High-end interior designer on Sydney’s Northern Beaches & North Shore
Led by DIA Accredited interior designer Alex Stone, our goal is to create luxury residential interiors tailored to your family’s unique daily routines and lifestyle. As a design studio we do not confirm to any specific signature style, we prefer not to follow cookie-cutter Instagram trends, instead we collaborate to craft a highly functional home that reflects your personality, the way you live, and stands the test of time.
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Space Planning
A successful renovation begins with a holistic spatial vision. Your interior designer will evaluate how your home functions as a whole, developing conceptual floor plan layouts that optimise circulation and visual flow between living zones, private spaces, and entertaining areas. By refining room proportions, furniture arrangements, and interior sightlines, we create a clear design direction that is tailored to your family’s unique daily routines and lifestyle.
High Quality Renders & Documentation
Visualising how materials, colour, light, and custom elements translate awithin a space can be challenging. We bridge the gap between concept and reality by providing high quality 3D renders that allow you to step inside your redesigned home and experience the space before finalising any key decisions.
Alongside these visual concepts, your interior designer will prepare a detailed interior documentation package including interior joinery elevations, material schedules, lighting plans, and fixture specifications. This provides a clear, comprehensive design roadmap for your appointed builder or contractor to price and execute your vision with precision.
Exclusive Trade Pricing & Procurement
Furnishing multiple rooms or an entire home requires curating pieces that offer lasting quality and timeless appeal. Leveraging our long-standing industry relationships with premium furniture suppliers, textile houses, and boutique artisans, we secure exclusive trade pricing across your entire furniture package.
From designer sofas, dining settings, and custom upholstery to bespoke rugs, window treatments, and decorative lighting, we pass these trade savings directly to you with complete transparency. This enables you to invest in higher-caliber, trade-only furnishings and custom pieces while benefitting from savings that help offset our design fees.
Tendering & Trade Procurement
Securing the right build team is vital for a successful renovation and we understand that this is a key concern for most people. To ensure you have complete peace of mind, we manage the tendering process on your behalf by issuing our comprehensive interior documentation packages to vetted, high-end builders, joiners, and trade specialists across Sydney.
Your interior designer will assist in analysing incoming tenders line by line to ensure true like-for-like pricing, evaluate allowance schedules, and identify potential discrepancies early. This objective review empowers you to select trusted contractors who align perfectly with your budget, quality expectations, and timeline.
Production Drawing Review
Before any custom joinery enters fabrication, your interior designer will thoroughly audit the joiner’s workshop production drawings against our master design documentation. This essential quality-control step protects your investment, ensuring precision alignment with the design intent and preventing costly on-site surprises.
On-Site Construction Support
We bridge the gap between design concept and physical build with dedicated on-site reviews. Throughout the renovation, your interior designer will conduct scheduled inspections at key milestones, alongside your builder and trades to monitor progress, answer questions and provide design direction . This hands-on collaboration protects the design vision and your investment, ensuring every detail is executed with exact precision while providing you with total peace of mind.
Book an Initial discovery session
A 20-minute tailored conversation with our Creative Director to discuss your project scope, budget, and timeline.
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Project Highlights
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Customer Journey
Discovery
Consultation
- Every project begins with a personal conversation to understand your needs, lifestyle, and vision
- We explore your ideas, routines, and aspirations to uncover what makes your home uniquely yours
- These insights form the foundation for a detailed project brief and clearly defined scope of work
- The consultation also allows us to ensure we’re the right fit for a smooth and enjoyable collaboration
- Following the session, you’ll receive a personalised proposal outlining:
- Scope of work
- Associated fees
- Estimated timeline
- Our Standard Terms and conditions
Step 1
Concept Design
- Curated mood boards and inspiration to define your design direction
- Strategic space planning tailored to your lifestyle and home
- Visual storytelling through sketches or renders to bring ideas to life
- A cohesive concept that sets the tone for all design decisions ahead
Step 2
Concept Development
- Refined design direction with every detail thoughtfully considered
- 3D visual renders to help you clearly visualise your future space
- Tactile samples and curated material palettes presented for review
- Transparent budgeting with itemised costings via your online dashboard
- Designed to give you clarity, confidence, and peace of mind before moving forward
Step 3
Documentation
- Comprehensive drawings and specifications for construction and joinery
- Clear guidance for builders and trades to ensure accurate execution
- Documentation covering layouts, elevations, finishes, fixtures, and fittings
- Designed to minimise errors, streamline communication, and protect your vision
Step 4
Procurement
- Introductions to trusted builders and specialist trades for accurate quoting
- Full-service procurement of all finishes, fixtures, furnishings, and equipment
- Coordination of orders and deliveries to ensure everything arrives on time
- A streamlined, stress-free process that keeps your project running smoothly
- 100% of our trade discounts are passed on directly to you, providing exceptional value
Step 5
Design Execution
- Regular site visits to monitor progress and ensure design intent is upheld
- Key milestone reviews with your builder and trades to stay aligned
- Timely resolution of on-site issues to avoid delays or costly errors
- Ongoing communication to keep you informed and confident throughout the build
- Dedicated support to help facilitate a smooth, stress-free construction experience
A Seamless Interior Design Experience
Tailored for You
Bringing great interior design to life takes clarity, attention to detail, and seamless collaboration. We focus on perfecting the design and supporting your contractors through construction:
- Single-point design contact: One dedicated lead overseeing every drawing, finish, and specification.
