Angela McNeill Interiors

Growing up I always loved making things. When I was about eight I made a fully functioning till from a cereal box and used to play shop with Maggie from the next street. From that moment on I always dreamed of owning a shop that sold lovely things that I'd made.

I studied contemporary crafts at Manchester Metropolitan University, designing and making in metalwork, woodwork, ceramics and textiles. When I left, I worked as an upholsterer for a year. I loved watching the journey an old piece of furniture would travel through. The way it transforms into a new one off piece of art; going to live with its new family! When it left the workshop, I would want to follow it to its new home and see how it looked in its surroundings. So I got a new job with an interior design company, where I trained for five years before opening my own interior design business. Planning the whole scheme instead of just one piece was brilliant; that's when I realised I'd found what I loved doing.