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Devon's Countryside, Wildlife, History and Events
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your essential home reference section<br />
From 3D to reality for a kitchen project - initial design (left) - finished kitchen (right). A Venetian blue ceiling, cool blue angel and Fortuny lighting add drama<br />
the morning and designing a rough-luxe<br />
meets rock star's lair style space in the<br />
afternoon. We thrive on the variety.<br />
Our design influences are global as well as<br />
local so, when appropriate, we introduce<br />
design elements from other cultures into<br />
our work.<br />
Whether traditional or contemporary,<br />
there is always an element of difference in<br />
our work, we do not do "ordinary", there is<br />
always some element of surprise, perhaps<br />
an unusual use of colour or mix of styles,<br />
maybe a touch of irreverence or drama<br />
and hopefully a bit of magic.<br />
The resulting design on any project is<br />
driven by the spirit of the client and the<br />
property."<br />
When a client comes to you<br />
for a complete design and<br />
build project what are the<br />
main advantages for the<br />
client?<br />
"Reducing risk and gaining<br />
peace of mind."<br />
"One of the most appreciated elements<br />
of the service that we offer clients is the<br />
ability to present to them their project<br />
designs in 3D. This enables the client to<br />
truly understand the final result and is<br />
particularly important when dealing<br />
with complete house design and build.<br />
Not every client can truly read architects<br />
plans and indeed why should they. A<br />
computer generated 3D representation of<br />
their home enables good decisions to be<br />
made about space usage and planning<br />
right from the start.<br />
We recently produced a computer generated<br />
3D video presentation for a client<br />
of their 7 bedroom, 7 bathroom new<br />
build project, it enabled them to truly<br />
understand how the space will flow and<br />
important design decisions were made<br />
with complete confidence.<br />
When appropriate to do so we will utilise<br />
3D presentation of design schemes for<br />
individual rooms, this is particularly<br />
helpful to clients for kitchen and bathroom<br />
projects.<br />
The ability to source and procure materials,<br />
furnishings and fittings of the<br />
right quality at the right price is also<br />
paramount to client peace of mind.<br />
We have spent years building the right<br />
team, finding the very best people. Our<br />
tried and trusted builders, trades, professionals<br />
and crafts people, combined with<br />
in-house experienced design, project<br />
management and project accounting,<br />
complete the package designed to make<br />
for a stress-free experience for clients."<br />
Global design influences in a<br />
Mallorcan project<br />
Turning to interior design<br />
- do you foresee any particular<br />
trends?<br />
"We do try to avoid trendy as passé<br />
tends to follow swiftly on the heels<br />
of trendy."<br />
"The home as refuge and sanctuary has<br />
always been important to us all but never<br />
more so than in our troubled world right<br />
now, so we are seeing a greater appreciation<br />
of comfort, not just style. People are<br />
increasingly design aware and with even<br />
just a little encouragement can be braver<br />
and more individual in their interior<br />
design choices - for designers this is a<br />
good thing as we all love to work with<br />
brave and adventurous clients."<br />
What is the worst part of the job?<br />
"Muddy site visits at early building<br />
stage on cold, wet mornings!"<br />
And the best?<br />
"Happy clients."<br />
"It sounds like a cliché but happy clients<br />
make it all worthwhile, especially if you<br />
have encouraged a client to be braver<br />
design wise than they might have been<br />
on their own. One client recently sent<br />
us a case of champagne and a wonderful<br />
thank you letter for completing the<br />
restoration of their romantic medieval<br />
manor house.<br />
Just before the end of 2016 we completed<br />
a couple of projects for clients and each<br />
took pen to paper to thank us and that<br />
really does makes it all worthwhile."<br />
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