Mary is a qualified residential interior designer and colour consultant specialised in crafting captivating, evocative spaces.

By truly understanding her client’s personal positive emotional aesthetics™, and drawing on this to create a resonant emotional aesthetic narrative™, her work transforms homes into harmonious, storyful sanctuaries—blending an array of life sustaining, elevating natural elements and seductive natural materials with modern innovations. Invariably sprinkled with a touch of vintage charm, or a soupçon of soulful antique or heritage pieces as required—the results are delightful spaces characterised by what she terms “relaxed luxury” (read her journal piece on relaxed luxury).

With more than a decade of experience, Mary’s design approach is thoughtful and effective, offering bespoke solutions that enhance the everyday and lift the human spirit.

Her flair for distilling the unique essence of her clients and aligning her designs to meet their needs and desires ensures her creations are not only visually and emotionally appealing and enduring, but also promote measurable improvements in wellbeing—all so her clients can have the experience of meaningful connection, live in authenticity, timelessness and thrive. In short, have a home that feels good, looks good, is deeply personal, uplifting and long lasting.

As part of her repertoire of recognised design skills she is a strong proponent of advanced biophilic design principles, beyond the clichéd house plant and fifty shades of green, and is not only a colour consultant but a practitioner of advanced, applied colour and design psychology—because both colour and design have a profound effect on how we feel, think and behave.

Mary Maldé’s signature style is neither maximalist nor minimalist, but what she terms Thrivalist®—rich in meaning, intention, appropriately tailored, balanced, and distinctly eclectic—weaving a broad spectrum of influences from English, European, Indian and East African heritage as experienced through travel, art, fashion and family

Mary’s commitment to excellence and her passion for crafting soulful, relaxed luxury that “brings you back home—to yourself and nature”, has cemented her place in this field of design.