Designer Homes. Real Life.

Interior Design + Decoration for Melbourne Homeowners

A home that looks elevated, feels inviting, and makes life easier.
Because beautiful and comfortable aren’t opposites. 

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COME ON, MELBOURNE

Let’s Get You to the House-Proud Part

Imagine loving your home again. Not because your interior is magazine-cover perfect, but because it feels like you. 

You notice how comfortable furniture is. Everything is in the right place. The whole vibe feels unmistakably yours. 

You want to have people over. You’re using rooms you once neglected. You get a genuine buzz from the way it all looks. 

That’s the magic of a home that’s designed for you. 

A home that works. A home you can’t wait to come back to.

modern coastal living room white sheer curtains round oak slatted coffee table and plush rug
Interior designer reviewing Melbourne home layout

HERE’S THE BEST BIT

The Essence of You Isn’t Lost – it’s Elevated

A home that’s designed to address all your individual needs and style preferences results in a space that feels like you, elevated.

That’s why I don’t have a signature style.

Because you are the inspiration for your home’s design. I take the time to discover what you love, so the end result celebrates all the little things that make you, you! 

We don’t give you the same cookie cutter design we gave to our last client. Every client has their dream look created from scratch.

And personality? Bring it on. 

Your interior shouldn’t look like a showroom. It should look like you — beautifully pulled together so you’ll love it for years to come (because longevity is at the heart of every home we transform).

Expertise to Make the Magic Happen

There’s a lot that happens behind-the-scenes when we create your dream interior.
We handle every aspect from start to finish, so you don’t have to.

We do the work, you enjoy the fun part. 
We’ll drive the entire process so you don’t have to do any of this annoying stuff:

  • Spend hours researching furniture and decor options. 
  • Try to figure out what style you like – will it actually work in your space?
  • Trying to blend new items with the furniture you want to keep so everything looks good together.
  • Contact dozens of suppliers and chase down information.
  • Work out which suppliers have local showrooms or where you can see and test pieces in person.
  • Measure rooms, draw floor plans and cross your fingers that everything will fit once it’s delivered.
  • Build a delivery timeline and coordinate when everything needs to arrive to your home.
  • Find and manage a trusted team for painting, window treatments, joinery design, electrical work and more.
  • Make separate payments to every supplier involved in your project and process any returns/exhanges.
  • Stand in front of the furniture once it’s delivered wondering, “What on earth am I supposed to style on top of this?”


Our Process Makes the Pain Go Away

We follow a proven process with our Melbourne design clients to make the entire journey a stress-free experience.

We’ll have a quick chat about your home, what you’re hoping to achieve, what’s currently not working and the level of help you’re looking for.

We’ll also talk about your budget, so we can make sure your expectations and the project are aligned — and that we’re the right people to help.

We come to you for a focused, practical consultation designed around your biggest questions and challenges.

We can talk through layouts, furniture, colour, window treatments, flow, room functionality and anything else that’s currently driving you a little mad.

If your home isn’t built yet or you haven’t purchased the property, we can do this at your current residence using your floor plan to do a virtual walk-through.

You’ll leave with clarity. We’ll leave with a much better understanding of your home and what it could become.

If we’re a good fit for a full project, we’ll put together a detailed proposal outlining the scope, design fees and anticipated furnishing and decorating costs.

Once you’re on board, the fun really begins.

We develop a comprehensive design concept for your home, including 2D layouts, 3D perspectives where required, mood boards for each room, furniture and decor selections, and colour and texture palettes.

Everything has a reason for being there — and everything is considered in relation to the bigger picture. This is presented to you in-home with your feedback collected.

If needed, we coordinate trusted trades and specialists for elements such as painting, joinery, window treatments and electrical work.

We’ll also take you to our supplier showrooms to road test products – where seeing, sitting on and experiencing something in person can make all the difference in confirming it’s the right piece for you.

You’ll receive a detailed schedule of selections and costs for approval before we move into purchasing.

We coordinate the purchasing process on your behalf, with options for delivery, storage and installation depending on what your project needs.

Then comes the best part: delivering it all, then styling your home at the end so you can see everything come together – read to live in and love.

MEET YOUR INTERIOR DESIGNER

Hi, I’m Chris

I’ll be your designer throughout – from the first phone call to final cushion placement. 

The TLC team and I have transformed homes for over 13 years, and my mission has always been the same: making great design easy – no matter your home size or suburb. 

I’m down-to-earth and unpretentious about interiors too. I don’t believe your home needs to be precious, overly-styled or designed to impress people you don’t know.

We want it designed to impress you! 

Along the way, I’ve worked as a designer on the Channel 10 reboot of Changing Rooms, written for realestate.com.au, and appeared on Sunrise, The Morning Show, and in Inside Out magazine. 

Credentials aside, the thing that matters most to me is how good design makes you feel when you actually live with it.

