In this episode:

• The challenge of designing for different kinds of building

• The joy of finally benign able to create your dream kitchen

• Art that connects you to happy memories

• The emotion connected to your happy place

• How to create a mood board to steer your design

01:39 Tell us a little more about yourself

07:13 What is your favourite thing about your home?

10:01 What turned it from a house into a home?

11:23 What's your favourite room?

15:45 Do you have a favourite piece of art/fav accessory in your home?

17:26 Where is your happy place?

21:15 What would your dream home be like? Setting, rooms, garden…

23:52 Quick Fire

29:26 Interior Design Advice

Lorraine owns Willow & Maine, a North East-based interior design and styling consultancy covering Newcastle, Northumberland, County Durham, Teesside, and Tyne and Wear. They offer bespoke interior design and styling solutions for every size of project, with packages to suit all budgets.

Born out of a long-standing passion for all things Interior Design, they are now based in Axwell Park, Blaydon but started in Ryton, a village on the border of Newcastle and Northumberland. The name is a combination of ‘the Willows’, a nature reserve in Lorraine’s village on the banks of the River Tyne, and ’Maine’ was chosen to reflect the classic New England decor she loves so much.

She’s even curated a new online Lifestyle store, bringing together some of her favourite products to share with you. It’s an extension of Lorraine’s interior design passion, offering a range of curated accessories and finishing touches for your home. Think candles, cushions and lots more.

Lorraine has managed projects from Wynyard up to Bamburgh and everywhere in between, including an Airbnb in Alnmouth, a cricketer’s Grade 2 listed cottage, a new build at Wynyard and a Lodge outside of Hexham which was completed for Jessica’s Sarcoma awareness.

Every project Lorraine works on is different, and she gets as excited about the project as the client does. She loves bringing clients' ideas to life and turning houses into homes.

Connect with your host, Heather Moore

Website: www.heathermoorefineart.co.uk Instagram: @heather_moore_fine_art Pinterest Heather Moore Fine Art

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@heathermoorefineart

Plus get more inspiration for your interiors in my FREE downloadable quarterly magazine - The Curated Nest. Get it here: https://heather-moore-fine-art.kit.com

Connect with Lorraine: Instagram: www.instagram.com/willowandmaine
Website: ⁠Lifestyle store⁠

Recommended Author: Jeffrey Alan Marks

In this episode:

• The joy of owning a home that you can finally decorate your way

• A love affair with yellow

• Buying second hand and being part of a piece’s story

• The importance of communal space

• Compromising and/or convincing your partner your scheme will work (powerpoints at the ready)

• The difficulty of creating small spaces

00:53 Tell us a little more about yourself

08:45 What is your favourite thing about your home?

18:17 What turned it from a house into a home?

22:20 What's your favourite room?

25:04 Do you have a favourite piece of art/fav accessory in your home?

33:46 Where is your happy place?

37:03 What would your dream home be like? Setting, rooms, garden…

42:49 Quick Fire

28:25 Advice for transforming your home

Joanne James has a passion for colour, second-hand finds and creating a home full of personality, warmth and interest. After years of living in military accommodation, Joanne and her family finally bought their first home - a joyful mix of colour, character and vintage treasures, with their beautiful yellow kitchen at the heart of it all.

Joanne’s Instagram grid, @hap_hazzard_mrsj, is a wonderful source of joy and inspiration - a real pick me up!

Also - the candle business that I forgot was Hot Wax based in Newcastle!

Connect with your host, Heather Moore

Website: www.heathermoorefineart.co.uk Instagram: @heather_moore_fine_art Pinterest Heather Moore Fine Art

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@heathermoorefineart

Plus get more inspiration for your interiors in my FREE downloadable quarterly magazine - The Curated Nest. Get it here: https://heather-moore-fine-art.kit.com
Connect with Joanne: Instagram: @hap_hazzard_mrsj

In this episode:

• The flexibility of working from home

• The kitchen being the heart of the home and a place that Kerry gravitates towards with family

• The importance of a designated working area

• Understand how best to organise a space as you live with it

• Finding art that you connect with and cherish

01:12 Tell us a little more about yourself

07:39 What is your favourite thing about your home?

12:14 What turned it from a house into a home?

14:42 Do you have a favourite piece of art/fav accessory in your home?

18:23 What's your favourite room?

22:56 Where is your happy place?

29:48 What would your dream home be like? Setting, rooms, garden…

35:55 Quick Fire

Kerry Dick is the founder of Write Junction - a freelance copywriter for brands with a visual soul. Lots of copywriters often come from journalism or English language backgrounds. They understand words in text. Kerry thinks in colour, space, texture, mood, and visual narrative. Perhaps that's rare, but with her background, it comes from her creative heartbeat. With a BA (hons) degree in textiles & surface design, and her retail background this brings even more to her copywriting skills.

In her retail Visual Merchandiser days, she sold things without saying a word. Making connections and communications from visual, verbal and written formats is a passion of hers. She still helps make those all-important connections, focussing on written content.

There's something super special when she gets to work with brands with the following industries:

- fashion & lifestyle brands

- interiors, homeware & craft

- beauty and wellness

-luxury goods

- retail & e-commerce

- brand identity & tone of voice development work.

She'll write about (almost) anything but she loves her creative heartbeat.

Connect with your host, Heather Moore:

Website: www.heathermoorefineart.co.uk

Instagram: @heather_moore_fine_art

Pinterest Heather Moore Fine Art

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@heathermoorefineart

Plus get more inspiration for your interiors in my FREE downloadable quarterly magazine - The Curated Nest. Get it here: https://heather-moore-fine-art.kit.com

Connect with Kerry:

Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerry-dick/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/writejunctionwrite?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&stkn=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==