I’ve given my home a high-end feel with high street buys

After renting in Stratford, Alimah and her husband, Abi, were looking to buy their first home. She was desperate to work her decorating magic on her own place. ‘I’ve always had an interest in interiors. As a child, I’d watch episodes of the TV show, ,’ she says, ‘so couldn’t wait to transform each and every room.’ The couple had been renting for a year after they got married. ‘We were saving as much as possible so we could buy the most spacious house we could afford but still be in the capital,’ she says. In 2017 they started house hunting, looking in