Maxine Brady | Interior Stylist, Props Stylist, Art Director & Home Decor Blogger
Interior stylist, events stylist, TV presenter, podcaster host with styling for magazines, public relations and advertising shoots. Brighton & London, UK. Home Decorating blog
You can tell a lot about a home from it’s front door. Mine was screaming ‘Urgh!’ Time to ditch the depressing door and replace it for something that is well…a little more me! This is my little video on the actually front door makeover so you can see it all in the flesh. [embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89JGZM61eIg[/embedyt] Before: TheContinue reading Get Instant Curb Appeal with my Latest Video
It’s here – my bathroom makeover guide is live! Learn how to makeover your bathroom step-by-step with my expert tips. One of my home’s first big projects is finished, my bathroom. This is my bathroom makeover guide on what I learned along the way with lots of take-away tips and advice so you can discoverContinue reading Complete Bathroom Makeover Guide With Before & Afters
This post charts one of my most successful home style projects (so far). I gave my £100 eBay sofa a makeover to make it look like expensive £2,000 sofa. Replacing the tired sofa covers was simple, cheap and quick. Wondering how you can give your sofa an £2000 overhaul? Well, guide complete with before + after photos. Before: Let’s start with the sofa. When I moved into my house backContinue reading How I got a £2,000 sofa for £100
Although the smallest area in my home, I’ve put a lot of time and thought into my tiny hallway. This is the first of many posts on it’s slowly emerging makeover. Today, I’m going to show you how I replaced my ugly, and quiet frankly, dangerous, 1970s staircase with smart banisters and a handrail from Richard Burbridge. Well, whereContinue reading Guide To Replacing Your Staircase Banisters
I’d want to share one of my most successful building makeovers in the house: when I swapped a rotten sash window with a beautiful, modern alumium door. Let me prepare you here – this was no small job (dust! dust! dust!) but the impact is intense. It’s opened up the back of my house, allowing natural light to flood into aContinue reading Installing A Contemporary Back Door
Here is a blog post about my underfloor heating install in my small kitchen I’ve been so busy with the renovations on the house since I moved in. So far I’ve made over the windows, a boiler install and sprinkled a little bit of magic in the garden. Now, I’m starting on the fun stuff which is making over THE KITCHEN. It’s been overhauled from top-to-bottom (which I amContinue reading Why your small kitchen needs Underfloor Heating Right now
I love giving my home a bit of Christmas sparkle and it doesn’t have to cost a fortune either. With a few simple style tricks, let me show you how to give your mantlepiece a little seasonal magic for less than £7. Let me show you how I did it in my own home with this easy how-to guide.Continue reading Ideas For Your Christmas Mantlepiece
First on my home’s ‘to-do’ list is my kitchen refit which (fingers crossed) is starting this month. I’ve planned out a 100 kitchens for magazine shoots, shows and TV but I have never done this for myself. I got myself in a right pickle about what to choose. For what seems like forever, I’ve been plotting my ideas for my ‘urban kitchen’Continue reading Small space ideas for my tiny kitchen
When I moved into my house, I inherited net curtains. Yes, they help filter the light and they do give privacy. But they are not very good-looking, are they? I gave my windows a quick revamp to freshen them up as well give them instant style, just by using WINDOW FILM. First, I ripped down theContinue reading 5 Minute makeover: Quick Window film fixw
Welcome to my little house. Rather than just post pictures up here. I thought I would make a short vlogg Home Tour of my place to show you the ins and outs of my home. I’ve got some (BIG) ideas for this rather small two-up -two-down terrace house. I want to paint it, strip it, rip bitsContinue reading My first ever vlog! A tour of my new house