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Category: Professional Development

Zoom with a View | Webinar Etiquette for Interior Designers – Part 1 (of 3)

26th January 2021

By Siobhan Casey

A Guide to Webinar Etiquette So here we are, facing a fresh new year and what a year 2020 was, …

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Picodeliq | Metier Affiliate Spotlight – Innovative Digital Design Studio

9th December 2019

By Siobhan Casey

How I met Anna…   Anna Publico-Ong of Picodeliq and I met back in 2012 when I had just started …

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Cuckfield Bathrooms | Metier Affiliate Spotlight – bathroom design and supply specialists

25th November 2019

By Siobhan Casey

The next post in our ‘Affiliate Spotlight’ blog series looks at the friendly folks at Cuckfield Bathrooms, a bathroom design …

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Metier Workshop 05 April 2019 – How to unlock your USP… and build a meaningful brand!

1st March 2019

By Siobhan Casey

BRAND NEW WORKSHOP – How to Unlock Your USP …..and build a meaningful brand! Only 8 seats available so BOOK …

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Cayeco | Swoon-worthy and luxurious shower trays!

11th February 2019

By Siobhan Casey

Chatting with Lloyd Carrington I met Lloyd Carrington of Cayeco in 2018 where I initially was fascinated about the beautiful …

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 The Metier Business Programme | Brand NEW Step-by-Step Masterclass for 2019

23rd January 2019

By Siobhan Casey

The Metier Business Programme Hoping that it’s not too late to say this…..but Happy Happy New Year to all our …

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Chatting with Elizabeth Ockford, wallpaper designer

10th October 2018

By Siobhan Casey

Chatting with Elizabeth Ockford I was introduced to the lovely Elizabeth Ockford in late 2017 and we immediately hatched a plan to …

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A Designer’s Rough Guide to Rugs & Carpets

14th June 2018

By Siobhan Casey

All you need to know about Rug Terminology! Recently, we were really very fortunate to have the lovely Jennifer Manners …

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Jennifer Manners | rug designer extraordinaire

29th May 2018

By Adrian Worley

Chatting with rug designer Jennifer Manners… We were recently very lucky indeed to have the super lovely Jennifer Manners and …

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Top 5 Tips for Designing a Home-Office!

29th May 2018

By Siobhan Casey

  The number of people working from home has risen to its highest level since records began; according to the …

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I always love a bit of Will Smith. I remember wat I always love a bit of Will Smith.

I remember watching the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air when I was a youthful teen, and thinking he was just hilarious. The life his character was leading with his Uncle, Aunt and cousins in wealthy California was so very far removed from my own in a small seaside town in South Africa. 

But that was part of the fantasy of the show wasn't it. 

As a teen who worked her school holidays in order to pay for her school text books, the idea of international travel was so far away from my reality, that I had never dreamed that I would be able to have such adventures.

Then all of a sudden.. I was. 

Arriving into New York in the late 1990's as a fresh faced Au Pair, standing in the middle of down town Broadway, goggly-eyed at the theatres, being able to take a ferry to Ellis Island and walk up the Statue of Liberty (pre 9-11 you could do still that) ... was a dream come true. 

I felt completely empowered and ready for anything life threw at me. 

Fast forward 20 odd years...and I find myself wondering... will we ever be able to travel again? 

What if we have to live like we are, in various stages of lockdown, for another year? Another 2 years? Another 5 years? What if there is another Covid variant that is resistant to the vaccine? What if bloody Brexit causes delays in the vaccine being delivered to UK shores? (Even though one was designed in the UK, its still made in the EU)

And yes on some days, it’s very hard to push aside such negative thoughts. 

However, someone has shared with me just this morning, the idea of mindfulness. Have you heard of this?

I don't know a lot about this, however I believe the idea is to encourage yourself to live in the moment. There is so much beyond our control these days, so there is no point worrying about it. 

Live in the moment and control what elements you can.

Sounds pretty good to me... what do you think? Has anyone tried it? I’d be very keen to know your thoughts and tips. 

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Yikes! How are we in the last week of January alre Yikes! How are we in the last week of January already? Seriously??!! Can anyone tell me this?

The last 3 weeks have been a bit of a blur and I was saying to hubby that I hope the rest of the year is not like this. I read an article shortly before Xmas about how when time seems like its moving really fast, this happens when there aren't enough different types of events for your short term memory to grasp, hold onto and store in your long term memory. 

Which means that when you would normally define a year in the past by a memory of a lovely holiday or an event... well thanks heaps for that Covid! I know I spent more time in the garden in 2020...other then that... my memory would struggle to recall what happened from month to month.

💜What about you? Did you find that time flew by in 2020 for you? 

💜Do you have a special event coming up in 2021 that you would like to remember? 

💜Do you remember why you became an Interior Designer?

💜What steps are you putting in place to make sure 2021 is memorable for all the RIGHT reasons?

📷 thanks so much to @stylingmygallery for their lovely pic!

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Thanks so much to Carl Ferri for his time this mor Thanks so much to Carl Ferri for his time this morning. Hugely grateful for his tips and thoughtful approach on on how to choose which bespoke finish for which surface. 

So very useful for us Interior Designers to be able to increase our own knowledge, which helps us be able to better advise our clients.

Happy Saturday all.😃

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