I was tagged the other day by Lorna, from Garrendenny Lane Interiors - I enjoyed reading the answers to the questions which she provided, it’s good fun really to read insights into other people’s lives that you are getting to know through their blogs.
So Here are the rules:
1. Respond and rework: Answer the questions on your blog, replace one question that you dislike with a question of your invention, add one more question of your own.
2. Tag eight other people.
Here goes……………
What is your current obsession? I seem to have so many at the moment!! Marketing for the Electrical Business (http://www.pedreschi.com) both online and offline.
Plus marketing for the craft business, I’ve always got my head in one or two books. At the mo it “Google - Adworks that work”. Wordpress Theme designs in another that I’ve just started and the “Shopaholics Top 1000 Websites”
What’s for dinner? Had planned on a BBQ - but its raining this morning so hopefully it’ll brighten up by this evening
What would you eat for your last meal? Chicken breast, stuffed with breadcrumbs and sun dried tomatoes, wrapped in parma ham, roast veg, roast potatoes, followed by ice cream (I love my deserts)
What was the last thing you bought? A new football for my son, when he finished his Junior Cert, all his other balls were burst.
What are you listening to right now? Pat Kenny on RTE1.
What is your favourite piece of clothing in your own wardrobe? At the moment, it’s a long white linen top that can be dressed up or down.
What is your favourite ice cream flavour? It has to be French style vanilla, seeds and all - The big blue box from Lidl is lovely!
What do you think of the person(s) who tagged you? She’s lovely and I’d call her a friend. She supplied the furniture for the Interior Designer of the Year Competition in 2007 that I entered, we spend a few days getting it set up at the RDS in Dublin.
If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go? It would have to be France, I just love it, the buildings, the people, the food its the place I’d love to live.
Which language do you want to learn? I’d love to be able to speak French. I have done evening classes - three or four times but you really have to pratice a language.
What is your favourite colour? Blue - any shade at all
What is your dream job? I’m working on it! While we have a very successful electrical company, I wanted to turn my hobby into a career so now combine interior design, my handmade clocks/craft/art and the online shop with the electrical business. It is hard work but the rewards are great.
What brings you joy? Seeing my son enjoying being on his summer holidays, following his exams - life is great when your fifteen!
If you had £100 now, what would you spend it on? Handbags. I have it bad.
What book are you currently reading? Anything to do with business, interior design and art, colour design and pattern!
Describe your personal style? I’m always on the go - so I spend a lot of my time in jeans and a top - but I love to dress up too, I recently spent far too much on a little black dress, for a big night, when Pedreschi Electrical and Alarms Limited won the RECI Contractor of the Year award 2009, for the Dublin region.
What are you going to do after this? Get to work on my paperwork, I have the VAT to sort and the paperwork for our big day next week when we’re being accessed for the PSA Private Security Authority licence.
What are your favourite movies? Harry Potter, The Italian Job, anything lighthearted!
What is your favourite fruit? Cherries, Strawberries and green grapes.
What inspires you? Pattern and form, word and sounds, colour and more colour, they all influnce my art!
Do you collect something? I love jewellery, I have a small collection of vintage brooches thanks to ebay, they remind me of my grandmothers!
If you could change your name to anything, what would you call yourself? I don’t think that I would, I believe that my name is reflected in me. Niamh is an Irish name and its meaning is brightness.
What is your favourite smell? Nothing beats the smell of home baking, but I also love the smell created when painting with oils - theres something about the smell of the paint, turps and linseed oil.
What are you most proud of? My son, he’s a great lad, has a great bunch of friends, he loves his sport which is kickboxing - he started when he was five.
How many times do you press the snooze button before you get up? About six - I don’t count
Cats or dogs? Definitely dogs. Our dog is a border collie who is sixteen and still going.
What’s your biggest fashion mistake? I have to say stuff from the 80s - jump suits with large floral prints.
What is your guilty TV pleasure? Anything to do with property, I wouldn’t watch any soaps, but wouldn’t miss any/all property shows including those ones in far away places.
What did you want to be when you grew up? I can’t remember anything in particular - just know that I wanted to be the boss!
What is your biggest regret? Not being able to have more children. Infertility is a terrible thing, but when you’re caught up in it you’re blinkered. I have come to terms with my lot now though and really appreciate what I have.
What is your worse decorating disaster? It would have to be wallpaper from the early 90’s, it was black marble effect wallpaper that we had in our bathroom, we thought it was so cool at the time.
That’s it! The eight people I’m tagging are (and I’m really looking forward to finding out more about them): this is to follow - I’m working on it - if you’d like to be featured leave a comment………..

This is a sneak peak into the new collection that I’m working on the Funky Collection.