Design Consultancy

Design consultancy suits clients who wish to lead their own projects, but just want help on some key areas. It offers the chance to access my expertise and get advice in a cost and time effective way. Often, I find the this falls into three main camps.

Help with starting out

With a huge range of (often conflicting) inspirations and rules online, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by choice and be unsure of where to begin. Sometimes couples design ideals don’t align, and they want help to find a middle ground. Here I can help either by us sitting down for a 1-2-1 meeting to chat everything over and/or by working on an initial idea’s presentation with some mood boards to refine your ideas and get you started.

Help with colours

For those dreaming of being bolder, colour consultancy helps draw out what you’ll love, inform you what will work in your home and give you the confidence to go for it. Here I’ll work on a presentation for each room including any details such as your existing furniture. I’ll recommend actual paints you can go and purchase to achieve the look.

Help with everything else

After a second eye on the architect’s plans? Aren’t sure where to shop for an item? After getting advice on how to use your budget best, do you need an expert eye to review your plans before committing?

The best solution here is a Design 1-2-1 session,  an hour-long ‘ask me anything’ session. I do these on fixed days, mostly in central Bristol or via Zoom, but I can also include travel to the site.

Commercial Interior Design

My Process

FAQ

Consultancy is for clients who are designing their own projects and want help with areas they’ve got stuck on, whereas I design the project in a full interior design service.

Of course! This a popular ask and we are happy to review plans in a 1-2-1 session or look over plans from an architect. We will just offer advice or sketches in the session, though if CAD drawings are needed, we can assist as a follow-on, chargeable, body of work.
The design 1-2-1 session is really led by you. It is an ask us anything session, so the more you prepare the more you will get out of the session. It might be helpful to have a presentation ready with images, samples or links open for the things you want discuss. Whatever you ask, we will do our best to help on the spot.

Absolutely! We are happy to help on anything from a repaint to a renovation. Our minimum booking is a one hour 1-2-1.

1-2-1 sessions are stand-alone, so if you need more help, you can come back for another one, or we can discuss a scope of work and associated costs. For concept or colour consultancy packages, our initial proposal will state the scope of work and what we will deliver, so everything is clear before you commit.

kind words

5/5
"We had never used an interior designer before and I wasn’t entirely sure we needed one. However, having seen everything that Gemma has added to our project, I would now always recommend people consider using an interior designer when undertaking a building project of any substance."
Eleanor Heck
5/5
"Gemma has been a wonderful help in the renovation of my central Bath apartment. The Georgian features of the apartment dictated somewhat the style the apartment needed. It was quite daunting for me, as I wasn’t used to this period and so I approached Gemma to help."
Victoria Gage
5/5
"Working with Gemma on this project helped take the stress out of this large renovation and got me to view the house as a whole rather than looking at one thing at a time. Everything was really clear and organised which helped a lot with the builders. Gemma had great ideas and a lot of creative solutions which really helped me get the most out of my budget."
Alex Holbourne

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