KL Design, Wellington
From comfortable family living to chic apartment style, KL Design will work with you to create functional and workable spaces, always with an interesting twist. Striving to capture the essence of her clients personality and translate it into the interior.
Karen was born and raised in the Wairarapa and has worked in the
Interior Design Industry for the past 20 years, both in New Zealand
and London. She studied Interior Design through the English based
Rhodec International Design School and currently splits her time
between her Wellington based Interior Design Consultancy and as
a Designers Guild Specialist for Small Acorns Design
Store.
She can work on an hourly rate basis or on a fixed price quote
with her service including; Curtain and Soft Furnishing
Specialist; Interior/Exterior Colour
Consultation; Sourcing of all Floor/Wall and Surface
Finishes; Lighting Selection; Liaising with your Kitchen
and Bathroom Designer and Product Specification; Furniture
Layout and Supplier of Quality Furniture; Recovery and
Restoration of Existing Furniture; Domestic and Commercial
Interiors.
Beautiful fabrics, quality furniture and interiors with soul and
warmth always inspire her rooms. A great listener and a willingness
to work very closely with her clients needs, ensures that her
interiors are both personal, functional and unique and most
importantly are spaces that stand the test of time and tell a
story.
Testimonials
Karen has provided interior design advice to me over the last
two years on various design aspects of our family home. Over that
time I have had to make many design decisions and Karen has been
fantastic in guiding me through those decisions. Karen is a delight
to work with. She has a passion for design and listens rather than
dictates (but Karen is not passive either - she has, in an
understated way, prevented me from making, what would have been
unfortunate, design decisions). Karen has lovely taste in interior
design and not only has the ability to marry all aspects of
interior design together (be it expensive or inexpensive pieces)
but is also able to quickly recognise what you, as the person or
family that will live with the end result likes and dislikes and
what works for you. I have a home that is not yet renovated and
Karen's brief has been to provide furniture, fabrics, wallpaper,
rugs, curtains and design that work well in our existing home (as
well as satisfying my husband's design requirements - he is an
architect so that is not an easy task), that our young children
will not damage too much, and that will also work in the spaces
once renovated. I consider my brief to Karen to be extremely
challenging and varied. This has not fazed Karen who is always
positive, returns my many calls and has achieved the results I
wanted great success! I am continuing to use Karen for the
remainder of the work required on our home and would, and often do,
happily recommend her services to anyone thinking of undertaking
any interior design work.
Paula Nicolaou, Lawyer, Wellington