Shut The Front Door

Today on Shut the Front Door we are delighted to be joined by award-winning luxury interior and furniture designer Fiona Barratt-Campbell. Fiona is the Founder and Creative Designer of FBC London and Fiona Barratt Interiors. With over eighteen years’ experience leading Fiona Barratt Interiors, having trained at London’s Chelsea College of Art followed by Parsons School of Design in New York, Fiona is sought by clients for her imaginative use of texture, colours and shapes, all interprete...

Today on Shut the Front Door we are overjoyed to be joined by the phenomenal world-renowned designer, Clodagh. Founder and CEO of the company that carries her name, Clodagh has won numerous international awards in her career and was introduced to Interior Design Magazine’s Hall of Fame in 1997. Clodagh passionately believes that good design supports well-being and that it can transform people’s lives. The experience of entering a Clodagh designed space is one of blissful serenity. Clodag...

Today on Shut the Front Door, we are joined by Emma Sims Hilditch, award-winningdesigner, founder and Creative Director at Sims Hilditch. Emma launched this influential and highly respected leading interior design company in 2009, and it has since grown to a team of over 20, who specialise in a broad range of private and high end residential and commercial project's in the UK and beyond.Emma and her expert team of interiors designers, interior architects and procurement are renowned for their...

Today on Shut the Front Door, we are joined by one of the UK’s foremost food writers,William Sitwell. William is a restaurant critic for The Telegraph, a broadcaster, author and has been a regular judge on BBC 1’s MasterChef for almost 20 years. He is the creator of one of the UK’s best-known dining programmes – William Sitwell’s Supper Club, a firm favourite for lovers of great food. William also hosts a podcast called “Biting Talk” where he talks to the biggest names in the business as well...

Today on Shut the Front Door, we are joined by the talented Bee Osborn, Creative Designer and Founder of Studio Osborn. Bee trained in Inchbald School of Design in London and started working in interior design over two decades ago. In that space of time, Bee has become internationally acclaimed and multi-award-winning for creating beautiful spaces for both private homes and hotels.Inspired by repeated requests for decorative items, Bee has also developed her own brand, Osborn Interiors, and s...

Today on Shut the Front Door, we are joined by the wonderful Laura Hammett, Creative Director of multi-award-winning London based interior architecture and design studio, Laura Hammett Interiors. Since founding the company in 2008, Laura and her husband Aaron have grown their firm into a thriving business creating stunning luxury residential interiors around the world.Alongside their UK portfolio, recent international projects include a penthouse in TheThe Bahamas, villas in the South of Fran...

Today on Shut the Front Door we are joined by Charu Gandhi founder and Director of Elicyon, a multi award-winning luxury interior design studio based in Kensington, London. Charu established Elicyon in 2014, driven by a desire to combine the rigours of her architectural practice with her creative flair and passion for design and craft.A registered architect, Charu has worked in the field of architecture and interior design for almost to two decades. Charu and her team at Elicyon are the recen...

Today on Shut the Front Door we are delighted to be joined by Mary Lou McDonald TD, Leader of Sinn Féin and TD for the Dublin Central constituency, something she is most proud of. She has a strong reputation for hard work and championing the needs of her constituency both locally and nationally. Educated in Trinity College, Dublin, the University of Limerick and Dublin City University she studied English Literature, European Integration Studies and Human Resource Management. She previous...

Today on Shut the Front Door, we are joined by the fabulous Carole Annett, Interiors Editorat Country & Town House. Carole has been immersed in the world of fabric and interiors for over 20 years, and previously worked at Conde Nast. She is also the host of the brilliant “The House Guest” podcast, where she chats to people behind the houses, hotels and showroomsfrom around the world.Noted in the industry as having a keen eye for beauty and detail, Carole relishes thecreativity of people i...

Today on Shut the Front Door, we are joined by Alexandria Dauley, founder of Dauley Design, a multi-disciplinary design practice based in London and Surrey. Having spent years working in property as a relocation agent, Alexandria took her combined love of houses and people, deciding to retrain at KLC School of Design to follow her passion for design. Alexandria is also one half of the United in Design founding team, a charitable organisation set up to tackle the lack of diversity in the...