Juliette · Livesey Design
People first, then the room.
Good interior design starts with understanding how you actually live.
I design spaces around the people who use them. Beautiful finishes matter, of course, but the layout, flow and practical details have to work first. My job is to understand what isn't working, explore what could, and help you make confident decisions before anything becomes expensive or permanent.
Design instinct, with a practical streak.
I'm Juliette, owner and designer at Livesey Design. I trained in residential interior design at the KLC School of Design in London, learning to balance creative instinct with the practical side of a room: spatial planning, ergonomics, lighting, materials, colour and detailed measured design. Before that, I worked in research, which probably explains why I'm always interested in understanding the problem before jumping to the answer.
That analytical side now feeds directly into the way I design. I use digital tools and realistic 3D imagery to test ideas, compare options and give clients a safe place to explore possibilities before committing to them. But I'm also very hands-on. I love power tools and DIY. If something breaks in my home, I'm usually the one trying to fix it.
My approach
Beautiful matters. But first, let's make sure the room actually works.
Design before decoration
Get the room working first.I start with the fundamentals: who uses the room, how you move through it, where things need to go, lighting and access. Is there enough storage? (Almost never.) A room furnished from IKEA can feel a million dollars if it properly suits the people living in it. Equally, you can buy a gorgeous sofa and still not love being in the room. That's usually a spatial design problem, not a styling one.
Work with the reality
Good design doesn't ignore constraints.I'll look at your space with fresh eyes and understand what's actually causing the problems before jumping to a solution. Sometimes a wall or door really does need to move. Sometimes one clever piece of furniture can do three jobs. I'll explore the possibilities, show you what they could look like in realistic 3D and help you work out where your budget is best spent.
Make it feel like you
You do have a style, I promise.Some clients know exactly what they like. Others are convinced they don't have a style at all. You do, I promise. And I'm interested in more than your Pinterest board. Where do you feel completely at ease? What colours, places or even sounds are you drawn to? What do you absolutely hate? My job is to spot the patterns, decode them and translate them into a space that feels like you, not a showroom.
“You can change the wall colour and buy a gorgeous sofa, but if you still don't love being in the room, that's usually a spatial design problem, not a styling one.”
Have a room that's not quite working?
Tell me what's bothering you and what you're hoping to achieve. We'll work out what kind of help you actually need and go from there.
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