Caroline is an interior designer and consultant in Fine Art and Antiques. As well as designing interiors, she advises clients on the acquisition and sale of antiques, including furniture, objets d’art and paintings.

Caroline grew up surrounded by historic and important works of art. This fostered an interest in the decorative arts and encouraged her to acquire a wide knowledge of historic interior styles.

She has lived in Italy, France and Spain and speaks those languages fluently. Visits to museums and private collections around Europe increased her knowledge of continental art and interiors.

While living abroad, she worked with Spanish antique dealers, sourcing antiques for export to Spain, thus building up a large network of wholesale antique specialists. On returning to live in England, she has continued to successfully source antiques and works of art for a wide international clientele.

The interior design side of the business developed in response to clients' requests to create interiors suitable for the period and style of their house or for their collections.

Caroline has worked on a number of high profile design projects for both historic and modern Interiors and has appeared on various television programmes commenting on antiques and the interior design of historic houses.

She has recently set up a series of talks on historic interior design with architectural historian Oliver Gerrish www.historicdecoration.com. The aim is to explain the many and varied aspects in the history of British interior design. The speakers are all established experts in their respective fields and describe the evolution of interiors through the centuries as well as exploring how this knowledge could be applied when decorating a period home in the context of the 21st century.

Catherine's main interest has been in antiques and Interior design.

Her working life started at Mallets Antiques.

She then managed the London Racing office of a Greek Shipping family, followed by a period as PA for a venture capitalist firm.

She was a showroom and client account manager for Colefax and Fowler for 8 years