Week 1
Moodboards & your direction
Turn a folder of screenshots into one clear direction for your home — the thread everything else hangs on.
Winter Homes · Wokingham
Interior Design
Course
with Sarah Paumelle
Six Wednesday evenings, one small group returning each week — together we go from “I don’t know where to start” to a plan you can actually build a room from.
Format
6-week course
The same small group, every week
When
Wednesday evenings
Start date announced soon
Full course
Price on request
One price covers all six weeks
It’s a journey, not a drop-in. You commit to all six evenings and build on your own home each week — which is exactly why places are limited.
The journey · six evenings
From first idea to a plan you can build
Each Wednesday builds on the last. You start with a direction and leave, six weeks later, with a considered plan for your own room — not just a folder of inspiration.
Week 2
Room planning & layout
Space planning, flow and proportion, so you buy the right things once instead of guessing.
Week 3
Kitchens & bathrooms
Where the budget really goes, and the choices that last versus the ones that date fast.
Week 4
Lighting
Layering light — the single change that makes a room feel considered and finished.
Week 5
Quotes & working with trades
How to brief, compare quotes and hold a project together without being overcharged.
Week 6
Colour, texture & finishing
Pulling it all together into a scheme you can hand over and actually build.
Note for Sarah: the week order and topics above are a suggested mapping of your six themes — tell me the real running order and I’ll lock it in.
The kind of change you’ll plan
From tired to transformed
Before After 
Your tutor
Learning from Sarah Paumelle
Sarah is the interior designer behind Winter Homes, working with homeowners across Wokingham, Berkshire and Surrey. She brings the way she works with private clients into a small evening class — practical, warm and grounded in real homes and real budgets.
Over six weeks she guides you through her own process, one step at a time, so by the end you can do it for your own space with confidence.
Note for Sarah: add a couple of lines on your background/experience (years, training, favourite projects) and I’ll weave them in here.
Accredited
A Registered Interior Designer
Sarah is a Registered Interior Designer with the British Institute of Interior Design (BIID) — the UK’s professional body for interior designers.
For you, that means learning from someone held to national standards of skill, ethics and professional conduct — not just good taste, but real accountability behind the advice.
Reserve your seat
Book your place
One small group learns together for the full six weeks — so places are genuinely limited.
Limited places · small returning group
Questions first? sp@winterhomes.uk
Good to know
Questions, answered
Who is the course for?
Homeowners doing up a room or a whole home — no design experience needed. If you’ve ever felt stuck on where to start, this is built for you.
What should I bring?
Photos or measurements of the room you have in mind, and any images you’ve been saving for inspiration. That’s all you need.
What if I miss a week?
Please email sp@winterhomes.uk and we’ll let you know. (Sarah — send me your policy and I’ll put the real answer here.)
Refunds & rescheduling
Please email sp@winterhomes.uk and we’ll let you know. (Sarah — send me your policy and I’ll put the real answer here.)
Sarah Paumelle is a Registered Interior Designer with the British Institute of Interior Design (BIID) — the UK’s professional body for interior designers.