Alex Sherman is based in Barnes, south west London and undertakes interior design and upholstery commissions for private clients. She is also mum to two boys.

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Following a city career in law, Alex completed studies in Interior Design at KLC  and has been upholstering for clients since 2010, studying traditional and modern upholstery at the Sir John Cass School of Art & Design at London Metropolitan University (formerly London College of Furniture), and leather accessory making at London College of Fashion. She also holds a BSc from University College London and an MSc from Imperial College London.

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Her background incudes having worked in fabric sales for a Kensington upholsterers, as PA to the late Paul Arden in his Soho Production Company, as a freelance camera assistant in features and commercials, and in production for an art fairs company in NYC. She qualified and worked as a commercial litigation solicitor in London, Paris and Shanghai (now non practising).

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Her first love however, was film, and it was the early years spent assisting cinematographers and directors that today inform her interior design. Creating mood boards, loading the film and clapping the clapper board provided the opportunity to also watch and learn about lighting, styling and set design.

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Alex holds trade accounts with most suppliers and recommends the following: