Altogether she worked on 24 films, among them A Fish Called Wanda (1988), The Secret Garden (1993), Shadowlands (also 1993), Notting Hill (1999) and Chocolat (2000). For much of her career she collaborated with Stuart Craig, and she once told an interviewer: “The production designer has the vision, and as set decorator you have to bring this vision to life. Set decorating should never steal thunder from actors, nor should it ever be so showy that you’re looking at the furniture rather than the action.”