{"id":24,"date":"2023-05-26T11:59:09","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T11:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertamayinteriors.com\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2026-11-13T21:13:22","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T21:13:22","slug":"our-background","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.robertamayinteriors.com\/fr\/our-background\/","title":{"rendered":"MY STORY"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Every house has a story, and my job is to understand that story, then work out how it can become part of the life you want to live there.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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About Me and My Approach<\/h1>

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\u00a0Do you have a golden thread?<\/h4>

For me, it\u2019s the element that catches your eye first \u2014 artwork, an architectural detail or something unexpected that gives the room its \u2018wow\u2019 factor. It takes precedence. That\u2019s the golden thread, and that\u2019s where hierarchy comes in: knowing what should command attention, what should support it, and what should quietly sit in the background.<\/p>

It doesn\u2019t matter what style of house you live in, the golden thread should always be there.<\/p>

I look at the whole picture \u2014 the architecture, proportions, light, colour, furniture, materials and the things you already own and love.<\/p>

For older properties, that might mean working with the history and character rather than trying to disguise it. For a newer home, it might mean creating the beginning of its story. The people who live there are at the start of that story, with the opportunity to create something that will grow with them.<\/p>

Either way, I\u2019m looking for the same thing: the connection between the space and the person.<\/p>

I don’t want your home to look like a showroom, a magazine or somebody else’s house.<\/p>

I want it to feel like you. You are the one living in it.<\/p>

My role is to bring clarity when there are too many choices, challenge an idea when I think there is a better solution, and help you create a home where everything works together \u2014 the new, the old and the sentimental.<\/p>

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How I came to interiors<\/h4>

My route into interiors wasn\u2019t exactly conventional.<\/p>

I\u2019ve worked with jewellery, antiques, homeware and fashion. Different worlds, but all connected. Each taught me to look closely at colour, proportion, texture, detail and the relationship between them.<\/p>

I’ve always enjoyed mixing different styles, bringing old and new together, and finding ways to make pieces sit comfortably alongside each other.<\/p>

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How I see a home<\/h4>

Older French properties often have layers of history, details and imperfections that make them special.<\/p>

Some things shouldn’t be erased, but I don’t believe a house has to become a museum either. Sometimes the best solution is simply to look at what you already have in a different way.<\/p>

The same applies to a new build. It doesn’t need to pretend to be an old house. It needs to become your home.<\/p>

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The Person Behind Roberta May Interiors Every house has a story, and my job is to understand that story, then work out how it can become part of the life you want to live there. About Me and My Approach \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Do you have a golden thread? For me, it\u2019s the element that catches […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-24","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertamayinteriors.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertamayinteriors.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertamayinteriors.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertamayinteriors.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertamayinteriors.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertamayinteriors.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertamayinteriors.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}