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Meet Sarah 

I'm Sarah McAdam, founder of Sarah McAdam Interior Design Ltd, creating beautiful, functional family homes across East Sussex.

Professionally trained and grounded in years of hands‑on experience supporting households, I bring a rare blend of warmth, real‑life understanding and practical design expertise to every project. My approach is thoughtful, calm and deeply rooted in how families actually live, helping clients feel at ease from the very first conversation.

“Specialising in family homes across
East Sussex & Kent.”

I'm Sarah McAdam, founder of Sarah McAdam Interior Design Ltd, creating beautiful, functional family homes across East Sussex.

With a grounded, approachable nature and years of hands‑on experience supporting households, I pride myself in delivering a rare blend of professionalism, warmth and real‑life understanding to every project. With design that focuses on thoughtful, practical design that helps families feel at ease from the get go.

Meet Sarah 

“Specialising in family homes across
East Sussex.”

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What I Do And Why I Do It

My approach is rooted in the belief that a home should work for you, not the other way around. I specialise in designing spaces for busy parents juggling work, school runs, extracurricular schedules and the general pace of family life. Professionally trained and grounded in years of hands‑on experience supporting households, my work blends creative vision with technical precision — layering colour, texture, pattern and finishes to create rooms that feel cohesive, characterful and beautifully balanced. Using CAD and scaled layouts, I plan every detail so the design not only looks considered but genuinely supports the way your family moves through the space.

I do this work because I’ve seen firsthand how deeply a home affects the way a family feels. Supporting households for years taught me that thoughtful design isn’t a luxury — it’s a lifeline when life is full and time is limited. I genuinely love helping people, and nothing makes me happier than knowing I’ve made someone’s day‑to‑day life easier. Creating homes that feel grounded, intuitive and visually rich is my way of giving families more breathing room, more clarity and more moments of calm in the middle of the chaos.

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Where I Work

In-Person

Based in Uckfield, I cover projects within an hour, providing hands‑on design expertise and site visits to bring your vision to life in your own home. I work across East Sussex and parts of Kent, including Uckfield, Crowborough, Heathfield, Lewes, Haywards Heath, Tunbridge Wells, Hailsham, Ringmer and the surrounding villages.

Remote

My remote design services allow me to work with families regardless of location, delivering high-end design plans, CAD layouts, and shopping lists digitally.

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Accreditations and professional development

• Trained in Interior Design at British Academy of Interior Design
• Technically confident in SketchUp and Reno for scaled layouts and 3D modelling
• Ongoing CPD in colour theory, lighting design, and spatial planning

“I believe a home shouldn't just look beautiful; it should be the calm backdrop and backbone to your family's most cherished, chaotic, and real moments.”

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"Sarah was by our side as we took on a daunting and overwhelming home extension project around our two young boys, she led us calmly and created such a gorgeous design in quite a tricky space. Sarah even saved us moving a wall which would've resulted in our kitchen flow being totally destroyed, we were so busy we just didn't see the effect it would've had! The work is nearly finished now and we're just thrilled with the family space Sarah has designed for us and we cant wait to live in it."

Sarah, Skipton,
Ground floor renovation

Sarah helped us review how to make our family home work so much better for us, whilst in the midst of welcoming a third child to the family the house began to feel out of control, whilst we knew renovation and reconfiguration were in future sight Sarah's expert eye picked up several elements to consider and provided design concepts for four rooms whilst gave us great vision and knowledge before stepping in to begin working with our builders.

Louise, Uckfield,
Pre renovation consultation and conceptual design

I feel like you're what I was missing when I renovated the rest of my house. I had no clue what I was doing, If only I'd found you sooner.

Georgia, Haywards Heath,
Layout review and pre-build consultation

What My Clients Say

I cannot recommend Sarah enough, I didn't know where to start before Sarah came along. With a space that other professionals had difficulty meeting out needs. She was able to redesign our whole space, with beautiful designs and ingenious ideas for creating a space that is functional and stylish at the same time (oh and family friendly too!). I enjoyed the whole process with Sarah and would choose to work with her again. She really is the best at what she does!'

Rosie, Uckfield,
Bathroom,
En-suite and Home study design

Sarah came on board to help me develop concepts and visuals for a couple of my clients projects, and I couldn’t have been happier with her work. She worked incredibly hard, turned everything around quickly and efficiently, and brought some fantastic creative ideas to the table.

I absolutely loved working with Sarah and would highly recommend her to anyone looking for a talented, creative and reliable Interior Designer.

Lizzy, Licoln,
Freelance design work

Sarah is amazing at what she does! We were so happy with the way she designed our children’s bedrooms.

Hannah, Heathfield,
Children's bedroom designs

I used Sarah to help design my study and my son's bedroom and she was absolutely fantastic. She went above and beyond and responded to everything in an efficient manner. I would definitely recommend her and can't wait to work with her for my daughters bedroom. Sarah really does help you pull everything together for a space and takes on feedback and your own preferences really well.

Zahra, Birmingham,
Home study and boys room design
 

"My daughter has a really small and awkwardly shaped room, I was struggling to work out what to do with it in order to maximize space for her to play. Sarah was brilliant, she came up with lots of idea's that I would never of thought of, showed me potential layout options and saved me hours of time coming up with design and furniture suggestions all in a clickable shopping list! 

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Sarah has a real eye for detail, is very creative and went above and beyond on the project. I highly recommend she is great.

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Rachel, Uckfield,
Small room layout review

Sarah designed a wonderful children’s room to welcome my many grandchildren into my home. A real zone for them to enjoy when they visit. Such a wonderful blend of interest and function with a perfect space for everything and suiting the wide age range of children. She was very kind, calm and listened to what I wanted to achieve.

Caroline, Uckfield
Grandchildren's bedroom
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