Interior Stylist & Art Director | Maxine Brady | Brighton & London
Want to know how to become an interior stylist? On almost a daily basis I get asked about my day-job as an interior stylist. In this post, I’m going to fill in the background to my styling.Continue reading How To Become an Interior Stylist: 8 Burning questions with Maxine Brady
Hello – and Happy 2017 (well almost!) I want to talk to you about my kitchen I’m notorious for switching things around in my home all the time, and my kitchen is no exception. It felt like it needed freshening up – nothing dramatic – just a few wallet-friendly accessories to give it a new feel for 2017.Continue reading Simple Kitchen Update With These Essential Buys
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
With the festive season fast approaching, I’m seriously tempted to invest in a sumptuous, jewelled- velvet armchair to snuggle into this Christmas. After all, if love were a fabric, it would be definitely be velvet. Here’s how you can work this latest interior trend into your living room with my expert tips and shopping guides. G-Plan’sContinue reading Feeling the love for velvet this Christmas
Last week, I enjoyed Christmas lunch in Silo – one of Brighton’s most original restaurants. Silo’s aim is to revolutionise the restaurant industry with a zero-waste, ethical, low food-miles menu. My partner in crime for this meal was my foodie-loving Dad. As expected, their four-course menu avoids the bog-standard turkey meal instead cooking up what myContinue reading Christmas lunch at Silo Brighton with Dad
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
Ever since works started on Brighton’s i360 sponsored by British Airways, I have been a constant critic. Even getting into a mini fight over twitter on this eyesore on my beloved Regency seafront. In October, on a super-smashing-picture-perfect-day, my family took an flight up the 162m tall observation tower. This is what seven Brightonian’s with an age range spanningContinue reading Everything You Need To Know About Brighton i360
In my house I still have all the original Victorian pine doors. But not everyone is as lucky. Like my friend Ben – he inherited bug-ugly doors which were seriously so bad. We think they were made of cardboard in the 90s they are so flimsy. He was convinced they would be too tricky (and expensive) to replace. That was until I introduced him to EASY-FITContinue reading #HomeHack: Replace your ugly doors in moments