An interior design journalist living in London, Katie Burt writes over at Your Home Lovely, where she keeps us updated about her home and latest DIY projects. I stumbled upon her site the other day and instantly loved her style advice and creativeness - so much so, I asked Katie to say a few words about her work and inspiration. Check out the interview below.

Please introduce yourself

My name is Kate Burt and I'm from London.

What do you do?

I’m a journalist who specialises in interiors and design. I wrote an interiors column for the Independent on Sunday for several years and currently am acting editor at AchicaLiving.com. I also write my own interiors blog, www.yourhomeislovely.com, which offers affordable inspiration for your home.

What got you interested in interior design?

I’ve always been a little bit obsessed – my mum was the same and I guess it rubbed off (all those Saturday afternoons spent sitting in her mini, watching out for traffic wardens while she ducked into the antique shops of south London…). But the thing that got me writing about interiors was buying my house. I’d only been interested in doing the superficial stuff myself before but suddenly I had no money to pay anyone to do a lot of stuff – and so I suddenly had to learn a lot of new skills and uncover many new resources. That’s how my blog came about, as a record to begin with.

What's your favourite interior design style?

I love adventurous interiors – homes where you’ll come across something a bit unusual or odd.

Any interesting design stories?

I wrote about this on my blog in a post that had started out as a before and after – but the after went so wrong I just wrote about what a disaster I’d had. I tried to use a grout reviving pen in the shower room, which is tiled with matt mosaic tiles. The instructions (in my opinion, of course!) weren’t clear and I pretty much covered the entire floor with this grout reviver, and then couldn’t get it off the tiles (the instructions were focused on shiny, easy-to-wipe-clean tiles) which took on a milky top-coat. Lovely. After much scrubbing it has nearly all gone…

What's your proudest moment?

I’m proud of the risk I took in painting my downstairs loo entirely black, ceiling, skirtings, door and all. It could have looked like a tiny dungeon. Luckily it looked lovely once all the accessories were in situ.

Where can we find you?

Find me at www.yourhomeislovely.com and @kate_burt on Twitter and @yourhomeislovely on Instagram – which I am shamefully late to, so come and encourage me!