Rachel Meddowes // Sourcing. Styling. Ideas. Propping. Connecting. Personal Shopping

Rachel Meddowes
Sourcing. Styling. Ideas. Propping. Connecting. Personal Shopping

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Clients include:

Chanel
Claridge’s
Clinique
The Covent Gardener
The Communication Store
Debrett’s
Drakes
Dream Escape
Estee Lauder
Harper's Bazaar
MSN
Sheppard Day
Soane
The Fine Art Society
The Scotsman

Private Clients

About Rachel:

Rachel is a stylist, luxury goods & lifestyle consultant specialising in interiors, with a unique focus on home making and sourcing the unusual. Working with design, retail, media companies and many private clients she makes it her business to know where to get almost anything from and keep her finger on the pulse of what is going on. She has a thriving decorating and lifestyle present shopping business for both private and commercial clients, this can entail sourcing the perfect person, place or thing to meet exacting and often challenging requests. Think everything from show stopping wedding, baby shower or christening present ideas, to the ideal shade of forrest green gloss, picture galleries and library shelves hung and stacked to perfection, crisp linen from the 18th C or indeed a plant smith ready to turn an old dumping ground into the best kitchen garden ever seen to completing entire interiors. She also served as Lifestyle & Interiors Editor for the British edition of Harper's Bazaar for more than ten years and her work has appeared in numerous publications around the world.

Shopping excursions and tours can be arranged upon request.

Entry in Secret Services by Carey Whitley www.fabpublishing.co.uk
Rachel worked on Harpers Bazaar for many years and by hiring her services as a Lifestyle Shopper/Stylist you can get your hands on her amazing little book of contacts and insider knowledge of shops, auction houses, fairs, markets, artisans, salvage yards and warehouses. If like me shopping with a retail guru is your idea of heaven, you'll be with Rachel every step of the way, but if the mere idea of it fills you with dread, she's happy to go it alone and seek out and buy the selected items for you. She can help you achieve that perfect looking interior, brain storm ideas, sort out that awkward space in the living room and even buy and wrap unique, often handmade or vintage gifts for the toughest person on your Christmas List.

Some examples of what Rachel has been asked to find, source and execute:

A swanky almost minimal bachelor pad to house a fantastic collection of art works and furniture.
The ultimate bespoke kitchen and bathroom for a design savvy newly wed couple.
Total 'pinkness' for a ballet mad 6 year old's bedroom.
Seriously comfortable bespoke hand made sofas, stools and chairs for a ladies sitting room.
A vintage car inspired bedroom for a ten year old boy and a pony inpired boudoir for his twin sister.
A Twenties dressing table, mirror, photograph frames and hairbrushes for a wedding present.
Paints, carpets, lights, beds and a bar for a time strapped boy about town.
Frames and mounts for a vast amount of press cuttings for a private gym.
Indoor and outdoor fabrics and furniture for a house boat
A DVD library and projector for a home cinema.
Decorative hand painted 19th Century furniture plus Ikat and Eastern textiles cushions for a den.
Disco ball, shelving and display stands for a small shop.
A library to house a very serious collection of 18th century books.
Monogrammed towels, linens and shirts for a stylish bachelor.
Eco paint, fabrics and reclaimed furniture for an artist.
Retro Miami furniture and pictures for a music mogul.
A kit out for a bare kitchen, bathroom and bedroom in characterless apartment rented by a Swiss Banker.
Distressed French Furniture, shelves, a rug and pictures for a nursery.
Retro desk, lamp, shelves and cabinets for a designer’s home office.
Outdoor fabrics plus reclaimed fountain, tables, pots and benches for an Elsie de Woolf style garden.
Shelving and storage for Claridge’s bar.
Contemporary furniture for a Georgian Townhouse.
A collection of glass and fashion illustrations for a London sitting room.
Wallpaper, toy box, baskets, light, clock, pictures, curtains and globes for a child’s playroom.
40’s dining table and chairs and stools for a modernist apartment.
Taps, bath, towel rail, and vintage shower for a country house.
Vintage photographs, postcards, textiles, travel and movie posters plus a vast selection of lights and shades for a computer wizard.
Cool stuff, notice board, shelves and a bed for a teenagers bedroom.

Plus many, many many, Christmas, Childrens Birthday, Anniversary, Christening and Wedding Presents.

References upon request.

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