Costs & planning ·
What does an interior designer cost in Melbourne?
Hourly rates, fixed fees and percentages, what the first meeting costs, and how to compare quotes without comparing apples to oranges.
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Interior design · Melbourne
The art of the quiet room
Northcote bungalow · rear living wing
Warm, considered interiors for terraces, bungalows, apartments and new builds, and a few cafés and clinics.
At Halden Studio,
we design rooms around how you actually live: where the morning light lands, what you keep, who gathers at the bench. Timber, stone, linen and plaster, chosen to age well.
- Full-home interiorsRenovations, extensions and new builds, designed as one house from the first sketch to the last cushion.
- Kitchens & bathroomsJoinery, stone and tile drawn to the millimetre, so your cabinetmaker and tiler build exactly what was designed.
- Styling & décor refreshA lighter touch for rooms that are nearly there: furniture, lighting, colour, textiles and art, brought together.
- Commercial spacesCafés, clinics and small offices where the room is part of the service: calm, durable and built to a schedule.
Every project starts with a 90-minute consultation. Services & fees
Selected work
Three homes, three ways of living
A Victorian terrace, a busy family home and a ninth-floor apartment, each with its brief, design decisions and materials laid out in full.
All projects
Fitzroy · Two-storey Victorian terrace, c. 1885
A Victorian terrace, re-planned around the light
The front rooms kept every cornice and mantel. The back of the house, a dark 1980s lean-to, became a quiet oak kitchen that opens to the garden.
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Brighton · Two-storey 1990s family house
A busy family home that feels calmer than its household
Hard, echoing open-plan rooms softened with timber, wool and linen, plus a kitchen with somewhere for everything and an ensuite that feels like a day spa.
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South Yarra · Two-bedroom apartment, 2010s tower
A ninth-floor apartment, softened
Harsh western light and builder-grade finishes turned into a calm, layered apartment, using furniture, textiles and lighting rather than building work.
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Philosophy
Rooms you’ll still love in ten years, not ten weeks.
Start with what’s there
The light, the proportions, the pieces you love. We design around them rather than over them.
Draw everything
Joinery, tile set-out, lighting, the height of a pendant. If it’s drawn, it gets built the way it was meant to.
Materials that age well
Timber, stone, linen, wool and lime plaster: things that look better worn in than brand new.
Concept to completion
Drawn first, built once
Every room begins as a pencil sketch, drawn to scale over the measured room. Drag across to compare the concept with the finished living room in our Brighton project.
How we work
From first call to the last cushion
Eight clear stages, fixed fees for each, and a written summary at every step, so you always know where things stand.
The full process- 01
First call
15–20 minutes · free
- 02
Consultation
90 minutes · $395
- 03
Proposal and fees
Within a week
- 04
Concept design
2–6 weeks
- 05
Design development and documentation
3–10 weeks
- 06
Procurement and build
Weeks to months
- 07
Installation and styling
1–5 days
- 08
Aftercare
3 months on
Journal
Notes on costs, materials and old houses
Consultations
Begin with a conversation
A short call about your home, your timing and your budget. If we’re a good fit, we’ll book a consultation in your home, at the studio or by video.
