It’s essential to carry a camera on you at all times even if it’s just a camera on your phone.  I am permanently reaching through hedges to take photographs and screeching to a halt in my car to leap out on a roundabout to take a picture. You have to have the inspiration folder in your mind constantly open. I try and experience new things all the time.  It makes life fairly exhausting, but a constant adventure.  My most common sources of inspiration are:

On the street
Shop windows, gardens, parked cars, people, the list is endless.

In your wardrobe
People are pretty good at knowing what they want to wear and what their wardrobe look is.  It’s a good place to start.  Do you like pattern, are you more into colour?  Spend time assessing your wardrobe, it maybe subconscious but it can definitely translate into your interiors.

Magazines
I always have piles of post it’s  (pink only) and I pile pages into trays on my desks at home and in the office.  Eventually they get used for something.

Online blogs
Like this one of course.

Art
I find art a huge inspiration, I go to lots of galleries and exhibitions.

Travel
I travel a lot.  In particular I am drawn to local architecture and colours.

Food
Food is my second passion.  I am always on the look out for restaurants I haven’t been to.

Films
www.lovefilm.com is my latest passion.

Fashion
The catwalk is great for fabrics and colour as well as a general mood and feeling.

Nature
This is a big one, it just can’t be bettered.  I designed an entire sitting room in Scotland around a photo of moss I’d taken on the highlands.