I For Style

I have worked with Lurleen from I For Style on a number of different projects and always find her great to work with. Her ability to create stunning interior spaces together with her professionalism in dealing with clients, builders and associated trades is excellent. I am very always very happy to refer my clients to her. Regards Anthony Halley Building and Mainteance.

Lurleen Kirkwood from I For Style has worked on many projects for us over a number of years and we have always been delighted with the end results! She is very easy to work with and comes up with lots of great ideas that we hadn’t previously thought of, but which always take our homes to the next level, ensuring they are a delight to live in. Her eye for detail in selecting just the right products, finishes and colours throughout the interior include flooring and walls, joinery for kitchens, bathrooms and laundries, lighting, advice on window furnishings and more. Her knowledge and expertise extend to the exterior colours and finishes also, maximizing that all-important street appeal.

Lewis Holding Constructions Pty Ltd 8 Sabal Place, BEAUMONT HILLS, NSW, 2155 EMAIL: lewishconstructions@gmail.com Licence number 297550C REVIEW Lurleen Kirkwood Interior Designer I for Style 2001 Pty Limited Lurleen has being a great connection for many years with my company. Being in the building industry, you need a great interior designer to help clients decide on finishes and colours for the interior e.g. kitchens, bathrooms, and laundries, paint colours for walls and of course, exterior colours and finishes to achieve their dream home. I find Lurleen has a real knowledge of design and colours, but most importantly her service is prompt. She is very honest but has a real connection with clients. Communication is greatly valued with Lurleen. I would definitely suggest I for Style for anyone who wants to start a project, which needs that extra edge to make their project exactly what he or she wants. Regards Trevor Lewis Director

We had a vision of the look and feel we wanted to create with our country property, Hartley House, but we weren’t exactly sure how to do it and didn’t have the time or resources to find out how. I For Style helped us to not only realise our vision, but to expand it further, bringing fresh ideas and a touch of elegance to our French Provincial inspired property. It was evident from the start of our numerous renovation projects that Lurleen has extensive experience in this space as well as a passion for creating beautiful spaces. She has contacts and suppliers throughout the industry which became incredibly useful when we wanted to source high end items that could be delivered to our remote property. We also found Lurleen's professionalism and attention to detail when managing builders and other tradesman extremely important to ensuring we were all happy with the end project. We will happily use I For Style’s services again!

We were delighted to have the opportunity to collaborate with Lurleen from I for Style as we embarked on transforming our family home. Right from the start, we valued how Lurleen took the time to evaluate our design brief and authentically listened to what we wanted. Lurleen presented our preferences to us in a tangible form of a mood board which was an invaluable tool that assisted our ongoing decision making and ensured we kept to the concept of Relaxed Elegance Hampton Inspired. Lurleen from I for Style holds a high level of knowledge, skills and expertise in design elements and provided us with invaluable advice and direction to achieve our desired outcome. Due to her ability to visualise the end result, we were able to trust Lurleen wholeheartedly she would get us there. Lurleen drew on a range of elements and design techniques such as the importance of diverse textures, balance of colour tones and hues, repetition of pattern and positioning in space which contributed to the interior design excelling. Lurleen was also able to keep us within budget through her great industry connections with suppliers and manufacturers. The result is a family home that is not just functional and practical but also saturates the environment with an ambience of elegance that is stunningly amazing! Thank you so much, Lurleen, from I for Style for giving us an interior we could have only dreamed. Alissa & Joe September 2020

Lurleen at I for Style has provided us with invaluable advice and guidance with our renovation. Lurleen has been flexible around the changing needs of our project and has shared her expertise and helped us to select exterior and interior colours for everything from stairs and doors, to roofing, gutters, window frames and working out what to do with the flooring. Lurleen's assistance has not only saved us a great deal of time, but the results are looking amazing. While it is all still a work in progress there are so many positive comments about how the old and new parts of the house are coming together and compliment each other. The next steps are integrating components of a second hand kitchen with new elements - looking forward to Lurleen's advice on how best to tackle this, I'm sure the results will be amazing. Kirsty Denistone East

We recently purchased an apartment as our new home. We wanted the interior to reflect our tastes & personalities and to provide us with a personal haven. We decided to obtain help from Lurleen Kirkwood from I for Style to achieve this goal. Lurleen was very easy to work with. From the beginning she took the time to get a clear understanding of our likes and dislikes and the kind of atmosphere we wanted in our home. She provided help and support in selecting the right paint colours, fabrics and style for curtains, blinds, furniture, cushions and flooring. She created a "mood board" to help up focus on the "look" we wanted and to guide us in our purchasing decisions. Lurleen is professional, on time for appointments and comes with a wealth of knowledge. Her connections to suppliers and the services we have needed has been invaluable. She brought some unexpected design ideas which we would not have thought of, but these have proven to be a delight when implemented in our home. We are very happy with the results and are assured of Lureen’s help as we further develop our home’s interior style. We are very grateful to Lureen and would recommend her to others looking for inspiration and help in creating a place to call home. Sincerely, Neville & Wendy

