If you could have a second home anywhere, where would you live? Portugal - West Coast

What are three words to describe your style? Colourful, Characterful, Whimsical

Tell us about your childhood bedroom? Duck egg blue walls, a white wrought iron bed, dual aspect with big leaded farmhouse windows with wobbly old glass and wisteria climbing in from outside, Lewis and Wood fabric on the curtains, a stone fireplace and an antique desk - idyllic until you add in the the teenage angst haha

What’s the first investment piece you ever bought for your house? A Guillerme et Chambron secretaire for a steal on French ebay

In the history of design, if you could hire any designer other than yourself, who would it be?
Francis Merrill from Death Design

No room is complete without Art

Things you omit from

A flower arrangement: Carnation
An hors d’oeuvre platter: Unpeeled prawns
A bar cabinet: Vodka

A song for going for a run: The sound of the waves never music

Biggest Vice? Salt and Vinegar Crisps

If you were on an Ambien high and internet shopping, what would you buy? Antiques

Do your clothes reflect your design sensibility, if so, how? I like putting good colours together but I am above all a very practical dresser.. I also only buy new things when really necessary

What design book do you find yourself going back to again and again? Stafford Cliff The Way We Live

For posterity, what would you like your work to be known for? Keeping craft alive