Distinctive and bespoke interior design for residential and commercial spaces.

 

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Residential

With over 20 years of experience in designing properties of varying sizes and budgets, our aim is make your house your home, creating a space that is personal, bespoke and distinctive, and that works to budget.

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Commercial

Experience in design and procurement for the fit out of commercial premises, including signage packages and accessibility considerations. Creating distinctive and bespoke design – raising the bar for what people expect from a public space.

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Project management

Experts in project management of large and small scale projects, working with teams of signage installers, decorators, carpenters, electricians, tilers. Bringing each project in on time and to budget.

 

Storyhouse

Library, cinema, theatre, café, restaurant, bar

The brief from our client was to design and project manage the interior design of a fantastic new public building, creating beautiful spaces that worked both practically and aesthetically, with an element of discovery and storytelling bringing it together.

Chester's beautiful 1930’s Odeon cinema was being transformed in to a space that would have multiple usage, and it was our mission to ensure that each area flowed and worked to its full potential.

We collaborated with the Bennett Associates - the architects, the building contractor Kier, the Cheshire West & Chester Council and the Storyhouse management team to create a very unique look for this unique building!

 
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The 1930’s style entrance lobby features a bespoke rug and chairs reflecting the curves of the building, backed in a fabric that was designed in the same year the cinema was originally built.

The restaurant concept was to create an intimate area which reflected the character of the building. However, the bar and restaurant also needed to work through into the evening as a pre-theatre restaurant space. This was achieved by varied seating zones which would be used to eat, drink, read and meet. 

The library runs throughout the entire building, making books an integral part of every space.  The design concept was to reflect the style of the 1930's era, achieved by utilising individual seating and varied spaces for reading/studying or spending time throughout the day. One particular piece (a 1930s pel sofa) was restored back to its original home on the first floor. The reading room area was themed around Phileas Fogg, with an air of discovery and travel.  

 

Corner Cottage

Private Residence

The Client brief was to update and refurbish a lounge/diner and master bedroom belonging to a PR/Marketing Director who had a very clear sense of style – and make it a home to enjoy relaxing in. 

 
 

Main bedroom – our client requested a place of sanctuary. Our beginning note of inspiration was the dark rattan colonial style bed – using a beautiful Christian Lacroix tropical plant paper behind the bed with monkey lights either side, the mirrored back helped to create a sense of seeing through the stud wall – behind which were the bathroom and dressing room space. 

 
 

Dining and sitting areas – character and detail restored, we removed old dated shelving and room dividers. New lighting, sofas and decorative details - Using a Cole & Son paper in the dining space to create depth in an otherwise very closed in space. 

 

Oddfellows

 

Restaurant, bar, private dining, hotel 

Our clients brief -  create a quirky, intimate and different interior – but one that was elegant and colourful with a touch of the unexpected. Utilising the existing furniture we transformed the space from a tired shabby chic theme to a more sophisticated and beautiful interior.  

 

Real moss panels were used to soften the acoustics, this was shaped around bespoke antique oval mirrors with pendant lights hanging in front. We used an oversized tropical orchid wallpaper by Timourous Beasties.  The chairs were all reupholstered in shades of cobalt blue and yellow & leaf green velvets from Linwood.

The booth seating was completely stripped with a new back created, then reupholstered in a monochrome colonial/jungle motif from Linwood.  The wallpaper version of this was also used above the picture rail as you leave to the bar area. 

The pendant lights with we sourced from Mineheart feature a beautiful smoked mirrored glass, detailed with a tiny chandelier inside.  An additional area next to the restaurant space was also stripped and reupholstered to coordinate with the restaurant space. 

Z-Arts 

Theatre, cafe, public space

 

Z-arts approached us to refurbish the restaurant and atrium in ahead of the development of the rest of the building in a few years time. The brief was to create a café/restaurant space within the theatre that was family friendly and suitable for use at all times of the day for varying purposes. 

 

New furniture, lighting, signage and redecoration (including the tiling behind the bar) all formed part of the project to make the space more visually coherent.  Several different papers were used including Christian Lacroix to define the distinctive areas of the café – all reflecting and restoring some character to this beautiful building.