2018You like colour and pattern, you\u00a0should buy this.\u2019 And, wow, I love it.<\/p>\n You might also like<\/strong> an Interior Designer\u2019s colourful 1920s apartment<\/a><\/p>\n My favourite UK landmark is Brighton\u00a0Pavilion because the interior design is\u00a0completely bonkers and lavish and\u00a0OTT. I just love the crazy turrets and\u00a0Indian-style architecture. It\u2019s insane.<\/p>\n The interiors shop I couldn\u2019t live\u00a0without is Liberty London. I can\u2019t afford\u00a0anything in there but I just like going\u00a0there for inspiration. One of my\u00a0favourite websites is Wallpaper Direct\u00a0\u2013 I think it\u2019s just brilliant. It has loads\u00a0of designs in one place and a really good\u00a0search engine. I rely on it heavily for\u00a0choosing wallpapers<\/a>.<\/p>\n The interiors trend I\u2019m glad to see the\u00a0back of is grey. I think it\u2019s a very dead\u00a0and depressing colour. But all the\u00a0creams are coming back now. It\u2019s\u00a0all cyclical.<\/p>\n