26/08/2026
I found this photo of my bedroom circa 1988.
Egyptian themed (for reasons I can no longer defend!)
But when I look at this photo now what I see is how much work I put into making this exactly what I wanted.
I made my own stencil and block printed the walls, made the curtains, the lampshades. Went to the school ceramics department to make the bases because making them was as much part of the process. I painted the furniture. I appliquéd the bedding.
In fact there wasn’t a surface I didn’t touch!
No Pinterest, no algorithm, no saved images to scroll through at midnight. Just a vision in my head and the determination to make it real.
I wasn’t trying to prove anything. I just wanted to make something. To have a go. To create something that felt completely mine.
(And I’m grateful my parents just let me do it!)
When I look at this photo now, I see the same enthusiasm to build, make and be creative that I bring to my work and business today.
It’s tangible and I guess it’s always been there.