Our Approach
to Design

​Start at the Beginning
Detailed Conversations
Listening & Feeling
Keen & Curious
Preparation & Homework
Obstacles & Opportunities
Understand Value
Making Decisions
​Get Things Done
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We are committed to fostering a relationship built on integrity, honesty, openness and keen willingness.


Start at the Beginning
We need to be involved from the get-go.
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It always starts with a conversation. Once you have heard what we have to say, how we do things, what we believe in, the value we can bring you, a connection is formed, we understand each other, then we can work together.
Our Intention is to create a home where your wellbeing is foremost front of mind. Curating interiors that speak your language, represent who you are and invest in your wellbeing is what we are all about. It's all about how you want to feel and live in your own home.
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Detailed Conversations
We need to ask lot of questions and have detailed conversations to understand how you live, your dreams, inspirations, ambitions and how you envisage your dream project unfolding. We need to understand your important daily routines, determine what colours, textures & styles you are drawn to. Find out what you love and just as importantly dislike about your current interior and way of life.
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A getting to know you phase is essential to begin the foundations of creating the most beautiful interior possible to suit your own personal lifestyle. From these detailed findings we will build your overarching interior design concept.
Listening & Feeling
Active listening is vital to hear and absorb the ideas - give your full attention to what is being said - so you understand the emotion and the intention behind the idea. It's about giving it time to settle, processing the information, seeking clarification and not rushing to immediate conclusions.
Allowing for deeper feelings to emerge, a greater understanding of the issues will form which will lead to more impactful solutions.
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Be keen. Be curious
Embrace new ideas and design concepts with an open mind and a keen willingness. This allows for a rich exploration of all possibilities in the creative process.
Trust in the creative process even when it pushes beyond your comfort zone - thats where the magic happens.
Preparation & Homework
When all the thought processes and sifting of ideas has been completed, all the stones have been unturned and ideas have been explored then the essence of the home forms. Repeated colours, textures, shapes & motifs will always resurface. Often that first choice where your heart beats a little faster is where you will return. We call it the circling back process.
It pays to put time into your preparations - study ideas, images, words, movies, music, nature - gather & document a wide source of inspiration. The result will surprise you.
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Planning, research & preparation is the creative foundation that solid homes are built upon. Be prepared to invest in the time it takes to build a creative home reflective of your individual needs and desires.
Obstacles & Opportunities
An awareness of the inevitability of obstacles along the way and the ability to quickly move forward is vital to completing your project on time. Seeing these obstacles as propulsion to allow new opportunities to unfold keeps the momentum flowing. On reflection, we end up with better outcomes.
Seeing obstacles as merely signposts for future direction means you will achieve a more desirable result.
Understand the Value
We all under-estimate how easy it is to create our dream home and over-estimate our ability to pull it off!
That's where we come in. You'll be pleasantly surprised how it ends up saving you money & time and creates spaces beyond your imagination and beyond your capabilities. Understand the value this means to you. When you use experts the results speak for themselves.
Help You Make the Decision
Our wealth of experience means we can sift through all the ideas to get to the heart of your design quickly, finding your starting point and move the project forward. We help you make the decisions and get things done.
Half the battle is making the decision. We make sure you choose wisely.
Getting Things Done
Focusing, organising, prioritising, making lists, agreeing & executing with precision and determination is how we get things done. Freeing yourself from procrastination and overthinking will bring completion.
We are here to help you make that happen.
"Tell us your dreams, your inspirations, your ambitions so we can create your beautiful life story"
Tomfoolery




