As our three girls were growing so quickly, we recognised the need for more space and versatility and so decided to embark on the adventure of renovating an original 1913 four-room villa into an expansive family forever home.

We were originally introduced to Francesca by our builder to help us with our joinery design. At our first meeting, we built instant rapport, and I was pleased to uncover that Francesca offered full end to end design services. This was the start of our journey together.

There are three things that have stood out in my time with Francesca. Firstly, her high level of collaboration. Francesca always makes sure you, your ideas and your budget are put above everything else.This often meant Francesca sourcing and presenting multiple options, never allowing me to settle for a concept that I wasn't quite sold on. The second is efficiency, both from a time and cost perspective. We are time poor professionals with a very hectic family life, so having Francesca do so much of the leg work in booking appointments, finding suppliers, pulling together concepts etc was a life saver. This efficiency transcends to cost also. A great example of this was my tile selection, where Francesca had put together various concepts, all based on looks I had sent her, and at 3 different price points from budget to high-end. This approach meant that I spent less than an hour and one visit in total on tile selections (covering 7 wet areas), and was able to use a mix of products to achieve the look I was after, within my budget. This process was replicated across the home, allowing us to splurge where impact would be strongest, but also sourcing the most beautiful products in our price point.

Francesca was also a great guidance on where not to cut corners, explaining the longer term impact of why, many of which related to the maintenance / usability, both of which were key considerations of our brief. 

Francesca is a top class communicator, by far the best that we dealt with anywhere throughout our project. She is extremely responsive, a great listener and always solution oriented. I don't recall once having to chase Francesca up on anything.

Lastly, in terms of the quality of her designs, her joinery plan is truly one of a kind. Being big entertainers, the kitchen and living is the heart of our home and our happy place and how Francesca brought this to life, blending traditional elements of the original villa, into a modern state of the kitchen and living was incredible. We are so proud to open this space to all of our family and friends and will forever be grateful to Francesca for nailing every element of this brief and so so much more.

We can't stop from raving about Francesca and how grateful we are to have had her as such an integral part of our build. We highly recommend anyone looking for interior design and fitout services to reach out to her to discuss your vision. Like us I know the connection will be instant and I guarantee this will be the best and most important investment for your project.