There was a time when traditional styles seemed to dominate home design. As people spend more time in their homes, entertaining, working, relaxing they’re choosing instead to create environments that reflect their own individual sense of style. Unwilling to sacrifice comfort for design, they’re mixing different periods, fabrics, even styles and furnishings to bring a sense of relaxed, casual elegance into their homes. The days of the formal living room that was never used are gone. Now, people want to create a sense of sophisticated elegance for every room in the house, using ‘collected’ or mixed looks as opposed to the pure period looks of the past. The contrast and surprise of blending formal and informal styles together are what make home design so exciting today. More of a conservative approach carried out in a casual way, where less formal, less ‘period’ pieces mix in naturally with classic anchor pieces. The old standards can exist side by side with more contemporary styles, and the results are often extraordinary. A good choice of furniture is key to the look of a room and mixed with other elements such as the fabrics and ligthing can bring a room to life. The studio can held you to visualise the impact of key pieces of exceptional furniture, fabrics & lighting.