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
Are you thinking about freshening up the look of your bedroom? Me too! I’m decorating my bedroom this weekend and as part of my prep, I’ve been busy gathering style-spiration for a quick and easy makeover. Here are my top 5 simple style tips on how to be creative with your headboard (and the space around it) for an instant update. GoContinue reading 5 Ways To Style Your Headboard
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
With all my decorating almost finished, I’m shopping for one important finishing touch – amazing carpet. I need three: one for my stairs, my guest bedroom and my bedroom. The big question is – what do I replace my old trashed carpets with?Continue reading Buyer's Guide To Carpets
When a disaster strikes at home – from leaking roofs to burst pipes – it can feel like the end of the world. But home catastrophe don’t have to end in a tale of woe if you are a little prepared. Enter for your chance to win £200 of John Lewis vouchers with Together Mutual Insurance.Continue reading Master that Disaster! Share your home woes + win £200 of John Lewis vouchers
Want to give your home some va-va-voom with out breaking the bank? Here’s 8 insider tips to give your space bling factor on a (tiny) budget.Continue reading 8 budget home styling ideas – We Love Home in Marie Claire Magazine
The sash windows at the front of my house never had any ‘curb appeal’. They were battered by Brighton’s sea air, paint was chipping off.Continue reading How To Restore Your Sash windows
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 wanted to give my very neglected bedroom a mini overhaul. Using a heap of style tricks I keep up my jumper just for these occasions, I gave my room a little fix. And Volia! Here’s my instant makeover following my 11 secret stylist’s tricks. And the best bit, you can enter to win my ‘style kit’ to create this look at home. BEFORE: Continue reading 11 Secret Interior Stylist tricks for your bedroom
Below, charts the 6 big rules I broke in my first year of owning my home and why I broke them. And you discover what a rules you may want to stick to, and which to flunk off. This month marks my 1st year in my home. One whole year of DIY, makeovers, decisions andContinue reading 6 rules I broke in my 1st year of owning my home
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