Getting creative on a budget is my passion

Two weeks after moving into a house with no garden and very steep stairs, Suzy Broome discovered she was expecting twins. ‘The house was totally impractical for starting a family and we were desperate for more space, but we managed with a bunk-cot for the boys until they were three,’ says Suzy, 35, a speech therapist and designer-maker (www.suzybroome.com).

In 2015, Suzy and her husband, Iain, 39, a writer, found a three-storey, four-bedroom Victorian home