Innovative home-based businesses: in pictures

Jay Ann Knox runs Martha Modes Millinary from her home studio, which is based in a semi-converted 18th century chapel. Photograph: PR

Summer's almost over but Samantha Acton spends sunny days running Domestic Angels from a deckchair outside her office shed. Photograph: PR

Sometimes a home office isn't just about the paperwork. Wild Stripes run the whole operation from their home - even the photo shoots. Photograph: PR

Running her business from home means that the founder of Rosie Flo's Colouring Books can test every new idea on the experts - her daughters. Photograph: PR

When GDH Leatherwork outgrew the living room, its founder Gaynor Howell set up in a disused chapel adjoining her garden and was able to take on an apprentice. Photograph: PR

A concertina cupboard opens up to reveal the workshop where Maria Made It products are created. Photograph: PR

From an idyllic location in Guernsey, Christian Gott runs his consultancy business An Island Chef. Photograph: Picasa/PR

Gamechanger is based in the Lake District but this mobile office is the perfect location for meeting with clients. Photograph: PR

Emma Cornes is a handbag business which is based entirely in the spare room of the owner's house is Cheshire. Photograph: PR

Karen Davey runs Just Bunting from her home in Cornwall. She has a workshop where her clients come over to learn to sew and craft. Photograph: PR