ELLEN LEEDHAM
LEAD DESIGNER FOR SHOW HOMES
TWENTY QUESTIONS
QUESTION ONE : Describe yourself in three words.
Organised, determined, impatient
QUESTION TWO : Give us a quick run down of a typical day at Suna for you?
Always begins with a coffee and emails! Usually followed with a day full of various meetings with the team and some project briefing in between
QUESTION THREE : What’s your favourite Suna project?
Too many to choose from but Blackwall Reach is one of my favourites. The colour palette is so striking and there are some real stand out pieces with the bespoke joinery and artwork. Also just really love the bedrooms!
QUESTION FOUR : Tell us something about you we would never guess?
I ran a half marathon in April 2022 (Tal’s fault)
QUESTION FIVE : If you had £1,000,000 what would you spend it on?
Property. I would love to have a couple of old and interesting properties to renovate. I would also love to buy my mum a beach hut on Mudeford Quay.
QUESTION SIX : Favourite food/drink?
Cheese and wine. Happy.
QUESTION SEVEN : Least favourite food/drink?
Not a massive fan of raw onion
QUESTION EIGHT : Favourite film?
With 2 small kids I am usually too exhausted to stay up and watch a whole film so I’m more of a series girl…the Netflix list is endless
QUESTION NINE : Favourite holiday destination?
Italy or France, can’t decide
QUESTION TEN : What are your top three pet peeves?
Being late
Drying up
Dishonesty
QUESTION ELEVEN : What does an ‘ideal weekend’ look like for you?
Family time, beach walk and a pub lunch
QUESTION TWELVE : What is your favourite possession/piece of furniture/interior item that you own?
I recently invested in some colourful prints by Margo in Margate which make me very happy every time I walk past them
QUESTION THIRTEEN : Favourite restaurant/hotel?
The Wild Rabbit in the Cotswolds
QUESTION FOURTEEN : Dream home?
A barn conversion that I run past sometimes when I stay at the in laws in Norfolk
QUESTION FIFTEEN : Favourite late night snack?
White chocolate buttons
QUESTION SIXTEEN : If you weren’t in your current role what other career could you have seen your self doing?
Something that still involves organising…I like the idea of being a wedding planner
QUESTION SEVENTEEN : What is your biggest fear?
Not being prepared
QUESTION EIGHTEEN : If you could only eat one thing for the rest of your life what would it be?
Cheese
QUESTION NINETEEN : What’s your go-to dish when you have to make dinner?
You can’t go wrong with spaghetti bolognaise, it’s the first dish my mum taught me to make when I went to University.
QUESTION TWENTY : Do you have any weird phobias?
I can’t stand birds