What does a design guru do when travel is out? Redesign the kitchen

Rather than pine for all the places she couldn’t be, Kit Kemp spent the lockdown months refreshing her London cooking area. From our upcoming Travel special out on June 25.

Kit Kemp’s kitchen. The collaged wing chair is the most-used chair in the house.

Fiona CarruthersTravel editor

Jun 23, 2021 – 9.25am

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Last year became the year of DIY home renovation. What did you switch up?

Creativity at home has been fast and furious lately. You name it, we’ve done it – from making lampshades from scraps of material to collaging chairs in coloured felts, to painting the kitchen in brighter tones. Colour makes you happy and spices up life.

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Fiona CarruthersTravel editorFiona Carruthers has written and edited travel for the Financial Review for almost a decade. She has held senior roles with ABC Radio National, Deutsche Welle Radio, TIME and The Australian, and was deputy editor of Traveller.