Maxine Brady | Interior Stylist, Blogger & TV presenter
Maxine Brady is an award winning interior & events stylist, TV presenter, art director and she is the brains behind her lifestyle blogger. With over 20 years experience for magazines, pr and advertising shoots. Based in Brighton, she works up and down the UK, and Worldwide.
Just because you rent it DOES NOT MEAN you can’t have a beautiful (and stylish) home. In this post, I’m discover top 10 cheap & easy decorating tips for renters – so you can have a space that will make your heart flutter even. Time to get creative with your rental!Continue reading 10 Cheap & Easy Decorating Tips For Renters
How To Give Your Hallway A Festive Makeover With French Connection HomeContinue reading Give Your Hallway A Festive Makeover With French Connection Home
Set the tone for your festive parties with this pretty standout paper garland strung up the stairs. It’s fun, festive and (most importantly) dead easy to do. Today, I’m sharing step-by-step instructions on how to create a festive paper garland- just like mine which you can see here! Isn’t it cute? Not only does it look fab, itContinue reading Create A Beautiful Festive Paper Garland
**Sponsored Content** I spent the past part of last year renovating my long, narrow hallway. Along the way, I picked up some excellent styling tips that I wanted to share with you in this post. Read on for my 21 storage solutions, decorating ideas and clever furniture buys – all ready and waiting for youContinue reading 21 style ideas for your long, narrow hallway
Firstly, let me say Happy New Year (sorry I’m a bit late to the party). Bad flu and a backlog of work has taken me away from my blog these past few weeks. That, and I got lost in an instagram worm-hole! Oopse. Well, I’m back here in 2018 with a bang. I have aContinue reading Tiny Hallway Makeover: Final Reveal
If you live in a small house (like I do) then you’ll do anything to make your home look bigger. In this post, I want to show you a style trick I’ve used in my hallway using a Crittall Mirror which has cheated the space. AND I’ve picked out my top 5 Crittall Mirrors forContinue reading Faking A Bigger home with Crittall Mirrors
Followers of my blog would have heard of my staircase woes. Finally, after a year and half of solid work it is nearly finished (well nearly, nearly). I’ve invested so much time and love into this area of my home. This post reveals my tiled staircase. Was it a good idea? You be the judge.
My upstairs landing is one of the last areas of my home to have a makeover. I’ve been living with cruddy carpets for two years. The walls were battered and marked. The banister was covered in layers of paint. And the spindles dated back to the 1970s. I’m not even going to talk about theContinue reading Landing Makeover with before + after photos
Has it really been THAT long since I treated you to my FACE on a TV screen? Well, yes it has! Over one year. And you know why? ‘Cos I have been saving up my best DIY video yet which shows my tiled staircase makeover. Grab a cup of tea and watch me get covered in tileContinue reading My First DIY Vlog in a year! How to tile your stairs
I’ve been living with cruddy carpets for the past two years. They were battered old seagrass ones that were covered in paint, builder’s dirt, plaster dust and a large splosh of red wine. Then in a manic race just a week before Christmas – stressssss!!! – I had them ripped out and in their place I had theContinue reading Landing And Hallway Carpet Makeover Before and After
OMG! Never – I repeat – Never start an epic DIY job with a cracking hangover. A few months ago I decided to tackle my stairs which involved ripping up the carpet and sanding the wooden steps. This is all part of my grand plan to inject personality into my tiny hallway area. I didn’t anticipate the impact a bottleContinue reading DIY Project: Renovating carpeted stairs back to wood
This post is inspired by a picture I posted to Facebook early this year. The snap was of my finished tiled hearth. This small detail made me feel differently about my home – bit proud, happy – giddy even. I finally had a home with a bit of personality. Inspired by this, I thought I would pick out 7 of my favouriteContinue reading 7 Finishing Touches That Will Transform Your Home