{"id":375618,"date":"2026-01-17T18:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T18:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/375618\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T18:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T18:16:10","slug":"i-left-my-marketing-job-to-become-an-interior-designer-in-stafford-i-trained-with-a-renowned-london-designer-and-help-people-across-the-midlands-to-create-their-dream-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/375618\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I left my marketing job to become an interior designer in Stafford. I trained with a renowned London designer and help people across the Midlands to create their dream homes&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michelle Gomes loved her career in marketing and communications but after her daughter was born her priorities started to shift.<\/p>\n<p>Realising she needed a job that would enable her to spend more time with her family, Michelle, who hails from Brazil, decided to pursue a long-held creative passion and retrain as an interior designer.<\/p>\n<p>Based in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressandstar.com\/news\/local-hubs\/staffordshire\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stafford<\/a>, she runs her own business, helping people across the Midlands to create their dream spaces that are stylish, functional and personal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Michelle graduated with Distinction from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baid.co.uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">British Academy of Interior Design\u00a0<\/a>in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter training with a renowned London designer, I was encouraged to forge my own path,\u201d she explains.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy first project was transforming our own 1980s house into a modern family home. This personal project not only became my portfolio, but also taught me a fundamental lesson: great design is brought to life by a great team. It\u2019s about collaboration and partnership,\u201d Michelle adds.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/482223b8-f365-45a0-8af0-3aa0967d88b4.jpg\"   alt=\"BEFORE: Living Room\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w-full max-w-none\"\/>BEFORE: Living Room<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/c0bc9fa1-1ba3-4de0-8a2e-1f0c620ebde1.jpg\"   alt=\"AFTER: Living Room\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w-full max-w-none\"\/>AFTER: Living Room<\/p>\n<p>Utilising a network of skilled suppliers in the industry, she offers a bespoke service tailored to the exact needs of each client, from creating a design to managing the project on their behalf.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michelle Gomes loved her career in marketing and communications but after her daughter was born her priorities started&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375619,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,84,1120,96,242,50,56,54,55,22582],"class_list":["post-375618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-business","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-features","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-weekend"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}