16 - Furnish: crafting elegant, Flowing spaces with time-honoured techniques and beautiful design

Your home should be a sanctuary – a space to breathe, to relax, to Feel at ease. It’s not about lavish interiors; it’s about creating a place where you can look around and say, “I love it here”. In this episode, we welcome Helen Grundy-Smith, owner and Creative Director of Cotton Mills, a design house offering Full-service interior design, specialising in bespoke and handmade. Helen’s journey in business is a little different than those who have joined us in previous episodes. Instead of a journey of building a business from the beginning, we talk about Helen’s bold move to buy an already up-and-running business, and how this came to be. Through taking risks, in challenging economic times, in a creative industry sometimes stifled with mass-production, Helen speaks about the importance of tradition, thoughtful technique, and timeless design, that really means something. Helen has a clear passion. Not just for design and interiors, but For her team and the impeccable work they do, both with the pieces they create and design, but also in the way that they work with their clients. It’s truly something special when a team can come in and still make you Feel at ease in your own home while transforming the space. We hope you enjoy episode 16 of The F Word.   Connect with Helen on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/1to1Discover design at Cotton Mills: cotton-mills.co.ukCotton Mills on Instagram: www.instagram.com/cottonmillsdesignhouseTo watch this episode, and our previous episodes, head over to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@whyfieldAnd… For more From us, we’re @whyfield on all socialsand www.whyfield.co.uk