I lived most of my life in Japan. I was born and educated in the United Kingdom, and graduated from Middlesex University with a B.A. (Hons) Merit in Interior Design and History of Art. Elected Diploma member of the Society of Industrial Artists and Designers (SIAD). Worked at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich learning Conservation 101 and Antique Restoration 101. I worked in Hong Kong for 1 year at Dale Keller & Associates and had my own Interior Design and antique restoration business in Costa Mesa, CA and Savannah, GA. I took Applied Linguistics at U.C.Long beach and went on to Japan for two years...I ended up living there for 16 years. I loved it. I'm now living in Thailand, I work harder than ever before....and I made the front-cover of STYLE magazine. I'm in the process of designing, building and decorating two homes on the tropical island of Koh Samui in the Gulf of Thailand. Never a dull moment with Thai "craftsmen" I can tell you...!