Sophie Tieman grew up with a paintbrush in hand, helping her parents flip houses in Tasmania. That love of property carried into a 15-year career in commercial real estate... until one night at 10pm when she decided to walk away from it all and build something completely new. 

In this episode of The Edit, Sophie tells Home Beautiful Editor-in-Chief Elle Lovelock about launching The Corporate Edit, a one-stop fashion shop for women in business, why she handed in her notice before telling anyone what she was building, and her honest advice for anyone sitting on an idea of their own. 

Plus, Sophie shares how she completely transformed a dark 1970s townhouse during COVID, how she’s making her new home with “good bones” feel like her own, and her best hack for making a narrow home feel twice the size.  

Sending thanks to our partners at Kaboodle Kitchen.  

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This episode covers: 

• Buying her first home pre-auction & signing the contract at the pub 
• Leaving the house she brought both her babies home to 
• Transforming a dark 1970s townhouse during COVID lockdowns 
• Rewiring, floorboards and moving the laundry into the garage 
• Designing a Kaboodle flat-pack kitchen 
• Her trick for making a narrow home feel twice the size 
• Creating the right ambience, from scent to playlists 
• Quitting a 15-year real estate career with nothing lined up 
• What her mum said about changing to fit a male-dominated industry 
• Launching The Corporate Edit from scratch 
• Mystery drawer: the wedding gift she can't throw out 
• A listener's project mamagement renovation dilemma 
• What makes a home beautiful 

You can find Sophie on Instagram here 

Check out The Corporate Edit here  

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Credits: 

Host: Elle Lovelock 

Guest: Sophie Tieman 

Edited by: Leah Porges 

Head of Vodcasting: Rachel Fountain 

With thanks to our wonderful Home Beautiful team. 

The Edit is a production of Home Beautiful and Are Media.