Client - Grainnie & Jon

“Working with Amanda was an absolute dream and I have already recommended her to a number of friends. It is difficult to articulate all the ways in which Amanda added value to our project. Our expectations were well and truly surpassed beyond what we thought the scope of using an interior designer would give us. We were undertaking a side return extension moving many of our living spaces around plus a total bathroom refurb and the outcome so beyond what we could have achieved without her. Not only are her design recommendations thoughtful and unique, but her knowledge of suppliers ensured we got amazing quality finishes at great value. She advised where we should invest a little more and where we could make savings without compromising. She gave us the confidence to go for more interesting and impactful colour choices, helped us be braver and found ways to really pull the scheme together beautifully. We felt she very much understood us and got our personal tastes and styles whilst also showing us some aesthetics that we would not have chosen but loved.

Amanda project managed so impeccably. We had clear and timely shopping lists. Decisions were flagged ahead of time, so we were never having to make rushed decisions on the back foot. She helped us manage difficult conversations with builders and her experience meant she could direct builders to achieve the look we wanted. She handled with grace, efficiency and speed every time there was a curve ball or we would think an item was not “quite right,” always quickly finding a new solution or alternative. We would have made so many silly and costly mistakes without her. There are just so many decisions to make in a project of the size we had (we had no idea!) and because of Amanda we didn’t end up in indecision paralysis and were given small concise options of what we were always confident were the best options due to her amazing connections and contacts. She recommended changing a key layout in our extension, and we are so thankful every single day that she did. Our original placement of the kitchen would have been oversized and dark, we couldn’t have envisaged just how impactful the light in the final layout was going to be.

It would have been very easy for us to end up with a big standard white and glass box at the back of our home, but thanks to Amanda we have so much more than we could ever have hoped for. There is no way we could have achieved the finish we did for the budget we had without Amanda. When friends ask us how we survived living on a building site our answer was always “because we had an Amanda” I don’t know how we would have got through it without her.”