My accent's a bit confusing
because I moved around a lot as a kid. I've been all over the shop - I'm quite adaptable and nomadic.
I was born in New Zealand, but moved to Australia when I was seven. We moved around a lot in Australia, too, then I moved to the UK eight years ago. I lived in Thailand for a few months once. I love moving.
I love my creature comforts,
but home could be anywhere for me as long as I'm with my loved ones. I'm not that attached to buildings. Home is more about family than a place.
I live in North London
with my husband Ed and our kids, Edie, 7, and Baxter, who's five months old.
We've lived here for four years and I feel so lucky to be in such a nice spot. We're in a very family-friendly area of North London. There's an amazing park with ponds, animals, wild open spaces and playgrounds, all on our doorstep.
Our house was built
in the 1870s and we've recently had a "loft conversion", but in reality they've knocked the top of our house off and built another floor on top. I've moved my studio upstairs now so I have a nice light space to work in. There wasn't much to do when we moved in because it was a blank canvas: white-painted floorboards and off-white walls. It's great.
I tend to decorate
with colourful accessories rather than colours on walls or furnishings.
I'm cushion-obsessed. We collect a bit of art as well. We have Damien Hirst prints and work by Peter Blake, Keith Coventry and Peter Davis.
I'm a big pop art fan, so there are lots of Andy Warhol books hanging around. My husband is a keen skateboarder, so we have a few decorative skateboard decks hanging on the wall as art in the dining area. I think he has a stash of about 30 more hidden under the bed.
Our home is a kind of testing zone
for my own designs. I like to put things out and see how I can live with them. My look is always evolving - I like being able to move things around a lot, especially the cushions.
My daughter is my biggest fan, so she has my prints hanging on her bedroom wall.
Until 2007,
I was a production manager in television. I just fell into it. I took a few years off to look after Edie, and didn't particularly want to go back to production work, which I never really liked.
I've always been very creative - my dad was an artist - so I decided to design a small range of screen-prints and the business grew from there. Next, I made ceramic tiles and then did lighting and, more recently, soft accessories like cushions.
If I could change one thing
about the design world I would make it easier for emerging designers to get more of a look in. It's tricky when you first start out.
I was very lucky early on. Some friends of mine live on a lovely houseboat and they had some of my prints in their home, which was shot for a magazine. After that, the orders came flooding in for months, so that was my big break.
I'm working on
an exciting new range of digitally printed wash bags and purses at the moment, which will be launching in June. I'm also doing a limited-edition hand-printed Queen's Diamond Jubilee print using diamond dust, and a Diamond Jubilee cushion, too.
Jonathan Adler
is one of my favourite designers. He never takes life too seriously - he's very clever. I also love Emily Peacock, who creates fabulous cross stitch kits. I'm always drawn to colour and fun.
It's hard to juggle everything.
I'm absolutely dreadful with time management. I love having my studio at home because it means I can work flexible hours, but it is hard. I want to spend time with my kids - I don't want to hire a child minder and then never see them. I try to do it all, but it's not easy.
My other half is a television presenter and he works strange hours, too, so we can share the childcare.
I never switch off.
I am literally working all the time. My husband tells me to put the laptop away, but it's like a limb. Designing is my hobby, really, so it all gets a bit blurred.
See Bianca Hall's work at www.kissher.co.uk
