My career began at Barber Wilsons, one of Britain’s oldest tap makers, where I worked on the machine floor and learned the skills and precision needed to produce traditional taps.

After Barber Wilsons, I took my passion for traditional taps to the streets — refurbishing original Victorian and Edwardian taps and selling them at Camden Market. At the time, this was unusual, but within a short while we became the place to shop for taps.

I then opened a shop in Muswell Hill,
North London, called Bathing Beauties.
We specialised in original bathrooms
and soon grew into a full design and fitting business.

As the business developed, we began manufacturing our own pieces, including an Empire basin stand, high-level cistern, and a matching mirror, Bringing truly bespoke elements to our projects. We also introduced a bath enamelling service, refurbishing original baths which we supplied to architects and designers. This side of the business opened the door to working on prestigious projects in hotels such as Claridge’s and The Metropolitan.

A key part of this period was my collaboration with Christo,.
He supplied us with taps, which we fitted with our own specially designed ceramic indices — a signature detail that gave every project its own individuality and perfectly rounded off the Bathing Beauties ethos.

Eventually Bathing Beauties grew into a full design and fitting business. We were among the first to use CGI visualisations to show clients how their finished bathrooms would look — far ahead of its time.
Because of this, manufacturers began asking us to produce CGI renders for them,. Some of our clients included William Holland, Hurlingham Baths and Bowhouse, the image on he left was for Arteform plus others.