1,534 Moonee Valley, Victoria Interior Designers and Decorators

“We first met Jo-Anne in 2001 as a recommendation from the director at the company I worked for. With my new house plans complete and a kitchen designed by a builder/draftsman (it was horrendous). My first conversation with her was about budget. I didn't have his budget, heck, I had next to nothing to work with and she agreed to work with what we had to spend and the space provided in the plans. Jo-Anne managed to increase our overall bench space for prep, our storage and the overall workability of our kitchen. We loved the narrow cupboard next to the fridge to store the mugs/cups/wine glasses - it made the flow so much easier. An additional glass door cabinet was included external of the kitchen which made perfect sense for my inherited crystal & china. It was more than we could imagine and her chosen colour palette in 2001, still looks current and modern today. Move forward to 2008, we downsized after children to a smaller modest house and on a budget, we were going to renovate the kitchen. A call to Jo-Anne and she changed the U shaped design to an L shape with an island bench with storage on 3 sides and additional banquette seating which our family love!!! The kitchen is a dream to entertain in and feed a young family. Such smart advice on layout, appliances and palette again. Now its 2013, we are building again - a townhouse closer to the city. First port of call after the "new" builder designed our plans was Jo-Anne. She has done the unbelievable again. As an added bonus, she has redesigned my laundry as it sits behind the kitchen - storage queen and appliance brains trust are what comes to mind when I think of Jo-Anne. We hope to start the build in the new year, I can't wait to see her plans come to life. What I love about this new design is that we have a narrow townhouse 6.5 metres wide and Jo-Anne has managed to construct a hidden wall of storage in the kitchen including study, an enormous pantry suitable for my war cupboard supply of canned & staple goods... just in case... an appliance cupboard that will hide my husbands coffee/breakfast mess and smart storage throughout the kitchen & laundry - all of this is hidden and our townhouse still looks large and open - I just close the doors and don't have to look at the mess created minutes before. Love it. I would say that I am an easy client, I think she reads people well from your conversations, but I would probably say that I have a high list of what I want, but I don't have a budget to pay for what I want. Jo-Anne has smart ideas that save your budget, but don't cheapen the end product. Spend wisely on what works. All that and she is also a great cook - oh your muffins were amazing - I have never been offered freshly baked muffins by my builder when I go in for a planning discussion... I just wish Jo-Anne designed entire houses... well I have never asked - she may? Thank you for everything to do with my kitchens. Wendy”

“Main Brief - Repair and restoration of an old bathroom/laundry which included the installation of a shower and to replace the vanity, toilet, shaving cabinet, laundry trough, wall and floor tiles. Replumbing where necessary, resurfacing the bath, repair existing floor in preparation for tiles. Replacing ceiling heating/exhaust fan, window glass with opaque. Match and replace broken glass in back porch, repair wall and lay vinyl flooring in studio. Paint interior and exterior of house, replace venetian blinds, new window locks and flywire screens. Remove old gas heater and replace with a reverse cycle air conditioner. Sand and polish floorboards throughout.”

“Thanks to Danielle and her Team we renovated two bathrooms to the highest standard. We also updated the living areas in our to house to look beautiful and modern. We are very happy with our results and have recommended Danielle to others.”

“We have always planned to renovate our existing house but had been unsure as how to overcome some flow and function issues. We wanted to add a bedroom/study, an alfresco entertaining space and a garage/carport onto our existing house. We had seen lots of renovations of similar houses but they always seemed to have something missing or were not quite right! The My Architect team were recommended after a chance conversation at a child's party - the initial meeting and concept plans really appealed to us, the idea of a relatively small outlay to see what the options and initial costings were. We contacted Cate at My Architect who set us up an appointment with Lyndal Williams. We had quite set ideas about what would be possible. Lyndal patiently worked through our needs/wants and has put together the perfect floorplan for us. It is quite different to what we had imagined and we have managed to tick off all the priorities as well as adding some wonderful extras that we feel will make our home function more efficiently as well as being a great entertaining space! We had initially planned to only use the My Architect team for the concept plans. However after dealing with Lyndal we felt that we simply had to continue to utilise her skills to help us complete the project. The set pricing for the My Architect services made us confident that we were clear about this cost from the beginning. So far we have completed plans for tendering and are waiting for building to commence in September. Cate has followed up and sought feedback along the way and despite our project taking quite some time we have never felt rushed! Lyndal has done a great job with our plans and really understood what we wanted before we did in some ways. She has also dealt with our questions and queries patiently!!!! We can highly recommend that anyone considering renovating or building use the My Architect team!”

“Easy to deal with, efficient and was able to give different options when asked. Dealt with the cabinet makers on my behalf and solved issues as they arose”

“Lisa created the design for my kitchen and lounge renovation. I couldn’t be happier with her work. She was instrumental in creating an amazing space right from the kitchen layout and design to paint colours and lighting. I now have a very functional and beautiful space that worked within my budget. I would highly recommend Lisa if you are planning a renovation.”

“Jo at Style and Harmony styled our house beautifully to prepare it for sale. Her sound advice, thorough detailing of what would work best in each room and professionalism meant we were comfortable with her choices and confident approaching auction time. She provided furniture and styling throughout our house, the main items including chairs, rugs, artwork, couches, tv unit, console and a dining setting, as well as accessories. The entire process completely took the anxiety out of the pre-auction phase and we could not have been happier with the services she provided, with her professionalism and with the end product - a house that sold for well over the amount expected and looked exquisite. Jo went out of her way to help in preparing the house for sale and we would highly recommend her services.”

“So happy with my recent room makeover! Andrea was a delight to work with, really listening to my wants and needs and giving me the perfect design solution and styling to produce exactly what I was after. Thank you Andrea”

“We hired Emme designs to decorate our penthouse and were very pleased with the results.Before proceeding , with her company,Emmy put our minds at ease by preparing a folio, showing us various materials, colour palette and fabric swatches to be used for our project. Emmy was very professional, communicated well, and was easy to talk to,understanding exactly what we liked…eg. we opted for a minimalist modern decor, for furniture ,T.V. cabinet, study nook etc.She had good contacts, and knew exactly where to source everything from, therefore saving us heaps. Emmy was very reliable and always kept her appointments on time. We highly recommend her for her knowledge and experience.”

“My partner and I were unsure wether to go ahead and engage an interior designer because we thought it was an extra cost. Teresa from Loop Interiors never pushed she listened suggested how her advice and cost could actually save us money and honoured us taking our time to decide. We did engage her, and her advice and knowledge was fantastic. She saved us money when we were agonising over what colours to choose and because she was in tune with us we engaged her again and then again. Teresa was knowledgable on environmentally sound products from paints, fabrics, tiles. She gave me great advice regarding layout and our bathroom plans to make more efficient use of space. And she found beautiful fabrics from which to choose our finishing from. She has absolutely saved us money, and noodles of time. Engaging her was money well spent we didn't make the mistakes we would have without her. Our result is a beautiful home, more beautiful than we could have achieved on our own. We especially love the kitchen and living spaces. Ever so grateful we have been happily telling our friends and family to engage Teresa if they are considering interior work.”