Wed, 26/05/2021 - 14:18
Katherine Brookes runs KE Interiors which offers everything you could want and need to dress and style a home. She offers bespoke, made to measure roman blinds, curtains and cushions as well furniture items to complete a room. Each project is designed with close attention to detail and managed and implemented with great care. Katherine works with only the best materials to create seamless, well executed and beautifully finished projects.
Katherine has loved art and design from a very young age taking GCSEs in art, followed by a GNVQ and finally taking a degree in Fashion in 2000, with her final collection being chosen for The London Graduate Fashion Show.
Katherine comments: “After my degree I bounced out of university full of life and raring for my first job, however I was repeatedly turned away as I had no experience. I ended up taking a buying role in a stationary company where I was able to build valuable skills in business. However, I was still holding onto the dream of working with fabrics and designs so in my spare time I continued to make one off gowns, bridesmaid and wedding dresses.”
In 2009 Katherine started a family so the dream took a back seat and it wasn’t until 2014 when she started designing and making personalised cushions which lead onto the soft furnishings of roman blinds and curtains. Katherine notes: “For some time I juggled a part time job as a buyer and ran my soft furnishings alongside, this seemed to be a good balance around my home life.”
In 2019 Katherine decided to set up KE Interiors. Since the leap things have moved very quickly for Katherine from sewing on her kitchen table, to then turning her lounge into a studio then having the confidence to move into Banks Mill.
Katherine adds: “Moving into Banks Mill has been a dream, not only do I have my own space to work but I also have my home and lounge back! Working in a building with likeminded creative people is fantastic, I know running a business on your own can be a lonely place but when you hear others in the studio working away it really encourages you.”
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