Here’s what our clients have to say
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!
– Jin, Balmoral
I originally planned that Suzanne would simply assist us with the technical specifications for our new kitchen. However, her involvement grew to be much more significant as our renovation progressed. What a gift that was!
Suzanne and Kirsten were highly professional and immensely knowledgeable and skilled. They listened - and, more importantly, understood - and impressed me with their ability to align their work and approach to individual styles and budgets.
They expertly yet gently guided me out of my comfort zone when necessary and the end result is a home more beautiful than I'd imagined.
They were an absolute pleasure to work with - reliable, responsive, creative, fun, and wonderfully pragmatic.
In my experience, what is said about interior designers is true: They will save you time, stress, issues, and money. I would not hesitate to use Suzanne and Kirsten again, and have already recommended them to others.
– KARINA, SANDRINGHAM
We've worked with Suzanne on two projects. She designed and project managed the renovation of our kitchen and recently has helped us with a kitchen and bathroom project in the Coromandel.
We loved working with Suzanne, so knowledgeable, professional and always provides options for different budgets etc which we really value and appreciate. She has great product knowledge and is very clever with her use of spaces and materials.
– Sam & Aimee, Pt CHEVALIER
We enjoyed working with Suzanne to help us design a new kitchen for our renovation of our indoor/ outdoor living, lounge and kitchen area. Suzanne listened closely to our wish list and ideas but also added her great design and practical ideas to make the kitchen not only look fantastic but function extremely well. She has extensive product knowledge she could share and all the materials used are of an excellent quality. We continue to get many compliments on our kitchen and love all aspects of it, especially our beautiful stone topped island/ breakfast bar and our separate tea/coffee making nook.
– Toni & Lance, Milford
We loved working with Suzanne. Our tastes aligned, and everything she suggested we loved!
She was full of great ideas and thought of all those little, but important, things that we wouldn't have considered.
She has great trade contacts, and having her coordinate all the interiors suppliers was amazing.
Using Suzanne made the whole process exciting and really seamless.
We thoroughly recommend her.
– Juliet & Randolph, Mt Eden
Suzanne designed our new family bathroom and ensuite. Suzanne's down to earth approach makes her so easy to work with, she has a great eye and created two beautiful bathrooms for our home.
– Lisa & Adam, Pt Chevalier
Suzanne is great to deal with. Open to your ideas and great at bringing new ideas to the table. She is excellent at interpreting Architects plans and pointing out issues as they arise with builders. I would happily recommend her. Great to work with.
– Sally & Fletcher, Sandringham
We hired Suzanne on the recommendation of our architect. We were renovating/rebuilding our 1920's bungalow and needed help with the interior design of pretty much every aspect of this daunting project.
Suzanne's design of our kitchen, scullery and laundry area managed to incorporate every one of our long list of functional requests and at the same time creating exactly the look we were after. Her experience, expertise, industry contacts and patience extended to excellent advice and design for the rest of the house as well. We have had cabinetry built in, tiling, bathroom fittings, soft furnishings and wall colours - all meeting our brief and creating the modern, comforting family home that we wanted all along.
We can recommend Suzanne's professional expertise combined with her down to earth approach and would happily work with her again.
– Tracy & Dave, Epsom
We used Suzanne a couple of years ago to design our kitchen and absolutely loved what she did for us and the end result, so have now used her for a second time. Suzanne understood what we wanted in a kitchen and scullery and her design catered to all our needs. Her advice, assistance with selecting products and accessing suppliers made the process so much easier and took away a lot of stress normally associated with designing a kitchen. It was a pleasure working with Suzanne.
– Karen & David, Herne Bay
Suzanne has given us our dream kitchen that we love to bits. From start to finish the whole project flowed effortlessly. She listened to what we wanted and was able to provide design concepts that delivered on every front. She gave us options with respect to appliances and aesthetic finishes and we have been delighted. The finished result is perfect on so many levels; it's functional for several people to work in (Xmas was a breeze), it looks amazing and it's a space we thoroughly enjoying being in for a large part of the day. Suzanne was an absolute pleasure to work with and I would not hesitate in recommending her to anyone considering a kitchen/family room renovation.
– Michele & Chris, FoRrest Hill
Suzanne helped us with the design of our new kitchen, which was part of an extensive renovation of our 100 year old villa. She also assisted with interior paint colours throughout the house and the new studio, and sourced a specialty cabinet maker who crafted all of our wooden kitchen and main bathroom units. We appreciated her patience while we explored many potential options along the way, and how she worked to support our desire to retain the character of our house, whilst also helping us to make it as comfortable and functional as possible. She was a fantastic resource of ideas, coming from a contemporary perspective, but also able to go off piste with us when requested.
– Cindy & Mike, Herne Bay
Suzanne was commissioned to modernise a 1980's kitchen in a 1870's Parnell cottage renovation. From the outset she was easy to deal with and very sympathetic to our brief. She also offered great ideas which we embraced. We now have a fabulous, workable kitchen which my chef wife Kylie, reckons is the best one she's ever worked in. It not only works, but is a stunning place to be in or entertain. I wouldn't hesitate to use Suzanne again.
– Peter & Kylie, Parnell
I met with Suzanne following a recommendation from our architect when we renovated our Grey Lynn villa. I knew instantly that Suzanne would design something fabulous for us as I walked her through our project. Suzanne took the time to listen to my long list of requirements and ideas, and made suitable suggestions based on her experience and knowledge of design. Suzanne proactively worked with our kitchen builder, ensuring our job was a perfect result. I would absolutely recommend Suzannes work.
– Rebecca, Grey Lynn
Suzanne was recommended to us by our project manager from CB Projects who renovated our home. She did a fantastic job of bringing our many ideas together. Her experience and expertise especially became evident when discussing materials and appliances and kitchen functionality as I was unsure of any of these things (due to the fact that I'm not the greatest cook and haven't really spent that much time in the kitchen-but with the new kitchen do plan to work on that!). Essentially we wanted a kitchen that was easy for a few people to work in at the same time, clean lines, good storage, functionality and durability. Suzanne helped us achieve this. We are glad that she communicated with the cabinetmaker and could direct us to stores and sites that she felt would work well with what we needed and importantly within our budget. Would absolutely recommend her services to others.
Alicia, Grey Lynn
We have a very small narrow galley kitchen and Suzanne was able to come up with a perfect design for the space. By knocking out a partial wall Suzanne was able to create a breakfast bar area, for which I never imagined we would be able to achieve. We also gained more storage (and a sunny reading spot) by putting in a window seat as an extension of the kitchen itself. Our one 'want' was a big oven, which in a small kitchen is not always practical, but Suzanne came up with many great ideas to maximise storage in a very small space and we got our oven! The products she recommended were fantastic, and we now have a stylish, practical kitchen that we love. I would highly recommend Suzanne, she did an excellent job.