Lurleen Kirkwood, the principle of I for Style has worked we us on a residential and commercial level for 11 years. The first project was our home at Kenthurst. It was a 1960’s AV Jennings home. She revamped it by redoing the colour to suit our modern interiors. We currently have tenants in it, and one of the comments they made when first entering the property that the light colours of the interior give it a modern but airy feel about it. The next project was for a new build on the South Coast of NSW. Lurleen was there from concept to completion. The brief was for beachside home. Lurleen spent a long day with me down the coast selecting the kitchen and it’s finishes, including bench tops, handles and timbers for the kitchen. Always referring to the architects plans. We then moved onto the flooring company and then organized the timber finish and style of stairs. Lurleen held our hand through the whole build. We then discussed interior and exterior colours, but she does more than colours. Lurleen revamped our business/commercial premises. She came in and gave us advice on colours and furniture placement. She also helped us with positioning and promoting our products by showing us how to place our display items to get the best out of them and how the customer can see them at their best angle. We then move to our current home. Lurleen came in when we first moved in 7 years. She did the inside colours and outside colours. The outside was a bit of a challenge. She had to take in account current colours that couldn’t be changed and sandstone that was surrounding the house. There are a lot of tones and shades in sandstone, but she bought the best out of the stone and it was reflected well in the rendered colour finish. Our current home is now going to go up for sale in August. I once again got Lurleen in to redo the colour and carpeting and advise me on what to do with the rooms. She took into consideration what the real Estate agents had advised us and Lurleen just took it that little bit further and advised us what to remove to open the home up and make it more appealing to buyers. In conclusion the services are wide ranging from colours to finishes of a home from concept to completion. She will also travel and hold your hand through the project and give her professional opinion at each step. Lurleen can move form modern, to family to commercial landscapes and prepare professional schedules that will meet your brief. She has been a wonderful, prompt and professional for the whole 11 years we have worked together, and I have always felt confident recommending I for Style to a multitude of people. Lurleen loves what she does, and it has shone through on each project and brief we have given her.

White Stripes painted our home inside and out. The principal, Lee White and his crew were a pleasure to deal with and completed the jobs on time and on budget.

I have worked with Lurleen for more than 10 years now. Her experience and knowledge with all things "style and colour" are first class. She is extremely professional and thorough and her attention to detail is second to none. I have no hesitation in recommending Lurleen to anyone considering a stylist, anyone decorating or in need of colour consultancy!

We had started on refurbishing our home in a relaxed Hamptons style but wanted a slightly formal version, rather than a beach house version often seen in Australia. We found after a while we need help to complete our plans. We hired Lurleen Kirkwood to help us find he perfect blue for our lounge, dining and powder rooms. We wanted to make a low cost, positive statement as these were the first impression rooms in our home. Lurleen took time to understand our design ideas, personal preferences and budget. The result was exactly what we were hoping for, three boring rooms transformed into "wow". We then moved onto the study and Lurleen developed a bespoke painted wall stripe to incorporate the navy theme within that exisiting room as well as plan bespoke cabinetry within our parent's retreat/library zone...which was bland and lacked personality. The final piece was the upstairs carpeting of retreat, bedrooms and hallways. We were planning for some time to replace the carpet but had not done so through lack of confidence. Lurleen has helped us choose a colour direction for the carpet which ties in the whole house, enabling us to continue renovations with confidence. Thank you IForStyle.

We have engaged Lurleen Kirkwood from I for Style for many projects over the years and have always been more than happy with the services she has provided. When my wife first met Lurleen back in 2001, she required some advice for reupholstering an armchair. This was followed by an interior colour consultation and various interior decoration services over the years including window furnishings, furniture, lighting and advising on the refurbishment of the existing kitchen, flooring, furniture layouts, artworks etc. In 2009 we began the process of having a new house built on our property for extended family which council required to be joined to our existing house. During this time, Lurleen was a tremendous support and selected all the flooring which included a bespoke tile design for the entry, colours and finishes for the kitchen, bathroom and laundry joinery, bench tops and vanity tops, door hardware, interior paint colours, lighting and the lighting plan for the electricians. She was involved in an advisory capacity with the layout of the kitchen, bathrooms, and laundry as well as the selection of window furnishings. She selected the colours and finishes for the exterior of the new house and because of its connection to the existing house, also needed to specify the placement of the new colours for our existing house. More recently Lurleen has also been involved in refurbishing and renovating a spacious two bedroom flat in the lower ground level of our house. This project also included setting up of a home office, which now looks out on to established lawns, gardens and a new pool, thus creating a very relaxed atmosphere. Lurleen’s talents were utilised throughout and involved advising on kitchen and bathroom fixtures and fittings, producing a 3D Google Sketchup model for the new bathroom, selecting interior paint colours and finishes, colours and finishes for kitchen joinery, bench tops and hardware, bathroom wall/floor tiles, bespoke vanity and travertine vessel basin, and timber flooring in other areas. Lurleen’s driven ambition has always been total client satisfaction, and this was achieved for us. Apart from her own talents and skills, she has access to many fine and reliable tradesman as required, all of whom tell us that they admire her work and work ethics, and enjoy being a part of her projects.