Designed to be lived in.
Creating homes that feel instinctively right and unmistakably yours.
A different way of
thinking about home
Interior design often begins with a room, a brief or a design style.
At Mary Maldé Interior Design, every project begins with Earth States® — a design philosophy expressed through a methodology for understanding the relationship between people and the places they inhabit.
Because each of us has an individual relationship with colour, light, materials and other elements of a space. We don't all respond to their qualities in the same way.
And that isn't simply a matter of taste.
Rather than beginning with the question,
“What design style do you want your home to be?”
Earth States® seeks to understand something more fundamental:
Which qualities of colour and space feel instinctively right to you?
At first, you may not consciously know the answer.
You may simply find yourself consistently drawn towards some places and less comfortable in others, without necessarily understanding why.
The response often comes before the understanding.
Earth States® begins by identifying patterns within those responses — especially patterns of affinity with particular qualities of colour and the wider elements of space.
That understanding becomes a foundation for the design, bringing greater clarity to the decisions that follow.
Colour, space and self brought into congruence.
Creating places that feel instinctively right.
The success of a home isn't measured simply by how it looks when it's finished.
It's measured by how well it works for the people who live there, how it feels to experience, and how naturally it becomes part of the rhythms and rituals of everyday life.
That's why Earth States® begins with people, not photographs.
Because a home is experienced—not simply observed.
Design begins with
understanding.
Every design decision shapes how a place is experienced.
Earth States® begins by identifying patterns in how you naturally respond to colour and other elements of a space.
That understanding becomes a foundation for the design.
For those who sense there is a better place to start than a
design style.
There is nothing wrong with design styles.
Your home may naturally come to reflect one or more of them.
But Earth States® begins somewhere else.
A recognisable style is often the outcome.
It isn't the starting point.
What matters isn't what the style is called, but whether its qualities are right for you.
If you've ever felt there must be a better way to begin creating a home than by choosing a design style, perhaps the answer isn't to look for another style, but to begin by understanding your relationship with colour and the wider elements of space.
In their words…
“I’m so delighted with the transformation of my dressing room and ensuite. It now feels calm, comfortable, cohesive and entirely right—a space I love
spending time in.”
Hertfordshire: Dressing Room & Ensuite
Where colour, space & self align®
Earth States® begins by understanding your natural relationship with colour and space.
That understanding becomes a foundation for the design — informing the choices that follow alongside the character and context of your home, the way you live and the things that carry meaning for you.
The result is a home shaped by what feels instinctively right to you and the way you live.
Designed around you.
Never imposed.
I'm Mary Maldé, founder of Mary Maldé Interior Design.
Earth States® grew from years of noticing that people don't all respond to the qualities of the places they inhabit in the same way. What feels instinctively right to one person can feel entirely different to another.
That's why every project begins by understanding how you naturally respond to colour and the wider elements of a space.
From there, I bring my eye, experience and judgement to the design, drawing together that understanding with the character and context of your home, the way you live and the things that carry meaning for you.
The result is a place that feels instinctively right and unmistakably yours.
Ready to create a home that feels instinctively right and unmistakably yours?
Let's begin by identifying the qualities of colour and space with which you have a natural affinity.
Start with a call and I’ll guide you from there.
Hertfordshire -
Renovation Project
Designed to be
lived in.
A different way of thinking about home.
Interior design often begins with a room, a brief or a design style.
At Mary Maldé Interior Design, every project begins with Earth States® — a design philosophy expressed through a methodology for understanding the relationship between people and the places they inhabit.
Because each of us has an individual relationship with colour, light, materials and other elements of a space. We don't all respond to their qualities in the same way.
And that isn't simply a matter of taste.
Rather than beginning with the question,
“What design style do you want your home to be?”
Earth States® seeks to understand something more fundamental:
Which qualities of colour and space feel instinctively right to you?
At first, you may not consciously know the answer.
You may simply find yourself consistently drawn towards some places and less comfortable in others, without necessarily understanding why.
The response often comes before the understanding.
Earth States® begins by identifying patterns within those responses — patterns of affinity with particular qualities of colour and the wider elements of space.
That understanding becomes a foundation for the design, bringing greater clarity to the decisions that follow.
Colour, space and self brought into congruence.
Creating places that feel instinctively right.
Because a home is experienced—
not simply observed.
The success of a home isn't measured simply by how it looks when it's finished.
It's measured by how well it works for the people who live there, how it feels to experience, and how naturally it becomes part of the rhythms and rituals of everyday life.
That's why Earth States® begins with people, not photographs.
Design begins with
understanding.
Every design decision shapes how a place is experienced.
Earth States® identifies patterns in how you naturally respond to colour and the
elements of a space.
That understanding becomes a foundation for the design.
For those who sense there is a better place to start than a design style.
There is nothing wrong with design styles.
Your home may naturally come to reflect one or more of them.
But Earth States® begins somewhere else.
A recognisable style is often the outcome.
It isn't the starting point.
What matters isn't what the style is called, but whether its qualities are right for you.
If you've ever felt there must be a better way to begin creating a home than by choosing a design style, perhaps the answer isn't to look for another style, but to begin by understanding your relationship with colour and the wider elements of space.
Where colour, space
& self align®
Earth States® begins by understanding your natural relationship with colour and space.
That understanding becomes a foundation for the design — informing the choices that follow alongside the character and context of your home, the way you live and the things that carry meaning for you.
The result is a home shaped by what feels instinctively right to you and the way you live.
Designed around you.
Never imposed.
I'm Mary Maldé, founder of Mary Maldé Interior Design.
Earth States® grew from years of noticing that people don't all respond to the qualities of the places they inhabit in the same way. What feels instinctively right to one person can feel entirely different to another.
That's why every project begins by understanding how you naturally respond to colour and the wider elements of a space.
From there, I bring my eye, experience and judgement to the design, drawing together that understanding with the character and context of your home, the way you live and the things that carry meaning for you.
The result is a place that feels instinctively right and unmistakably yours.
Ready to create a home that feels instinctively right & unmistakably yours?
Let's begin by identifying the qualities of colour and space with which you have a natural affinity.
Start with a call and I’ll guide you from there.