How to Be A Successful Interior Designer

Introducing The School House

with EMMA SIMS HILDITCH — British interior designer and founder of the acclaimed interior-design studio Sims Hilditch.

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Emma welcomes you into The School House, where she has lived for over 30 years. She moved here in 1991 with her husband as a newly married couple wanting to build a home for their family and explore their creativity.

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Emma Sims Hilditch

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Emma Sims Hilditch

British interior designer and founder of the acclaimed interior-design studio Sims Hilditch.

Emma Sims Hilditch is the creative founder of Sims Hilditch, one of the UK’s leading interior design studios. With a background in film production and a lifelong passion for art, architecture, and design, Emma launched the studio in 2009. What began as a small business has evolved into a powerhouse of interior expertise, renowned for its extraordinary and elegant approach to British living. Under Emma’s guidance, Sims Hilditch has been recognised as one of the top design studios by leading publications, including House & Garden, Country Life and Spear’s

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