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You become an expert by working hard. We've got fantastic museums, collections and antique shows. You can go and just start looking. That's the great thing about knowledge. If you collect Doulton figures, you know about the rare ones.

Because I'm a designer, I'm quite good when I shop. I know what I'm looking for.

I'm never going to be one of those people who is good at organization. But I'm very visual. I have a catalog in my head of things I already own, so it's easy to shop and I always know exactly what I'm looking for.

I'm a designer, which includes interiors, architecture, fashion, furniture, and lifestyle.

I prefer to find craftspeople I can be colleagues with and who take an area of responsibility and run with it.

I have no particular interest in antiquities or antiques, but I like things to meet a certain aesthetic.

I shop a lot more for furniture than I do for clothes. I much prefer going to an antique shop full of obscurities.

Everything I commission - whether it is for me or for a client's home or for a hotel or office - is absolutely unique to that job. I have everything made, or I find vintage and antique pieces at markets and auctions.

I love to design and remodel houses, from working with the contractors to picking the colours, materials, kitchen and bathroom accessories to finally what furniture goes where.

I'm really into antiques. But really into it because of my father, who got me into them in the first place. He's an interior designer and he's really into going to antique shows and getting up really early on Sundays and driving out to these weird little towns north of Hamilton.