We try as much as possible to be a green company and maintain an eco-friendly office environment. On a small scale, we have our milk delivered to the office in glass bottles, use reusable milk bottle tops by MOOPOPS (which come in a great selection of shades!) and use Tea Pigs as our preferred tea […]
Whether you are a designer or looking to employ one there are a few things you will need at the beginning of a project to help it run smoothly. These are normally one of the first pieces we will ask to be able to give you a good indication of how we can work with […]
We love working with many different suppliers. We have a huge database of designers and creators who we try as much as possible to keep up to date with. One of the pleasures of working in the interior design world is that there is a constant supply of new products emerging. It’s great meeting with […]
We love specifying bespoke upholstered furniture for our projects. After confirming the finer details, approximately 8-10 weeks later your beautifully individual furniture item is ready! Installing on a project is often the first time you see the item finished in real life. This is also often quite a busy stage and you don’t always have time […]
We recently told you about our jungle-inspired design that we have been working on. One of the products that we were particularly captured by was the Jungle wall covering. Our clients were equally captured as they decided to go with it. So we wanted to give you a little more of a deep dive into this […]
You may already know that Kia Stanford, our founder, often does speaking engagements. Having spoken at Decorex, 100% design as well as at the BIID’s yearly conference she is well versed in being able to teach people quick and easy ways to be able to make your business more efficient. Covid-19 has posed a unique […]
[London, UK], March 2, 2020 – Kia Designs of London travelled up to Birmingham for the KBB Design Awards 2020. Nominated for “Bathroom Designer of the Year – Project Cost between £10,000 and £25,000” by kbbreview Retail & Design Awards 2020, prestigious annual event celebrating its 26th year in 2020. “We could not have been more delighted to […]
9th March As I’m sure everyone is aware at the moment there is a lot of information going around about coronavirus and steps that can be taken to delay the spread of it here in the UK. With this in mind and the health of our staff at the forefront of our minds, we are […]
Awarded by the community of over 40 million monthly users, annual BOH badge highlights home renovation & design professionals with Top ratings and most popular home designs LONDON, England, January 31, 2020 – Kia Designs of London has won “Best Of Design” on Houzz®, the leading platform for home renovation and design. The multi-award winning Interior […]
[London, UK], October 10th, 2019 – Kia Designs attended the “Designer Awards” at the KB- Eye 2019. This prestigious annual event celebrates residential living space design projects and products in the UK and worldwide. The Living Space Design of the Year award highlights excellence in top end, living space designs. […]
[London, UK], October 10th, 2019 – Kia Designs of London won for “Bathroom Design of the Year” at the KB- Eye 2019 Designer Kitchen & Bathroom Awards. This prestigious annual event celebrates residential kitchen and bathroom design projects and products in the UK and worldwide. The Bathroom Design of the Year award highlights excellence in top end, bathroom designs. […]
Here at Kia Designs we believe an interior design internship should be practical. What’s the point of an internship where all you do is fetch coffee? An internship should be a learning experience where you contribute and the work you do is useful. An internship should be engaging, educational, and most importantly an internship should pay […]
Interior Design can be a tough industry to get into. Recently we were asked by an Interior Design Graduate about whether they should start up their own business having had little-to-no luck in being able to break into the industry for the past 2 years. This is the advice that we gave: Do you have […]
Being an interior designer can be a very funny thing. You can often get pigeonholed into areas where you might not want to be. We have been extremely lucky to be able to have clients who can look past the most recent project we have done to the sheer breadth of the work we have […]
We took a trip to Belfast to visit some potential new kitchen suppliers based in Northern Ireland. You might be wondering, why decide to spend money on travel and a trip to visit companies we have never worked with before? We’ve written before about travelling to visit trade shows, and we find trips like these […]
Whether you’re right at the beginning of your project, hovering somewhere in the middle or coming desperately close to the end, everyone wants their opinions heard. It’s natural to want to be involved with the design and completion of your new home, and we encourage it. Being involved in the design stage and contributing your […]
Let’s take a look behind the curtain at the brief for our Waterloo new build. The aim was to furnish and decorate a newly built two bedroom apartment in the heart of Blackfriars. The property has spectacular views and we aimed to make the most of the quirky angles and vistas. The decor would be […]
We often get asked what kinds of projects we take on and what types of homes. In all honesty, it is a range. We take on projects from new builds, where we will be working off plans, to house builds where we will be working with the architects to get the plans right. Then there […]
Making bespoke furniture for projects is exciting. It’s great being able to offer a client a special product that is individual to them and fits their home perfectly. It is also admittedly a little stressful, as all the information provided to the maker needs to be exactly right. There is a lot of planning which […]
We completed a London home for a Saudi family (check it out in our portfolio here!) who loved it so much that they wanted us to create a similar look in their Riyadh property. The design uses a combination of locally sourced products, known suppliers operating in the Middle East and trusted suppliers here in […]