- Proactive updates: Timely, meaningful progress reports on design milestones, keeping you informed without cluttering your inbox.
- Enduring material selections: Carefully selected finishes chosen for their beauty, tactile quality, and longevity.
- Recommended specialists: Access to our network of independent, high-calibre joiners, stonemasons, builders and suppliers.
- Design fidelity: Regular site visits at key milestones to clarify design details for trades, resolve site queries, and verify that the build reflects the approved documentation.
Industry-Vetted Standards.
Multi-Award Finalist Expertise.
Your home is in expert hands. As a Design Institute of Australia (DIA) Accredited Member, our interior designers operate under the highest professional, ethical, and technical standards in the country. This commitment to meticulous drafting, combined with our recognition as a multiple kitchen design awards finalist, means your project is guided by industry-recognised excellence from day one.
FAQ's
Our comprehensive design fees for multi-room or whole-home renovations in Sydney generally start from $15,000 (2-3 rooms) up to $45,000+ (full home) for a complete documentation package , depending on the scope and complexity. Following an initial on-site consultation, we provide a tailored, fixed fee proposal covering all design phases.
A full-home package delivers complete design management and documentation for your entire property. This encompasses spatial re-planning, 3D visualisations, comprehensive custom joinery drawings (kitchen, bathrooms, robes, and laundries), custom lighting and electrical layouts, hard finish schedules, and full curation of soft furnishings and window treatments.
We work alongside your architect or builder from the early concept stage to ensure spatial layouts, interior joinery, lighting, and material specifications align seamlessly with the structural envelope. By providing detailed interior documentation early, we prevent costly variations during construction and ensure your builder has precise specifications to price accurately.
Major multi-room or whole-home renovations typically span 6 to 12+ months from initial concept to final styling handover:
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Concept & Design Development: 8 to 12 weeks (spatial planning, 3D modeling, material sourcing, and sign-off).
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Documentation & Builder Tender: 4 to 6 weeks (final detailed drawings and trade pricing).
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Construction & Fit-Out: 4 to 9 months (demolition, structural work, trades, custom joinery, and interior styling).
We establish a overarching design narrative during our discovery phase, defining a unified palette of materials, timber tones, hardware finishes, and architectural profiles. This ensures a seamless visual flow from your entryway and open-plan living areas through to your private suites, balancing individual room functionality with a harmonious overall aesthetic.
Yes, we offer curation of furniture, custom sofas, bespoke rugs, art selection, and tailored window treatments. Through our established Sydney supplier network, we grant access to trade-only showrooms, custom furniture makers, and textile houses, managing procurement, delivery, and white-glove installation so your home is completely finished on move-in day.
Book an Initial discovery session
A 20-minute tailored conversation with our Creative Director to discuss your project scope, budget, and timeline.
Schedule your SessionReserve your In-Home Consultation
A 2-hour in-home consultation with our Creative Director, tailored to your project to discuss design ideas and establish a clear brief and scope of work.
($495.00 consultation fee applies)
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Stunning new kitchen
“Alex recently helped us with a complete kitchen renovation, and extension to include a butlers pantry. The scope of the project was extensive, and quite overwhelming. Alex was there with the right advice and guidance to clarify our options, and ultimately, to collaborate with us to produce the best design. If you want a beautiful, practical and well built kitchen, call Alex Stone.”
~ Paul, Roseville
A keen eye for detail
"Right from the outset, Alex’s can do attitude and excellent design advice made us feel comfortable and confident in our selection of Xanda. We were planning for a total renovation of our existing kitchen and powder room. Alex understood our requirements and developed a design that completely matched our new look. His 3D formats allowed us to visually imagine how it would look within our space. Alex went over and above the scope by managing the installation of the kitchen while we were overseas to ensure everything was perfect."
~ Jo-anne, Mosman
Dream kitchen and living space
“Alex brings exceptional design expertise and flair coupled with great communication skills to his projects. He listened intently to our needs, and created a design that we would never have contemplated if left to our own devices. We are very happy and satisfied clients and have no hesitation in recommending his fantastic service and expertise. Thanks Alex for creating our dream kitchen and living space! ”
~ Nicole, Five Dock
Full home renovation
"Alex has recently assisted with my full home renovation which included a new kitchen and 3 bathrooms. His knowledge and expertise is second to none!.. Alex guided me through colour and tile selections which completely removed the stress factor for me. Alex you have the patience of a saint!.. I will not be undertaking any renovation without his assistance. Highly recommend!"
~ Heidi, Narraweena
Amazing to partner with
"Alex has helped us design a number of key areas in our home, 2 kitchens, 3 bathrooms, a laundry and internal cabinetry. Throughout the design process he was highly professional, took the time to really understand our wants and turn them into beautiful creations. He pleasantly and patiently dealt with my indecision and helped effectively guide me to come to our final design decisions. We highly recommend him!"
~ Kylie, Freshwater
