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A space can have depth without feeling heavy.That usually comes down to balance. Lighter surfaces, deeper tones, softer ...
28/05/2026

A space can have depth without feeling heavy.

That usually comes down to balance. Lighter surfaces, deeper tones, softer textures, and enough contrast to give the room some mood without making it feel weighed down.

If you’d like to book a design consultation, you can submit an enquiry via my website.







A moody palette doesn’t have to feel heavy.With soft bedding, warm timber, and a bit of afternoon light, it can still fe...
27/05/2026

A moody palette doesn’t have to feel heavy.
With soft bedding, warm timber, and a bit of afternoon light, it can still feel calm and easy.




A bedroom refresh with a simple brief: keep the room feeling clean, calm and practical, while bringing more warmth throu...
25/05/2026

A bedroom refresh with a simple brief: keep the room feeling clean, calm and practical, while bringing more warmth through the furniture, lighting and textiles.

The rug was chosen at a scale that properly grounds the bed, extending beyond the sides and foot rather than sitting too tightly underneath it. From there, the focus was on balancing the timber tones in the bedhead, bedside and lamp base with fresh white French flax linen and a simple deep charcoal edge detail.

The lamps were refined with updated shades, helping them sit more comfortably within the room and giving the bedside areas a softer, more integrated finish.

A small project, but a useful reminder that the details around a bed do a lot of work. Scale, texture and lighting all change how the room feels in use.

For interior design support, enquiries can be submitted through the Koto Designs website.

Linen: Landon Quilt Cover 100% Flax Linen by

Lamp: Fresco Table Lamp by




An initial design consultation is often most useful before too much has been locked in.It can help clarify what is and i...
19/05/2026

An initial design consultation is often most useful before too much has been locked in.

It can help clarify what is and isn’t working, which decisions need to be made early, and where the project would benefit from more direction before things move further.

That might be layout, flow, lighting, furniture, materials, finishes, storage, or simply working out what to prioritise first.

For some projects, that consultation is enough to create clarity and a clear next step. For others, it becomes the starting point for a broader design process.

If you’d like to book an initial design consultation, you can submit an enquiry via my website.




Flat lay: warm, rich and earthy palette.With blackbutt timber flooring, muted green upholstery, and soft neutral linens,...
12/05/2026

Flat lay: warm, rich and earthy palette.

With blackbutt timber flooring, muted green upholstery, and soft neutral linens, this scheme leans on materiality as much as colour.

The variation in texture does most of the work here. The timber adds richness, the stone keeps things grounded, and the linen brings a casual softness.

Together, it creates a sense of balance in both tone and feel, so the space ends up calm, practical, and comfortable to live in.

If you’d like to book an initial design consultation, you can submit an enquiry through my website.





Styling wasn’t something I was directly taught as a standalone subject in design school, but many of the principles that...
05/05/2026

Styling wasn’t something I was directly taught as a standalone subject in design school, but many of the principles that inform it were there from the beginning.

Things like proportion, balance, rhythm, contrast, composition, and how elements relate within a space still shape how I approach the final layer of a room now.

It’s part of why I don’t think of styling as separate from design. It may sit later in the process, but it still depends on the thinking underneath it.

If you’d like to book an initial design consultation, you can submit an enquiry through my website.

One of the parts of design I value most is the process of understanding what a space really needs, and how each decision...
28/04/2026

One of the parts of design I value most is the process of understanding what a space really needs, and how each decision should support the next.

That might be layout, flow, lighting, finishes, storage, or simply finding a clearer direction before too much is locked in.

Sometimes the issue is easy to identify. Sometimes it takes a closer look to understand why a room feels awkward, unfinished, or harder to live in than it should.

The best outcomes usually come from paying attention early, asking the right questions, and resolving the parts of a space that are working against the overall feel and function.

If you’d like to book an initial design consultation, you can submit an enquiry through my website.









The rooms that feel most resolved are usually not the result of last-minute styling or lucky decisions. More often, they...
23/04/2026

The rooms that feel most resolved are usually not the result of last-minute styling or lucky decisions. More often, they come from having a clear direction early, while the important choices are still being made.

That is where design input can be especially valuable. It helps create a stronger foundation for the project, so the layout, materials, lighting, and overall feel of the room are working together from the outset.

When that early direction is in place, the rest of the process tends to feel clearer and the final result more cohesive.

If you’d like to book an initial design consultation, you can submit an enquiry through my website.








It’s easy to end up with plenty of ideas for a space and still no clear plan for how it should come together.There might...
16/04/2026

It’s easy to end up with plenty of ideas for a space and still no clear plan for how it should come together.

There might be saved images, Pinterest boards, favourite pieces, and a general sense of what you like.

But knowing what appeals to you is not the same as knowing how to turn that into a space that feels cohesive, functional, and considered as a whole.

Sometimes that means a project stays in the idea stage for too long, with too many references pulling in different directions and no clear way forward.

Other times, people start making decisions, but because there is no real structure behind them, the project becomes disjointed. The style shifts, choices get second-guessed, and the overall result feels less resolved than it should.

That is usually the difference between having inspiration and having direction.

At a certain point, the most useful thing is not more ideas. It is a clearer way of working through what is already there.

If you’d like to book an initial design consultation, you can submit an enquiry through my website.




A lot of people think the success of a space comes down to the final layer.The furniture.The styling.The artwork.The det...
14/04/2026

A lot of people think the success of a space comes down to the final layer.

The furniture.
The styling.
The artwork.
The details that make it feel finished.

But in many cases, the more expensive mistakes happen earlier than that.

They start with a layout that has not been properly resolved, lighting that has not been thoughtfully considered, materials that do not work together in context, or decisions being made in the wrong order.

By the time a room feels flat, awkward, or harder than expected to pull together, the issue is often not the styling itself. It is that the underlying decisions were never properly worked through.

That is one of the reasons design input can be so valuable early in a project.

If you’d like to book an initial design consultation, you can submit an enquiry through my website.

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Perth, WA
6000

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Tuesday 10am - 4am
Wednesday 10am - 4am
Thursday 10am - 4am
Friday 10am - 4am

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