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With over 30 years' experience as an interior design professional, property renovator and kitchen specialist, Julia specialises in interior transformations that uplift and energise to have a positive impact on wellbeing.

Julia is best known as the interior designer on BBC1’s hugely popular DIY SOS, and has taken part in eight series, including a Children in Need special. Julia is also a regular on ITV1’s 60 Minute Makeover series, having been on the interior design team for nine series and ITV’s  “Rebuild Our Home”, with Nicky Campbell. Over the past 12 years she has made regular contributions to ‘GMTV’, ‘This Morning’, ‘Live with Gabby’, ‘BBC Breakfast’ and the ‘Alan Titchmarsh Show’

Julia is determinedly ‘hands-on’ and has been described as the ‘Nigella of DIY’ showing no mercy with power-tools. She has endless creativity for upcycling and creating stunning, bespoke items to reflect the interests and passions of her clients.

Writing for several noted magazines and regularly featured in the newspapers. Julia thoroughly enjoys sharing her wealth of knowledge and believes that everyone can, and should have a beautiful home, whatever their budget or situation. Julia has just launched a brand new ‘Virtual Room Design Service’ to provide her interior expertise online to those needing help to create well-functioning and fabulous rooms. She also leads ‘Kendell+Co,’ designing and installing contemporary kitchens using the very latest ideas in technology and kitchen design.