How renovating her own home sparked something bigger- leading Jess to retrain in interiors, discover her love of colour and build a creative career of her own.

Jess Beasley | Colour Consultant + Founder, @JESSA _Interiors
Mid-North Coast, NSW

Sometimes a career change starts with a big plan. Other times, it begins much closer to home.

For Jess Beasley, renovating her own family home sparked a thought: Could I actually do this as a career?

At the time, Jess was a stay-at-home mum to her two young boys, Mack and Kye, who are just 14 months apart. Before having children, she'd built a career in PR and marketing, so creativity had always been part of her working life, but interiors represented an entirely new direction.

When the time came to think about returning to work, Jess knew she wanted to try something different.

She took the leap, enrolled in Design School and, not long after graduating, stepped straight into the interiors industry.

Today, she works three days a week as a C...