Award winning Interior Stylist Maxine Brady London, Brighton & Sussex, UK.
One of the best things about blogging about interiors is being asked do fun stuff like style challenges. When girls at The French Bedroom Company asked me if I would do their Christmas Stag Head decorating challenge what could go wrong? A hell of a lot, as it happens.
Right now I’m totally loving hanging out at home. These colder mornings and dark evenings making me want to snuggle up at home. I have spent a small fortune of fancy new PJs from Asos and River Island. And when the dog ate my slippers (yes, really) it was time to go shoe shopping. In the nameContinue reading Why It Is Worth Investing In Sheepskin Slippers
Hey there – welcome to my expert lighting guide to transform your dining room in time for Christmas. With the help of lighting expert Sally Storey from John Cullen Lighting, she is going to teach me how lighting can transform my dining area from dull and dreary, to bright and sparkling in time for the party season. Come check outContinue reading Guide to Lighting Your Dining Room This Christmas
As an interior stylist, my working day is frequently spent seeking out fab companies that make or sell amazing things for the home (I love my job!). My latest discovery is Woodpecker – who make beautiful sustainable wood flooring. Oh, and their photography is pretty damm dreamy too. Here’s my favs picks from their range, plusContinue reading Discover Wood Flooring By Woodpecker
SOMEONE PINCH ME NOW! This is no lie but the past 12 months my career as an Interior Stylist has been off.Continue reading Interior Stylist: My Amazing Year Of Work In Pictures
This is my second posts with lighting design expert Sally Storey from John Cullen lighting. She is on hand to solve all my lighting dilemmas. The kitchen is one of the most important rooms in the home to light properly. Here’s 12 expert tips on how to update your kitchen lighting making it just perfect.
Christmas comes early today with my fab competition where you can enter to WIN a stylish Emma Bridgwater DAB radio worth £79.99. As an extra gift – I have a discount code of 15% off all VQ products (see below). Don’t you think this rather lovely radio would make the perfect Christmas present for a loved one? (: or forContinue reading Win! DAB Emma Bridgewater digital radio worth £79.99
Morning! I’ve been busy behind the scenes working on my latest (and toughest) bathroom makeover for my best friend, Nicola. Her husband has been working all weekends to get the project done, bless him. Before the big reveal, I wanted to show you that the bathroom is shaping up very nicely.
When you can order everything with a click of a button – from your groceries to furniture – why shouldn’t getting your home cleaned be as easy? This is where Hassle.com steps in. The website which is new to Brighton promises to take the bother out of finding a cleaner with it’s easy booking service. It’s time forContinue reading How to hassle.com out of cleaning
Exciting news on the blog today! This is the first of several posts with THE lighting specialists John Cullen. This means I now have their head-lighting expert, Design Director Sally Storey, on my speed dial. The first room I’m asking her to tackle is my dingy bedroom. Here’s my top 5 bedroom lighting mistakes – and how you can avoid them (with Sally’s help of course). ForContinue reading My 5 Bedroom Lighting Mistakes (and how to easily avoid them)w
Is this my toughest bathroom makeover yet? My beautiful friend, Nicola, has been living with this bathroom for SIX years.Continue reading How To DIY A CLeVER Small Bathroom Makeover – A Case Study
I realised once I starting writing this post that I really should have taken before shots but I was too excited styling my new Gold Abby Leaning Mirror from Exclusive Mirrors into my two bedrooms that I completely forgot! Ooopse. The reason for my excitement? I’ve been looking for an amazing mirror to give my two bedroom makeovers thatContinue reading 7 Ways Mirrors Give Your Home A Designer Edge
HEALTH WARNING: This post contains shocking images of a dirty old pillow! Continue reading How To Choose The Perfect Pillow For You
You know when you stumble across an idea on Pinterest and it stops you in your tracks? Well that is what happened to me when I saw this painted vintage bed by Knock Studios. Amazing. Cool. Stylish. You name it, I love it. I wanted to try it out on my own vintage bed which looks a little bit like this one.Continue reading DIY Makeover: Modernizing My Vintage Bed
When my old TV hit the skids six months ago, Samsung loaned their latest innovation – the Serif TV – to test out in my own home. When I find a piece of kit that makes my life run smoother I’m all over it. If it is hard work, I throw a tantrum and want to chuck it out the window. So, howContinue reading Samsung Serif – Is It The Most Beautiful TV Ever?