Episode 09: Perfectionism Can Be The Enemy Of Progress
If These Walls Could Talk: The Business of Interiors PodcastShow Notes
In episode 09 of the 'If These Walls Could Talk' podcast I am speaking with a fellow Northern Interior Designer-Hannah Sidley. Hannah is the creative director of Cream and Black, which is a luxury high -end residential interior design practice based in the West Midlands, working on projects across the UK. Hannah has a similar size team to my own and has followed a similar entrepreneurial journey to the one that I have followed. I've often looked at Hannah's studio's work and found it really quite relatable. It was so great to speak with a designer who has experienced the industry as a Northern designer, like my studio is a Northern studio, and has experienced what it's like to be a woman, starting a business and standing your own in sometimes challenging situations.
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