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Maxine Brady spent 27 years deciding which homes made it into the pages of the interiors magazines. Then she renovated her own Brighton cottage through exactly that lens. Here is what a location house looks like when it is designed by someone who has spent a career shooting in them.

The White Company. House Beautiful. IKEA. The Sunday Times. Multiple TV productions. Maxine Brady has styled them all, and she has the impounded courier van story to prove it. A conversation about craft, crisis management and why the client should never see the chaos.

Maxine Brady has stood on both sides of the front door: as the stylist choosing the location, and as the Host handing over the keys. Her advice for Hosts is warm, specific and occasionally bracing. Start with the crew, she says. Then leave them alone.

Maxine Brady spent 27 years deciding which homes made it into the pages of the interiors magazines. Then she renovated her own Brighton cottage through exactly that lens. Here is what a location house looks like when it is designed by someone who has spent a career shooting in them.

The White Company. House Beautiful. IKEA. The Sunday Times. Multiple TV productions. Maxine Brady has styled them all, and she has the impounded courier van story to prove it. A conversation about craft, crisis management and why the client should never see the chaos.

Maxine Brady has stood on both sides of the front door: as the stylist choosing the location, and as the Host handing over the keys. Her advice for Hosts is warm, specific and occasionally bracing. Start with the crew, she says. Then leave them alone.