Welcome to Suzanne Allen Design
Passionate and dedicated, our team is committed to transforming spaces into stunning homes. With years of experience and a shared love for design, we bring creativity, expertise, and a personal touch to every project.
Suzanne Allen | Director & Lead Designer
As the founder and creative force behind Suzanne Allen Design, I bring over 17 years of specialised experience in residential interior design. My journey has been dedicated to guiding clients through new builds and renovations, with a particular passion for breathing new life into villas and bungalows through sympathetic transformations that honour their heritage while meeting modern needs.
My design philosophy centres on the belief that truly successful spaces reflect the personalities and lifestyles of those who inhabit them. This client-centred approach drives me to form meaningful connections with homeowners, helping them discover and express their unique style while ensuring functional, beautiful outcomes.
With extensive hands-on experience, including personal property renovations, I bring practical knowledge and creative vision to every project. Working alongside my daughter Maddy, we combine established expertise with fresh perspectives to deliver timeless, personalised design solutions that bring our clients lasting joy.
Maddy Allen | Design Associate
With a Fine Arts degree in Fashion and a passion for interior design, Maddy brings a fresh perspective and contemporary edge to our team. Her previous role as a Commercial Coordinator for a wholesale interior fabrics business developed her exceptional organisational skills and deep understanding of textiles, supplier relationships, and the logistics of bringing design visions to life.
Maddy's aesthetic leans toward natural, eco-friendly design solutions that are both beautiful and sustainable. She stays ahead of emerging trends while ensuring timeless appeal in every project. As a second-generation design enthusiast in the Allen family, Maddy combines innovative thinking with the established quality our clients have come to expect.
When not creating inspired spaces, Maddy enjoys Pilates, fashion exploration, and drawing inspiration from art galleries around New Zealand.
Kirsten Roberts | Design Specialist
With extensive experience spanning both commercial and residential interior design, Kirsten brings sophisticated expertise to our collaborative team. Her dual career as an accomplished artist, with works featured in private collections throughout New Zealand and internationally, infuses her design approach with an exceptional understanding of colour theory and spatial composition.
Kirsten's unique blend of design proficiency and artistic sensibility enables her to create environments that are not only aesthetically striking but also emotionally resonant. Her specialised perspective transforms ordinary spaces into extraordinary experiences that balance visual impact with practical functionality.
As our specialist design consultant, Kirsten complements our team's capabilities with her distinctive creative vision, allowing Suzanne Allen Design to offer truly comprehensive interior solutions for even the most unique projects. Her artistic eye proves invaluable when projects require that special creative touch.
“We worked with Suzanne on the interior renovation of our home in early 2023. She was terrific to work with, and made the whole process so easy. Suzanne saved us hundreds of dollars (possibly thousands) on products when purchasing through her, and saved us hours and hours of our limited time, bringing her involvement close to cost-neutral for our project. Because we are a busy professional couple with young kids, this help was invaluable. Suzanne would turn up at our doorstep with curtain samples, paint samples, carpet samples, and sent through product suggestions to my inbox. She was highly responsive, easy to work with, and very practical. She paid so much attention to what we were trying to get out of the reno, and to our budget. We will want to work with her again on our next job!”
Bungalow and villa renovation specialists
We are especially passionate about bungalows and villas and have each lived in both over the years. They can present some unique challenges during renovation and it’s helpful to have someone on your team with a great deal of experience and a repertoire of solutions that we know will work.
Other houses
While we love a good heritage or period home, we have lots of experience with other styles of homes including new builds, apartments and baches.
Our fees
We like to be transparent about how our pricing is structured, how many hours we work on your project while it’s in progress, and what you can expect to spend.
After our initial in-home consultation, we will send you an estimate of what you should expect to pay for our services. If it looks like we might need more time than initially thought, we’ll let you know in advance and we can discuss how to proceed.
Network of professionals
You may need new carpet, engineered timber flooring, updated drapes, or hanging of special artwork. We are not experts at everything and nor do we pretend to be (although we do know a lot of stuff about interiors!), but we do work with the experts. We’ll be able put you in touch with our trusted network of trade professionals who will work alongside us to get the job done.
Trade discounts
We have a great network of suppliers and this allows us to find some unique products that you won’t see in many retail stores. As our client, you will be able to take advantage of trade buying rates that we receive through many of these suppliers.
We will share with you any trade discounts we receive from suppliers, so you will almost always be paying less than retail rates. The amount of discount off the recommended retail price varies between suppliers and so do the savings that can be passed on.
The next step
If you have read this far you are probably planning a renovation or build project of some sort. Big or small, get in touch with us so we can walk you through the process.
“From start to finish the whole project flowed effortlessly. Suzanne listened to what we wanted and was able to provide design concepts that delivered on every front. The finished result is perfect on so many levels; it’s functional, it looks amazing and it’s a space we thoroughly enjoying being in.”
