TIPTREE might not be the place you would expect to find supermodels and television celebrities like Paris Hilton.

But tucked away down a rural side road in the village is a house photographers, fashion stylists and artistic directors regularly make a bee-line for.

Eaton House Studio is owned by artist and art director Amy Griffith who has more than two decades of experience working within the fashion industry under her belt so far.

When she moved to north Essex seven years ago she and friend and business partner James Lloyd-Roberts had a definite vision of what they wanted to create.

Amy explains she has personally designed and helped create everything in the house, and decorated it all herself.

Each room has a distinctive decor and feel and is a very definite labour of love for Amy, from the meticulously tiled luxury bathroom with words within to the original 18th Century flocked wallpaper in another room which took her five years to track down.

"The only thing I didn't do was paint the outside of the house, because I can't stand heights," she explains.

Originally from California, Amy came to London to work within fashion 20 years ago, working with Vivienne Westwood's son as he launched the now world renowned lingerie brand Agent Provocateur.

Having gone on to artistically direct a whole host of photo-shoots for top brands, travelling around the world, and also as a product developer Amy says she wanted to try and find somewhere she could operate from which meant she did not have to move around as much.

"I was having to take lots of props and pieces for the shoots everywhere with me and I thought it would be great to have somewhere that incorporated my art work which would mean photoshoots could come here.

"James is a photographer so he understood that too and we worked on it together."

The distinctive decor and style soon caught people's eye and it is consistently booked out for fashion shoots - appearing in only the top titles including Vogue and Glamour.

People travel both nationally and internationally in order to work there.

Images of one of Amy's favourite shoots, for Italian Glamour, are hung on the walls along with another from Vogue which hung in the National Gallery for a while.

Others have won top prizes and a number of top models have headed through the front door at one time or another.

"We have themes to the rooms so the photographers can use that within their shoot.

"Every request we get we ask them to give us an outline of what they plan to do so we can make sure it is appropriate for the house," explains Amy.

Amy is discreet about naming any big fashion names who have come to Eaton House but is happy to talk about Paris Hilton's recent visit - although she can't reveal what it was for.

"She got in touch and said she loved the house and really wanted to come and visit.

"Then afterwards she put a lot of photographs that were taken here on her Instagram page so she must have been happy with the result and that is w I know she won't mind my talking about it," says Amy As well as hosting high fashion photography shoots, Eaton House is also a venue which can be hired for special events.

Visitors can stay overnight and are then treated to breakfast cooked by a Michelin-starred chef brought in from London especially.

Amy, who has a number of art exhibitions herself and features a lot of her artwork in the house, says everyone who books must be over the age of 25.

"This is a place people can come to celebrate a special occasion and enjoy comfortable surroundings with their friends and loved ones, but it is not a party house.

"I find people who are older tend to have a bit more of an understanding of this. At the end of the day this is my home we are talking about so I have to be very careful about who stays," she says.

As well as a handful of hen nights there are also 30th, 40th, 50th and, this year for the first time, 60th birthdays marked with a trip to Eaton House.

Amy provides a top class barman to serve those staying, but they have to bring the alcohol with them, Eaton House does not provide it.

She has also helped arrange and hosted a couple of weddings - but only for friends so far.

"They wanted something specific and wanted my input and ideas so I did them here.

"The big sign that spells out love and lights up was something I designed and had made for a friend's wedding and it is something I would like to do a bit more of in the future.

"I get asked a lot and I think it is much easier to do it here where I can achieve what I want."

She would also like to outsource work a bit more, organising events for people outside of Eaton House.

"A few years ago we were asked by the Formula 1 team Redbull to create an an alpine village in a warehouse to celebrate their driver Sebastian Vettel winning the World Championship title.

Amy says she loves living in Essex, and particularly Tiptree which she says is not so different from where she grew up in California.

"There were lots of fruit trees there too.

"When I told people in London I was going to come to Essex they told me no-one would come but I knew they would and they have.

"I love it here and am proud of our place in the community, we employ a lot of people from the area and support a great many of the businesses," she says.

From a very young age she knew she wanted to work in fashion, begging her mum to take her to craft stores and making her own jewellery which she sold.

"I was a very sophisticated little kid. I was writing business plans at eight-years-old.

"I was always working on art projects. I was born with this crazy eye for things and I have always had lots of ideas."