Liveability is defined as the sum of the factors that add up to a community's quality of life - including the built and natural environments, economic prosperity, social stability and equity, educational opportunity and cultural and recreational possibilities. 

When designing there are multiple elements that we work with while progressing through the design process. Ultimately, as interior designers, we want to increase your standard of living and lifestyle within your home. This is the first ROI on your design fee, but great design will also increase the property value and saleability of a home.

Below we’ve listed a few of the design elements that we use when designing homes for our private clients and these influence our work with property developers too. 

Materials

Carefully selecting the right materials for the right job is key to ensuring that the home is both beautiful and practical. Surfaces are important as they are the intersection between your life and the building itself. The senses of touch and sight are key to take into account when selecting surfaces.

Space Planning

As Interior Architects, we’re able to carve up the space of an existing space to make it work harder for your lifestyle. We move walls, doors and windows to open up or close a space to make it relevant to how you want to use the space. 

Often when you move into a new property, you find that after a few months the house has dictated how you live in it, by working with professional designers, we’re able to change the layout so that it works with your lifestyle and not the other way around.

When we work with developers, we’re able to add value by designing floor plans that we know work well with varying demographics, eg: young families, newly retired, extended families etc. 

Layering to add comfort

Our inhouse stylists are great at getting this right. Think about a sofa, layer on some tactile cushions in varying fabrics and then top it off with a very comfortable large knit throw. These multiple layers engage your sense of touch and comfort.

There are multiple areas in a home where this technique adds that finishing touch and makes the property feel like a warm and comforting home.