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The Design Advisory

Part of a refined range of ways to work together—each designed to bring clarity, direction, and a renewed sense of ease and enjoyment to your home.

A thoughtful approach to shaping a home that feels aligned, cohesive, and entirely your own.

Each project begins with a conversation—and unfolds through a level of involvement that reflects the scale, complexity, and depth of what you’re looking to create.

  • A focused collaborative, expert-led session—grounded in The Conscious Colour Method.

    For when you need clarity on a specific space or decision—
    and a more considered perspective on how to move forward.

    A one-to-one session designed to bring focus, direction, and a clearer sense of what feels right for your home.

    → 1:1 consultation
    → Focused, considered guidance
    → Clear, confident direction

    Informed by The Conscious Colour Method

    *£150 per hour

    Not sure which approach is right for you?

    The complimentary First Conversation is a simple place to begin.

    Begin the conversation
    Enquire via the form below

  • A Conscious Colour Session

    An introduction to The Conscious Colour Method, focused on a specific space or colour challenge.

    The most successful interiors aren’t just beautiful—they feel right. And more often than not, colour is why.

    A considered approach to colour, tailored to you.

    Every project is approached individually, recognising that no two homes—or the people who live in them—are the same. My work is grounded in The Conscious Colour Method, ensuring that each scheme is not only visually cohesive, but emotionally and psychologically aligned.

    A thoughtful approach to colour, designed to shape how your home feels as much as how it looks.

    Rather than selecting colours in isolation, each decision is made in relation to light, materials and the surrounding spaces—creating a palette that feels cohesive, balanced and deeply considered.

    Colour has the ability to shape how a space is experienced—bringing calm, warmth, depth, joy and quiet character.

    Creating palettes that not only look right, but feel right to you.

    Through a one-to-one consultation, you’ll be guided in a thoughtful and considered way—helping you move forward with a clearer sense of direction and confidence in your choices.

    Whether you’re refining a single room or bringing cohesion to your entire home, this is an opportunity to create a palette that feels aligned with you, and supportive of how you live.

    Every colour conscious consultation session is tailored to different needs:

    • A comprehensive, whole-home approach to colour.

    • A focused approach for individual spaces with in your home

    • New Build & Renovation Colour Strategy

    The result is a home where colour supports the atmosphere you want to live in, bringing a sense of calm, clarity or warmth where it’s needed most.

    Once you’ve been in touch, you’ll be guided towards the most appropriate option for you and your home.

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  • An in-home consultation to begin shaping your project with clarity, direction, and intent.

    Following your discovery call, this is our first meeting in your home—
    a dedicated time to explore your space in depth and begin defining a clear, considered direction.

    At this stage, you may not yet know exactly how you want your home to evolve, or the most appropriate way of working together.

    You will be thoughtfully guided towards the design experience best suited to you and your project.

    *£300

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  • The First Conversation

    Where it begins.

    A relaxed initial conversation to understand your space, your plans, and what you’re looking to create.

    A chance to explore what feels right, what no longer does, and what you want your home to become.

    From here, you’ll be thoughtfully guided towards the most appropriate next step.

    Begin the conversation
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*All prices and indicative prices exclude VAT

A well-designed home isn’t just something you see—it’s something you experience.

In the way you move through it with ease.

In how it supports the rhythm of your day.

In the sense of calm, comfort, joy and quiet confidence it brings.

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How it Unfolds

A calm, guided process—bringing clarity from first thoughts through to a home that feels entirely your own.

1. The First Conversation

Every project begins with a thoughtful exchange—a chance to understand where you are, how you live, and what no longer feels quite right.

There’s no expectation to have everything figured out. This is simply the starting point—a gentle shift towards something more aligned.

2. Understanding Your Home

We take a deeper look at your space—
how it flows, how it functions, and how it supports your everyday life.

Through careful observation and conversation, we begin to uncover opportunities—bringing clarity to what’s possible, and what your home truly needs next.

3. Defining the Direction

With a clear understanding in place,
we shape the most appropriate way forward.

Whether through a focused consultation or a more comprehensive design experience,
everything is aligned with your pace and the level of support you need.

4. The Design Unfolds

From here, your home begins its evolution.

Ideas take shape with clarity and intention.
Each decision is thoughtfully resolved—
from spatial planning and colour to materials, lighting, and the finer details.

The process feels calm, collaborative, and assured—resulting in a home that not only looks beautiful, but feels deeply right.

A considered approach—so the experience feels as good as the outcome.

The Design Advisory—part of my suite of design experiences

A wooden desk with a closed laptop, a notebook with a pen, a small potted plant with purple flowers, a white modern desk lamp, and a bowl.
A small porcelain bowl with a crackled glaze and gold accents, sitting on a textured beige fabric surface.
A cozy corner of a room featuring a beige daybed with a book on top, a wooden side table with a vase of white roses and greenery, a wall-mounted brass lamp, and a textured cream-colored wall with an abstract art piece. A wooden-framed door and a patterned area rug are also visible.
Close-up of embroidered fabric featuring a pattern of yellow and blue leaves and white flowers on a light green background.
Decorative hanging lamp resembling a flower with gold and cream-colored metal petals, set against a pink floral wallpaper background with an inspirational quote about feeling connected to home.
Green paint streaks on a beige wall.
Close-up of green leaves with visible veins and a brown stem.
Close-up of a wooden table with a pattern of knots, surrounded by paper and fabric samples, with a desk lamp and ceramic vases in the background.

  • When a space doesn’t feel quite right, it is often the colour speaking—quietly, but persistently.

  • Sometimes the unease you feel in a space isn’t obvious—just a subtle sense that something is off.

  • Many homes look beautiful, but few truly support how you want to feel.

  • You may not always notice it consciously, but colour shapes how you feel the moment you walk into a room.

  • When colour is misaligned, a space can feel unsettled—even when everything else is “right.”

  • The difference between a room that looks right and one that feels right is often colour—chosen with care.

  • This isn’t about choosing colours you like. It’s about choosing colours that work for you.

  • A well-considered palette doesn’t just elevate a space— it changes your experience of living in it.

  • The right palette doesn’t shout for attention—it allows you to soften, think clearly, and feel at ease.

  • A considered use of colour can change how you move through your home—more calmly, more intuitively, more like yourself.

  • The most transformative changes are often the quietest— a shift in tone, a softening, a sense of balance restored.

  • When colour is chosen consciously, your home begins to feel less contrived… and more like you.

  • Colour has the ability to bring a home back into alignment— with you, your life, and how you want to live now.

  • If your home no longer feels like it reflects you, the answer is rarely more—it’s often different.

  • You don’t need to start again. You need to realign what’s already there. Colour is often the first shift.

  • Colour, chosen consciously, has the power to change not just your home—but how you feel within it.

  • Often, it’s not about changing everything—just understanding what’s no longer working, and approaching the space as a whole.

  • The way a room feels begins with colour.

  • Our homes hold us more fully when they evolve with us.

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Where it begins

Tell me about your project

Every project begins with understanding.

The questions presented to you are designed to give me a sense of your home, how you live, and what feels ready to change.

There’s no need to have all the answers—just share what feels relevant.