My Beautiful Abode

My Beautiful Abode

About

Your home is an opportunity to let people know more about you. As a designer, I love to bring together the key elements for a cohesive interior, how it feels, looks and is used. For almost thirty years, I’ve designed and styled homes across Melbourne, regional Victoria and further afield. My design philosophy is to ensure that each space I design is practical and attractive and blends its unique features with your style.

As an interior designer and stylist, I’m engaged for my sense of style and my ability to express creative ideas, as well as for my expertise and experience. I appreciate that working with an interior designer is an investment in improving what’s often your most valuable asset, let alone the place you retreat to from the rest of the world. Based in Melbourne’s east, I work closely with a diverse range of clients to transform houses to beautiful homes. I work with architects and builders as well as homeowners. My services offer a flexible array of options from full design through to clarifying directions to support confident decision making. Sometimes, people are too busy to research and source the pieces that will elevate their home. Rightfully, people can be concerned about making expensive mistakes. I also have clients who really just aren’t that interested in interior design. They know their space doesn’t look or feel quite right, and they outsource the process of finding the solution. I’m more than happy to oblige! It’s my job to guide you in making your house your home.

My Beautiful Abode
My Beautiful Abode
My Beautiful Abode

Sophie was a pleasure to work with, and made the process easy by narrowing down the options for us to choose from. We are extremely happy with how the space has come together and the beautiful pieces she has recommended.

We engaged Sophie early last year when we planned to move houses. We were stressed with the whole covid situation and restrictions meant we really couldn’t travel to assess what we needed. 

Sophie made the entire process easy and smooth. She gave us a lot of options, conceptualised the whole design, helped organise furniture, art work, beautiful indoor plants and lots of creative ideas to make the home look open and beautiful. 

She is thorough, creative, and delivers on time with always a smile on her face. She is open to feedback and always keeps her clients in mind when she designs and makes decisions. 

We continue to receive great feedback from friends and family. 

Personally very happy with how beautifully she has designed my Yoga room. I get a lot of compliments for the space. Highly recommend.

We engaged Sophie early last year when we planned to move houses. We were stressed with the whole covid situation and restrictions meant we really couldn’t travel to assess what we needed. 

Sophie made the entire process easy and smooth. She gave us a lot of options, conceptualised the whole design, helped organise furniture, art work, beautiful indoor plants and lots of creative ideas to make the home look open and beautiful. 

She is thorough, creative, and delivers on time with always a smile on her face. She is open to feedback and always keeps her clients in mind when she designs and makes decisions. 

We continue to receive great feedback from friends and family. 

Personally very happy with how beautifully she has designed my Yoga room. I get a lot of compliments for the space. Highly recommend.

In 2018 we decided to engage with a professional consultant to update and freshen up our cape cod home. Sophie throughout the process has been amazing to work with. From paint, to furniture, window coverings, bathroom design and anything else that needed revamping! Sophie achieved our end result. Although our home just sold, everyone that came to inspections were so impressed by the colour scheme put together by Sophie. We will be using Sophie again in our up and coming project.

This is the third time we have used Sophie’s services. She did such a wonderful job helping us set up our living area when we moved house a few years ago, that we rang her again when we wanted to make over teenage boys rooms (one last year and the final room over the past few months). On all 3 occasions she has been such a pleasure to work with and it is the reason we keep coming back. For our latest project we had the added complexity of working through the COVID lockdown and Sophie was wonderful at arranging trades and deliveries and doing remote consultations when necessary. We have been so delighted with the outcome of all 3 projects and had such wonderful feedback from friends and family. I would not hesitate to recommend Sophie.

Sophie has helped to transform our home from run down, cluttered, dated and mismatched into a bright, character-filled, cohesive living space that we enjoy every day. Without Sophie's guidance, we would have been paralysed by indecision and would never have achieved the dramatic makeover that she has overseen. I appreciated Sophie's practical and commonsense approach to choosing affordable items that would not only look the part and be comfortable, but also be durable for heavy use in a family with 2 boys. Thank you Sophie for all your help.

Sophie was brilliant. She contacted us almost straight away and came to our house on a public holiday. Her ideas were amazing and she was very patient with us as we went back and forward over decisions. What was really appreciated was the understanding that we could explore different finishes for different rooms at a pace that suited us. Would highly recommend and use Sophie again.

Sophie was a delight to work with.

After returning to Melbourne from overseas, we had lots of gaps to fill in furnishing our new home. Sophie made the entire process seamless, managing everything from sourcing to delivery and installation, even picture hanging. She was always open to ideas, while confidently guiding decisions with her expert eye for what will look best. She quickly understood my style and thoughtfully incorporated existing pieces alongside new selections. She also had lots of practical, family-focused suggestions to make the spaces function well day-to-day.

I was at a loss as to how to furnish the open plan kitchen-dining-living area, but Sophie immediately knew how to make it feel beautifully zoned, with smart, stylish pieces and storage that works for life with kids. She also created a gorgeous bedroom for my daughter that’s playful and age-appropriate now and timeless enough to grow with her in the future. She has an amazing knowledge of what’s available, what’s good value, and what will work!

What I appreciated most was Sophie’s sensitivity to creating a home that feels calm, cohesive, and like ‘us’. She remained mindful of budget throughout, making the most of trade discounts and being conscious of spending in the right places.

We are so happy with the result. Thank you Sophie!