At Kia Designs, previously blogged about how to design a room around a piece of art, now we’re going to focus on the opposite – commissioning a bespoke piece to match the room. Finding art to dress a room after you’ve completed the design can be one of the most pleasurable parts of finishing off your […]
We have been looking back on a previous brief for a client who seldom cooked, and had no interest in the kitchen. The property was also a 2nd home, rarely used. The problem was, we were planing on changing the layout of her property, from a 2 bedroom to a 3 bedroom and required the […]
I lived in Islington for most of my adult life, it will always have a special place in my heart as will the houses that you find there. I first started designing in Islington and the townhouses there were some of the first projects I ever took on. Understanding how best to use space is […]
The wonderful part about being a designer is the amount of different people you get to design for, from all around the world, living in all different parts of the world. It’s fantastic but sometimes you forget how beautiful a design can be till you revisit it. In searching through old folders I found these […]
Design Essentials – Lighting Lighting is literally the life blood of a design; it can make a design shine (pardon the pun!). Interior Design is all about making the absolute best of every space, and bathrooms can unfortunately be sadly overlooked when it comes to lighting. This is a huge shame as it can create […]
This design was the Finalist in the Living Space design of the year only recently and we are constantly getting questions on how to re-create parts of this wonderful white on white design. Here we break down a few of the amazing features of this design The aim of this bathroom was to have some glitz and […]
Wardrobes are wardrobes, right? Wrong! Bespoke wardrobes add value to your property, make your rooms look gorgeous and they even save you time! They are a fantastic investment for you and your property. Most of our clients are extremely busy people who run their own businesses, they are CEOs and Directors, they don’t have time […]
I have always been impressed with Scandinavian architecture and design; its minimalistic nature is a refreshing change from more conventional Western designs in which more storage is a necessity to house the assortment of items that one collects over time. The dining room, in this case, is undoubtedly catering to a certain taste: For me […]
I was first drawn to this home as I believed it to be Thai on 1st glance – the surrounding garden in-particular gave me that impression, as did the quaint, almost spiritual natural light: The home is, in fact, in Brazil, and is interesting insofar as it is smaller than many of the houses that […]
Most of the time on this blog we look at huge properties which are not slaves (to the same degree) to planning permission and complaints in the way that inner city properties are. This property in London would have been, from numerous personal experiences, a nightmare to plan, build and complete but all the stress […]
Sometimes a house just has a positive energy about it and that is the precise impression that I got upon viewing this sea-front home in California: It is funny how you sometimes notice the small things – in this case I love how there is a drop at the edge of the porch – it […]
Having been in this part of the world quite recently I can certainly state that the alps (along with their surrounding area) boast a very unique beauty and serenity. This home in Austria seems to be the perfect spot from which to enjoy such natural beauty: I obviously do not know what strikes you most […]
When a person is building a home in a stunning part of the world (like the Caribbean) it is often the job of the architect to simply design a home that caters to the stunning natural surroundings. Given the weather in the Caribbean it is obvious that a generous sized pool area is a priority: […]
Sometimes the positioning of a home makes it very difficult for it not to be spectacular: this home in Costa Rica certainly fits that particular bill: I particularly like how the architect has provided an enormous decking area from which one can view the incredible surroundings; I am also very impressed by the water feature […]
Sometimes a photo of a property says a thousand words: for me there was something poetic, serene and ineffable about this particular shot: Although this picture doesn’t give you a clear idea of the architecture it does provide an idea of the tone and feel of the property. The property was designed in a ‘Y’ […]