28
Nov
2021 – an interior designer’s perspective
There will be a lot of media reflection on the year that was 2021. It started promisingly enough after 2020 when we had to deal with COVID and life...
22
Sep
Realising your hospitality design vision
In a previous post I wrote about the most common hospitality interior design mistakes experienced by my clients. One of the things I said is that realising your hospitality...
20
Aug
Time to complete an interior styling project
The initial conversations with a prospective and a new client are interesting to me. They are the beginning of a long, intimate, journey of creating a beautiful space. For...
21
Jul
Top Five Hospitality Design Mistakes
In all my years working in hospitality interior design, I can say with confidence that every project has problems. Some problems are quick and easy to resolve and some...
22
Jun
What are interior design specifications?
In every industry there is jargon. The interior design world is the same. Interior designers and related professionals such as architects use words that may not be easily understood...
28
Apr
Benefits of working with an interior designer – from client perspective
Although I know the benefits of working with an interior designer, I understand that people who want to engage with an interior designer will have are a lot of...
26
Mar
How to Choose & Apply Colour
I recently wrote a post about how to select a colour scheme on my blog The Design Basics. And another post on how to apply your colour scheme in...
22
Feb
Hospitality Kitchen Design
There is a lot of work that goes into planning a successful and efficient hospitality kitchen design. If you have you ever renovated or refurbished a residential kitchen in...
23
Jan
Interior Design Budget – Master Bedroom
What does it cost to style a master bedroom? I first addressed budgets in a post last year, specifically relating to a living room budget. It’s an important question...
28
Dec
Future of Hospitality Interior Design
For many business owners in the hospitality industry, 2020’s COVID lock down measures meant the death of their hospitality businesses. It meant that thousands of people became unemployed. Many...