Onsite Design
For rooms that have to be stood in — difficult proportions, period quirks, anything structural, or simply a client who would rather decide with the samples in their hands.
process
I come and look properly
I visit, take the dimensions myself, note the services and the levels and the awkwardnesses no photograph ever shows, and we talk it through standing in the room. You find out how I work before committing to anything larger.
What the room will and won't allow
Drawings at true scale, with the unvarnished version alongside them: what can move, what needs a structural engineer before it moves, what the budget simply won't reach this year. Two arrangements, and a clear recommendation between them rather than a shrug.
Samples, in the room, in its own light
Boards and physical samples brought to you. Fabric you can handle, stone held against the floor that's already down. Screens flatter finishes and north light is unforgiving — this is the whole reason to have someone in the house rather than on email.
The set a builder can price
Photoreal views, joinery elevations, a lighting and electrical layout, and a specification set out so that every trade quotes for the same thing as every other. This is what turns a design into a number you can actually rely on.
Ordering, and the day it lands
Trade orders placed and chased. I'm there for delivery and styling, to see things go where they were drawn — including sorting out the piece that arrives in the wrong finish, as one occasionally does.
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Design Day
A day in your home getting through as much as a day allows — arrangement, colour, furniture, the decision you've been circling for a year. Written notes and a sourcing list follow within five working days. No drawings, no visuals. Book a full package within three months and the fee comes off it.
Onsite Design
All five stages, start to finish. Priced per room once I've seen it, because a bedroom and a kitchen are not the same piece of work. Kitchens, bathrooms and anything structural are quoted on their own.
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Questions worth asking
How far will you travel?
London and the home counties as standard. Further afield by arrangement, with travel quoted separately before anything is booked.
What's the difference between a Design Day and the full service?
A Design Day produces decisions and a sourcing list. The full service produces drawings a builder can price and visuals you can approve before spending. If the room mainly needs someone decisive in it, take the day; if it needs documenting, take the full service.
Can the Design Day fee come off a full package?
Yes, if you book one within three months of the day.
Do you handle the ordering?
On the full service, yes — trade orders placed, tracked and chased, and I'm there for delivery and styling day.
What does the fee not cover?
Furniture, fittings, materials, delivery, trades, and any structural, planning or building control work.
Is there VAT on top?
No. The studio isn't VAT registered, so the figure quoted is the figure you pay.
How does payment work?
The Design Day is paid on booking. Full onsite projects are staged against the programme.
Let me come and see it. The room always says more than the photographs.
Send me a note about the property and what you're hoping to change, and I'll tell you whether a Design Day or the full service is the honest answer.