Inspiration for A Personalised and Happy Home
The Curated Nest Podcast is where creativity, home inspiration, and personal stories come together. Host Heather Moore chats with passionate business owners and creatives about what makes their homes special, the spaces they dream of, and the little details that bring joy to everyday living. Each episode blends heartfelt conversations with fun quick-fire questions, plus a peek into the guests’ businesses and creative journeys.
Whether you’re an art lover, a colour enthusiast, or simply someone who wants to create a home that feels like you (not just another passing trend), this podcast will spark ideas and inspire you to celebrate your personal style. Perfect for tuning in with a brew, The Curated Nest Podcast invites you to explore the stories behind homes filled with character, creativity, and colour.
Vote for us in the
British Podcast Awards.
Click this button and search ‘The Curated Nest Podcast’
Episode 15: Joanne James on the joy of being able to realise your Pinterest decor dreams in a home you own.
Joanne James has a passion for colour, second-hand finds and creating a home full of personality, warmth and interest. After years of living in military accommodation, Joanne and her family finally bought their first home - a joyful mix of colour, character and vintage treasures, with their beautiful yellow kitchen at the heart of it all.
Joanne’s Instagram grid, @hap_hazzard_mrsj, is a wonderful source of joy and inspiration - a real pick me up!
Also - the candle business that I forgot was Hot Wax based in Newcastle!
In this episode:
The joy of owning a home that you can finally decorate your way
A love affair with yellow
Buying second hand and being part of a piece’s story
The importance of communal space
Compromising and/or convincing your partner your scheme will work (powerpoints at the ready)
The difficulty of creating small spaces
Episode 14: Kerry Dick on things and places that form special connections with you and move with you wherever you go
Kerry Dick is the founder of Write Junction - a freelance copywriter for brands with a visual soul. Lots of copywriters often come from journalism or English language backgrounds. They understand words in text. Kerry thinks in colour, space, texture, mood, and visual narrative. Perhaps that's rare, but with her background, it comes from her creative heartbeat. With a BA (hons) degree in textiles & surface design, and her retail background this brings even more to her copywriting skills.
In her retail Visual Merchandiser days, she sold things without saying a word. Making connections and communications from visual, verbal and written formats is a passion of hers. She still helps make those all-important connections, focussing on written content.
There's something super special when she gets to work with brands with the following industries:
- fashion & lifestyle brands
- interiors, homeware & craft
- beauty and wellness
-luxury goods
- retail & e-commerce
- brand identity & tone of voice development work.
She'll write about (almost) anything but she loves her creative heartbeat.
Episode 13: Christina Lord on creating a life and environment that pleases you first
Meet Christina Lord, founder of Authentic Action Coaching. At her core, Christina is deeply passionate about helping women reconnect with who they truly are.
Her favourite question to ask is: “Who were you before the world told you who to be?”
After years spent navigating fast-paced corporate environments, recovering from her own burnout, Christina realised she needed something entirely different. She retrained in Energy Leadership Coaching while living in Arkansas, USA, before returning home to Sunderland to care for her Dad - a chapter of her life that deeply grounded her and redefined what truly matters.
Today, through her F.U.E.L Yourself 1st model, Christina helps women move away from chasing goals that aren't theirs and discover their own formula for pure personal fulfillment. She blends growth mindset principles with embodied resilience practices like breathwork to help people regulate their nervous systems and master stress - so they can create a true sense of peace and feel genuinely at home within themselves.
Episode 12: Feeling at home away from home with Ashleigh Donald from Halo Business Consulting
Ashleigh Donald is Co-Founder of Halo Business Consulting, the award-winning hospitality marketing and customer experience consultancy that helps hotel owners, operators and teams bring their brand promise to life, strengthen loyalty, and drive sustained growth. She is also co-host of The Halo Effect: Hospitality Stories with Ashleigh & Michael Donald, a weekly podcast sharing real stories and practical insight from hospitality and travel leaders.
With more than two decades in senior Marketing and Communications leadership, Ashleigh has supported international hotel and real estate businesses across strategy, digital marketing, launches, repositioning and rebrands, working with brands including Shangri-La, The Luxury Collection, Hilton, Four Seasons, Montcalm Collection, Resident Hotels, Kew Green Hotels and Hudson Yards. Ashleigh was recognised as a winner at the 2025 Great British Businesswoman Awards. She also contributes to the sector as a Entrepreneur in Residence with Sheffield Hallam University Business School and mentoring through The Girls’ Network
In this episode:
The variety of ways that hotels make us feel at home
Celebrating experiences through decor
How homes and people adapt to life’s changes
The contentedness of loving where you live
Episode 7: Flexible living in a tropical island paradise with interiors and textile designer Sarah Burghard
01:25 Tell us a little more about yourself
07:12 What is your favourite thing about your home?
12:26 What turned it from a house into a home?
16:04 Do you have a favourite piece of art/fav accessory in your home?
18:12 What's your favourite room?
21:03 Where is your happy place?
23:18 What would your dream home be like? Setting, rooms, garden…
27:27 Quick fire
28:30 Bonus interiors tips
In this episode:
The process of moving things around and making them look great
Den building as a child
Building memories into spaces through collected items and events that happen in a home
Heirlooms that connect us to special people from our past
Why a cohesive plan is important when designing a space
Sarah Burghard is an interior and textile designer with over ten years experience creating story-led interiors for hospitality brands before launching her latest venture, SIGNATURE- STYLING™ a bespoke textile and soft furnishings service for interior designers.
Based between the UK and Indonesia, Sarah combines her 7th generation textile heritage with modern digital printing and small-run production to help interior designers and creatives create custom fabrics that perfectly express their individuality.
Her mission is to make bespoke textiles easy, inspiring, and accessible so every designer and creative can deliver distinctive fabrics and interiors with a wow factor.
Connect with your host, Heather Moore
Website: www.heathermoorefineart.co.uk
Instagram: @heather_moore_fine_art
Pinterest Heather Moore Fine Art
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@heathermoorefineart
Plus get more inspiration for your interiors in my FREE downloadable quarterly magazine - The Curated Nest. Get it here: https://heather-moore-fine-art.kit.com
Connect with Sarah
Website:www.burgharddesigns.com
Take the Fabric Quiz on the pop up of the home page.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarah_burghard_designs/?hl=en-gb