HONESTY BOX

+ Sarah, what wouldn’t you do again? Install textured wallpaper while we have Missy the cat. She’s an indoor cat (she’s afraid of the neighbours’ cat) and has treated Izzy’s wallpaper like a tree in a couple of places. Mind you, this is the only wallpaper in the house that she’s attacked.

+ Best lesson learned? I was a bit put off buying this house initially as it was fully renovated, and as a designer I really wanted a home that I could put my own stamp on. However, I’ve now learned that even if a home is a bit ‘cookie cutter’, or if you haven’t had anything to do with the design or choice of fittings, you can still make it your own and inject personality into the home. We have achieved this by using wallpaper; for example we’ve now got ‘wooden’ walls and ‘concrete’ walls that you need to touch to see if they’re real or not!

+ Where have you saved money on your home’s decoration? On the wallpaper.

+ What have you splurged on? The Tolix B2 locker (from Madder & Rouge) in the kitchen – we didn’t have enough cabinets and desperately needed more storage. The Comback rocker chair by Patricia Urquiola for Kartell – I love chairs and I conned

Chris into buying this for my birthday a couple of years ago. The folding leather butterfly chair from Paper Room – another one for my chair addiction, and I adore this iconic design.