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Recent Projects

Melbourne interior design and decorating for homes that are beautiful, personal and made to be lived in. It’s what we do.

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LET’S DISCUSS

Are We a Good Fit?

Our Melbourne interior design service is for homeowners who want to create a beautiful, cohesive home — and would rather have an expert take care of the details than spend their nights researching furniture and chasing suppliers.

You’re probably a good fit if:

  • You have a clear idea of what you’re comfortable investing in.
  • You’re ready to work on multiple rooms or your whole home.
  • You want a home that feels personal, comfortable and beautifully considered.
  • You value good design and are prepared to invest in getting it right.
  • You want someone to research, coordinate, source and manage the details for you.
  • You’re open to the process and trust us to guide you through the decisions.
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grey sofa with black cushions and marble geometric side table pink flowers

THE IMPORTANT PART

Can We Talk Budget?

There isn’t one magic number that determines whether we can help. Every home and project is different, and our job isn’t to spend every dollar you’re willing to invest.

We simply need to know what you’re comfortable investing.

That allows us to work out what’s realistic, where your budget will have the greatest impact, and where we should splurge versus where we can pull back.

The clients we work best with often come to us already knowing they want the full-service experience.

They’ve read about our process, understand how we work and are ready to trust us with the journey.

If that sounds like you, we’d love to hear about your home.

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Don’t Just Take My Word For It

  • interior decorator melbourne living room home furnishing dark blue tv wall
    “We now have a beautiful space that gives us function and form… utilises pieces we already owned and beautiful enduring pieces that we will have for a long time to come. From beginning to end, the whole process was thoughtful, proactive, efficient and seamless.”
    AMANDA
    Highett, Melbourne
  • gas fireplace with TV mounted above in dark moody living room
    “Chris understood exactly what I wanted to do with my home. From concept to completion he was on top of everything. Seeing the end product I was like ‘why didn’t I get him here sooner?’ Mind. Blown”.
    LYNDALL
    Plenty, Melbourne
  • neutral living room with white sheer curtains and round timber coffee table with glass top
    “Chris has been so lovely to work with. He didn’t try to push us outside of our comfort zone which we were worried about when first hiring an interior designer. We wish we had engaged him earlier!”.
    LIZ
    Glen Iris, Melbourne
  • interior design geelong green vj panel headboard in coastal bedroom
    “Chris has an incredible talent for transforming a space—not just making it look beautiful, but making it feel like home. Our home now has a warmth and personality that reflects us, while still feeling effortlessly stylish and cohesive.”
    SAM
    Geelong, Victoria
  • hamptons bedroom with blue wallpaper and white plantation shutters
    “Chris was excellent at helping me decide on the concept and style for each room. He ensured I could keep some of my favourite furniture which has made the transformation new and exciting while also making it feel like home.”
    EDWINA
    Strathmore, Melbourne

All Your Questions Answered

Melbourne is where we’re based and where most of our projects take place.

We do occasionally work further afield depending on the project, so if you’re outside Melbourne, get in touch and we can have a conversation about what you need.

It depends on the size and complexity of your project, what needs to be changed and the availability of the pieces you’re selecting.

A project involving several rooms, custom joinery, trades and multiple furniture orders naturally takes longer than a straightforward decorating project.

We’ll give you a realistic timeline once we understand your project, and we’ll keep you updated as it progresses.

We work with a broad range of furniture, lighting, decor and design suppliers — from established brands and specialist showrooms to more accessible sources and interesting finds.

Where we shop depends entirely on what your home needs.

The goal isn’t to fill your house with products from a particular list of stores. It’s to find the right piecesto create the finished space.

Absolutely.

We don’t believe starting from scratch is always the answer. If you have pieces you love, we’ll look at how they can work within the new design.

Sometimes they become part of the finished scheme. Sometimes we’ll suggest moving them elsewhere. And occasionally, we’ll be honest when something has simply reached the end of its useful life.

The goal is a home that feels like you, not a showroom full of things you just bought (or old pieces that are holding you back).

Earlier than you think.

Getting us involved before your home is finished — and ideally while important decisions are still being made — can help us think about the bigger picture from the beginning.

If your home isn’t built yet, we can also work virtually during the early stages.

We have established relationships with a wide range of furniture, lighting and decor suppliers, and where trade pricing is available to us, we use those relationships as part of the purchasing process.

We’ll explain how purchasing and pricing works for your particular project during the proposal stage.

No — and that’s intentional.

We don’t believe every client should end up with the same “Chris look”.

Our job is to understand your home, your personality, how you live and what you respond to, then translate that into a cohesive design.

We can work with a range of styles, from understated and relaxed to colourful, bold and full of personality.

All homes. From apartments and town houses right through the free-standing homes and larger properties on blocks of land with multiple dwellings.

Ready For Your Dream Interior?

Tell us a little about your project and what you’re hoping to achieve.

Fill in the form below, email us at info@tlcinteriors.com.au or call (03) 8256 7516

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