Yes! As decorators, we get better rates on furniture, decor, art and soft furnishings than you can. That’s because we tap into a large network of suppliers who don’t sell to the general public so you’d never be able to purchase those items yourself.

You can expect to save between 10-40% off the recommended retail price. That goes a long way to covering the cost of our service fees.

Our trade suppliers have been vetted by us, we can vouch for their quality, choose custom fabrics to suit your needs, source within reasonable lead times and provide excellent customer service for any issues that may arise. Retailers don’t offer the same level of detail and attention.

The most commonly asked question we get would have to be this one. It’s a tricky one to answer with a definitive number because, each house is different and each client’s needs and wants are differ too however we customise to suit budgets and timeframes for each client.

A general guide is as follows:

Step 1: Initial Consult in your home

We start off with an hour long initial consultation where we get to know each other and decipher your style and tastes. We chat about how you use the space, who else uses the space, what your hopes and dreams are for the house and any other important elements.

Our Interior Decorating Consultation fees are listed for each designer on our interior decorating page.

Step 2: Scope of Works Proposal

After the initial consult, you will be emailed a Scope of Work document. This details how many hours are required to complete the design selections, draw up floor plans, source soft furnishings, lighting, furniture, art and decor.

We work by the hour and always quote up front so our client’s never receive any nasty surprises and we’re both on the same page.

Step 3: Mood Board Designs

We get to work creating you a mood board (also known as a design concept board) detailing the specific items we suggest would work best for the rooms, a floor plan layout and a design action plan (like a to do list) to show you how the whole process is going to be executed.

Step 4: Furniture Purchasing

Once you have finalised the overall design concepts and you’re happy to proceed with the furniture purchases, our Studio Co-ordinator will facilitate this process for you. You can sit back and wait for all the goodies to arrive at your doorstep. We pass on our trade discounts to you saving you anywhere from 10-30% off the recommended retail price. (Note: Not all decorators do this.)

Step 5: Final Once Over

If you’re confident placing the furniture around the rooms you’re welcome to skip this step, however it’s advised that we pop out again to put all the furniture in the right place, fluff up the cushions the right way (yes, there’s a wrong way) and make your home look fabulous!

Many of our clients watch us do this step and say “I’ve learnt so much from watching you put the room together today!”. Oh and we ALWAYS bring flowers to add that lovely fresh finishing touch!

For decorating projects we can turn around a home in 6-12 weeks. For design projects, our documentation can be turned around in 3-6 months.

Great question!

We have written a few blog posts explaining this in more detail which you can access below:

Interior Design – is when you’re planning a renovation or knock-down rebuild and require documentation of all elements like joinery drawings, selection of hard finishes & management of trades during the build.

Interior Decorating – is where we select all of the soft furnishings from sofas, dining tables, cushions, window coverings, rugs, etc etc. We offer turnkey decorating as well as room by room decorating services too.

Save you time…..and money – outsourcing to someone who already knows where to shop and what the products look like means you don’t have to spend countless weekends at the Super Centre trying to figure out what lamp shade works with your lounge room.

Saves your marriage/relationship….. don’t tell us you’ve never fought with your partner about sofa fabric choices, paint colours or how many cushions should be allowed on the bed. Having a professional guide you with your decorating choices can save a lot of deliberation time (code for arguing about kitchen tiles).

Give you access to quality trades – We have a whole list of trades we can recommend for jobs you don’t have time to research and hire for.

Give you access to quality products – that you wouldn’t ordinarily have access to – as decorators we work with furniture wholesalers who won’t sell to the general public.

Give you a finished product you’ll absolutely love – our job at the end of the day is to create a beautiful, real and functional home for you (and your family) so that walking in the door each day makes you smile.

We work with families upsizing into their first real family home, empty nesters moving from the family home into a unit, bachelors looking to fit out their pads, investment property turn key fit outs, and small boutique commercial design projects.

We have a lot of fun working with our clients so we’re always open to different types of projects when we feel there’s a great personality fit.

Yes we sure can!

We work to establish your budget and then source according to what we think will suit your project. If that means it’s an item from a retail store then we include the hyperlink to purchase that item in your own time. If it’s a trade-only item we handle the entire ordering and delivery process for you.

We charge a service fee for each of our services based on the scope of the project and our level of involvement in the execution of the service. Furniture and any trade costs like art hanging, freight etc are additional costs however we do pass on trade discounts where we can.

Sure! We typically work on lounge rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms, outdoor areas and entryways when it comes to decorating but every client has different things bugging them so the order or priority is always different for each client. You can choose as many or as little rooms as you like.

We generally work to three different price tiers – Essential, Signature & Luxe.

When you work with us you get access to our budget spreadsheet tool. This is a customised budget tool we have created to show a range of different budgets for specific furniture items. This helps each of our clients to set solid expectations for their project.

We often joke that we come into a clients house and wave my magic wand and leave. While it’s not really magic, our clients always tell us they could never have done it on their own.

We are your sounding board throughout the project, however long that might be! Some clients we work with for 4 weeks to speedily set up their home, others we’ve been working with for 3+ years across various rooms & renovations or new homes.

We help furniture planning, ie. working out what items should go where. That could be with the furniture you already have, buying entirely new items or both. We also help source the right pieces to fit with the overall vision for the space.

If you’ve been hunting for the perfect navy blue velvet armchair for years with no luck, chances are we can make it happen for you. We can coordinate custom pieces of furniture like bedheads with specific detailing or fabric or help you purchase off the shelf items from retail stores.

That’s a-okay! We have a budgeting template we can share with you to help you identify where to spend and where to save when purchasing new furniture. Or if there are certain stores you’ve shopped at in the past (West Elm, Freedom, Domayne, Coco Republic etc) then we can work to those prices.

We have a dedicated service for single room projects you can read about here.

Maybe you’ve already purchased a number of big ticket items and just need help bringing it together.

STEP 1: INITIAL CONSULTATION
We meet at your home to develop your brief, determine your project needs and requirements + discuss style & budget.

STEP 2: PROPOSAL
We write a fee proposal within 48 hours of meeting outlining our service, timeframe we’ll work to & our fees.

STEP 3: MOOD BOARD DEVELOPMENT
We develop a moodboard per room showing you furniture selection, art, decor, paint colours, flooring options etc. for your approval.

STEP 4: REVISIONS
We include a round of revisions in all our designs so you can give feedback and we will re-select the items you’d like to see alternatives for.

STEP 5: ORDERING & INSTALLATION
Your dedicated Procurement Manager starts the ordering process on your behalf, arranges delivery of new furniture & installation.

Not all of these steps are necessary, we tweak the process to suit your project. Get in touch to discuss your project with us.