Miv Watts (author of the best selling lifestyle book The Maverick Soul)  the mentor and inspiration for Lexis Retreats, has spent her life involved in three major creative industries – music, film and interior design –  with artisans and visionaries around the Globe. Bringing up two children with an itinerant work schedule (Naomi Watts actress, Ben Watts fashion photographer) meant that juggling travel, vision and resourcefulness were part of her daily life. From designing boutique hotels for the British gentry out of Rajasthan, to tin shacks in the rainforest of Byron Bay, her passion for creating  authentic, colourful spaces with personal stories to tell remains strong.

“Creating a home is about filtering the layers and experiences of one’s life. It is theatrical, like creating a drama or film – but a home is also a process, it has a strong practical element. It is a mix of dreaming and deciding. Feeling and function.”

 

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