Design services · One room to a whole home
Good design
goes much deeper.
Bring a clear vision, a collection of ideas or a dream you cannot quite put into words. We listen, explore possibilities with you and bring together design, quality products and technical detail to make the space your own.
Whether you need a single bathroom, a coordinated home or help with a specification, we agree the work, the fee and the deliverables from the start.
Behind the design · From conversation to construction
Every detail has a reason.
A finished photograph shows how a room looks. Understanding what needed to change, which ideas we explored and how we made them work reveals much more: why a doorway moved, why storage sits in a particular place, or why a detail makes everyday life easier.
Our designs develop through conversation. Lisa, Hannah and Maha bring ideas to the table, question them and sketch alternatives together. One designer takes the scheme forward, with the team’s experience and fresh perspectives helping to refine it along the way.
It often starts with pen and paper.
A quick sketch lets us capture an idea while we are talking. It might be loose, unfinished and not to scale: its purpose is to explore possibilities, move things around and see a different way of using the space.
That back-and-forth is part of the pleasure of designing together. An initial suggestion becomes a shared discussion: could this work better, what if we changed that, and how would it feel to use?
Then we work through the detail.
The strongest ideas develop into measured layouts, perspectives, material choices and working drawings. We test the practical details, coordinate the elements and explain the decisions, so you can understand the proposed room before it is built.
The finished result is the last part of the story. The thinking and execution explain how we got there.
Understand the problem
What is awkward, missing or no longer working for those using the room?
Explore ideas together
Discuss, sketch and compare possibilities, building on each other’s suggestions.
Resolve and execute
Develop the chosen direction into drawings and details that communicate how it will be made.
Show what changed
Look at the completed room and connect each important detail to the need it answers.
We ask the experts · From our Revealed archive
What’s the difference between layout and design?
It is a question worth asking before you begin. For Revealed, Lisa interviewed six of her design peers about the thinking behind a room: how it works, how it feels and the value of getting the details right.
We are revisiting that conversation here, alongside our own design process, to help you understand what a considered design brings to your project.
“Design involves bringing time, skill and empathy to the process of making something.”
Johnny Grey · From the original interview
The right level of support
Start with what you need.
A single room.
A kitchen, bathroom or another space that deserves careful thought. Layout, materials, products and practical details are considered together.
Talk about your room →A whole project.
A coordinated approach across several rooms, from kitchens and bathrooms to furniture, doors and finishes, working with your architect and wider team.
Explore whole-home design →A specification.
Already have a design? We can help with product selection, material sourcing and an agreed specification. Supply can be included, or quoted from an existing schedule.
Specification & supply →What you are paying for
A design you can understand.
A package your team can use.
Your written proposal confirms which of the following are included, for which rooms, and at which stage. A specification-only brief has a different scope from a full design commission.
- Brief, mood boards & materials
- Your preferences, routines and priorities translated into a design direction, with finishes and materials sourced around your brief.
- Layouts & perspectives
- Space planning, elevations and 3D visualisations to help you understand proportions, storage and how the room will feel.
- Product specification
- The agreed products, finishes, sizes and quantities brought together in a coordinated schedule, with the components and checks needed for the scheme.
- Budget review & alternatives
- Thoughtful comparisons and adjustments to keep the scheme aligned with your budget, with a clear explanation of any compromises.
- Full working drawings
- Detailed drawings for our agreed design scope, including relevant dimensions, elevations, first-fix coordination and bespoke details. Prepared after the order is placed and released after the agreed deposit.
- Handover & design support
- Information for your installer and answers to questions about our design. Site supervision and full project management are separate services.
Behind the design · The Hut en suite
A line of light.
A room designed around it.
This is the en suite for which Maha was shortlisted in the Designerati Awards. Its defining feature grew from a coordinated idea: position a rooflight directly above the shower, carry the glazing to ceiling height and use the tile layout to lead the eye towards the sky.
The challenge was to make daylight and the room’s proportions work together. The flat-roof construction gave us the opportunity to design the skylight into the space from the outset.
From pen to paper · Into perspective
Before the finished room,
there was an idea.
A sketch gives the team something to discuss. Visualisations then help us explore the proportions, finishes and glazing before the details are resolved in the working drawings.
The first sketch
An early hand sketch explores the rooflight, shower and a continuous band of material through the room.
Exploring a framed enclosure
A design visualisation tests dark framing, the basin setting and the shower beneath the rooflight.
Exploring clearer sightlines
An alternative visualisation explores a lighter glazing treatment and the view towards the daylight.
Place the daylight
We deliberately positioned the skylight directly above the shower. It makes natural light part of the experience of using the room.
