I don't just design kinky, I talk kinky

If you've worked with me, you know I don't design a room until I fully understand the people who will use it. That means asking questions most interior designers would blush at, and really listening to the answers. The conversations I have with clients before a single sketch is drawn are frank, warm and, honestly, often very funny. Talking Kinky is really just that conversation out loud, with better microphones.

Desire is sensory too. The fabric you want to run your fingers across, the lamp turned low, the scent that stops you in a doorway; it's all connected.
Yeah, I know, it looks like a bit of a leap from colour schemes to kink. It isn't really. My whole working life has been about how spaces make people feel, the fabric you want to run your fingers across, the glow of a lamp turned low, the scent that stops you in a doorway. Desire is sensory too. It's all connected.

Tom and I talk openly about desire, relationships, pleasure and the wonderfully varied world of kink, whether you're quietly curious or already know exactly what you like. There's no judgement, and there's plenty of laughter. I bring a woman's point of view and a designer's eye, so yes, I will probably talk about lighting more than Tom would like.

Every episode teaches me something new about what people want from intimacy; what makes them feel confident, what makes them feel shy, and what they wish they'd had the courage to ask for. All of that comes straight back into the rooms we design. A playroom is a deeply personal thing, and the more I understand about how people really live and love, the better those rooms become.

Season 13, episode 1 is out now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube. Pop it on while you're running a bath, or with a glass of something on a Friday night, and let me know what you think. And if something you hear sets you thinking about your own space, you know where I am.