About Lucy

Our interiors that feature a lot of white are mostly our show units that need to be light, bright and airy to help them sell. I like working in all colours for my other projects. My own house however is a white and grey Scandinavian style beach inspired interior so yes I do love white. My rule for family friendly interiors is – “if it’s white it’s got to be wipeable or washable”. I like to use white in scatters, paint, accessories, coffee/side tables and lighting and then use darker colours in carpets and upholstery.

I love taking spaces which are disordered, uninspiring and unimaginative and making them beautiful to enhance the lives of those who live in that space. It takes a lot of time, thought and problem solving to get there and I enjoy the challenge. I meet many clients that are frustrated as they have tried to do it themselves or who have taken on a huge project with a thousand overwhelming decisions. I enjoy taking this burden off their shoulders and giving them a space beyond what they could ever have imagined on their own.

I love the saying- “Do what you love and you will never work a day in your life.” It’s very true. For the first 7 years of my career I dreaded Monday’s and just knew I couldn’t carry on like that. I wanted to study interior design after school but my friends talked me out of it suggesting something more sensible like marketing… but ignoring your dreams is never sensible. In 2014 I took a risk and decided to combine my marketing background with my love of interiors and start a home staging business. After clients saw my portfolio and what I could do with particularly problematic homes the business grew into more of an interior design focused business.

I try to treat other people how I would like to be treated. When it comes to interior design that means treating my clients houses and their budget like I would treat my own. I have approached my businesses from the perspective of what clients want and need first and what their goals are and then designed my services based on that to try and meet unmet needs. I really do see my business as using a gift to help others. I’m an ideas person, a big picture thinker and like thinking outside of the box. This leads to cost effective problem solving that helps my clients budgets go further.

People say that someone has “an eye for design” for a reason. When I look at an interior I just know when something is wrong and I change things until it looks right. Designing is something that comes naturally to me and feels easy. It’s hard to explain. Even as a child I would move things around in my Grandmothers house and when I got older she even let me paint and renovate her kitchen! It was my first renovation in fact.  When I go on holiday the first thing I do is take out a piece of paper and sketch the layout as I think it should be and I generally don’t relax until I’ve solved the problem if there is one. That’s why I book pretty holiday homes- so I can relax. The thing that ultimately helps me choose though is my clients brief and budget. Those parameters are my guide.

Because of my background in home staging I always design with resale in mind and am very mindful of a families long term plans and not overcapitalising. I don’t push my own aesthetic onto clients but try to ensure that they will receive something that they will really love for years. I also work on a transparent pricing model and don’t charge any hidden margins on retail items. This ensures greater trust during the project and that my clients get more value. I have a passion for interesting art and I love architecture and landscaping so when I work on a home I generally always give input on the garden, internal layout and I help source special pieces to bring life to empty walls. So much retail art is really bland and uninspiring but I love looking for unique finds that add wow factor.