Keep the view open
The full-height Matki shower door preserves the sightline to the rooflight and allows its light to reach into the room.
Align the materials
We sourced metre-wide tiles in two shades. A continuous band runs from the doorway into the shower, then up the wall towards the skylight, tying the surfaces together.
Resolve the execution
Plans, sections and detail drawings coordinate the enclosure, fittings, niche and finishes. The result depends on those relationships being considered together.
03 / Resolve the details
From the shared idea to the working drawings.
The team’s discussion becomes a detailed scheme led by Maha. These three sheets show the developed design: layout, perspectives, elevations and construction details. They record a design stage; the finished photographs show how the room was realised.
Explore the shower sections and niche detail
Project archive: drawn by M. Martinez, checked by Lisa Melvin. Drawings are shown to explain the design process, not for construction or scaling. Products and details shown reflect this stage of the project.
04 / The completed room
The idea, brought to life.
The finished photographs bring the rooflight, full-height glazing and continuous tile band back into focus.
A bathroom, from first ideas to finished room
See the design take shape.
Seeing the original room, a 3D perspective and the finished bathroom together makes the design process tangible. A perspective helps you understand the proposed space, discuss the details and make decisions before installation begins.
It sits alongside the agreed layouts, specification and working drawings that turn those ideas into a coordinated design package.
Inside a real design package · The Eames kitchen
One kitchen.
Many layers of thought.
These extracts show how a scheme develops from a room layout and perspectives into electrical coordination and step-by-step instructions for bespoke shelving.
01 / Make the space work.
Seating, storage and circulation are resolved together, before individual products are ordered.
02 / Join up the decisions.
The elevations and schedule turn a visual idea into a coordinated set of product and furniture decisions.
03 / Plan before first fix
The details behind the finishes.
Lighting, sockets and appliance positions affect the cabinetry and the way the kitchen is used. The electrical coordination drawing gives the wider team information to discuss before installation.
Final electrical design and installation remain with the appointed electrical specialist.
04 / Resolve the bespoke details
Behind the concealed shelves.
The quiet appearance of this storage wall depends on a much more detailed set of instructions: the supporting structure, the sliding doors and the order of assembly.
Look closer: the built-in shelf and material junctions
Selected presentation extracts from the Eames project. Visualisations show the proposed design. Drawing extracts are illustrative, not for construction or scale; project-specific dimensions and conditions must be checked on site.
Making your budget work harder
Spend where it matters.
Find options where it helps.
Quality is our starting point. We want your budget to work as hard as it can, with the right investment in the products, performance and details that matter most to you.
That might mean an alternative finish, a different product within the brief, or a simpler detail that protects the overall design. We explain the effect on appearance, performance, durability and the quotation before you decide.
Our product knowledge and supplier relationships can save you time researching and comparing options, and help identify savings. The opportunities depend on the project; we do not promise a fixed saving.
Clear from the outset
The fee. The deposit.
The release of your drawings.
These are separate stages, so you know what you are committing to.
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Agree the brief & fee
We confirm the rooms, scope and design fee before starting. The agreed design fee is paid before your design consultation.
Review the scheme
We present the design, specification and whole-project quotation for discussion. Plans and perspectives can be reviewed during the consultation.
Confirm & pay the deposit
Once the design and quotation are accepted, the agreed order deposit is due. The design fee and order deposit are separate payments.
Release the agreed package
Working drawings follow the order. Plans, drawings and design packages are released only after the agreed deposit has been received.
Reviewing a design is different from receiving the package.
Paying the initial design fee does not release take-away plans or working drawings. For a specification-only commission, we agree the fee, deposit and document-release stage in writing for that service.
Included as agreed
The rooms, drawings, schedules, product supply and support listed in your proposal. You will know the scope and fee before work begins.
Agreed separately
Installation, building work, site supervision and full project management are not automatically included. Specialist structural, electrical or other technical design and sign-off sit with the relevant appointed professionals.
Can you quote from plans I already have?
Yes. Send your existing plans or a product schedule and we can discuss specification support or a supply quotation. A quotation from your own information is different from commissioning a new design.
Will I receive a line-by-line product price list?
Our design-and-supply service is quoted as a whole project, rather than a line-by-line product price list. The agreed specification sets out what is included, and changes are reviewed with you before ordering.
What should I bring to the first conversation?
Your plans or measurements, photographs, ideas, budget range and intended timescale. Tell us who is already involved and which decisions you need help with.
See the spaces in use
From one bathroom
to a whole home.
Your project · Your priorities
At the design table / RugbyLet’s talk
about what
you need.
Bring your ideas, plans and budget. We will help you work out the right level of design, specification and supply support.
Good design starts
with a conversation.