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Katherine Jane Design Studio
We design homes where morning coffee feels peaceful, where dinner parties flow effortlessly, and where your family feels truly at home. Our residential interior design projects are authentic, welcoming, and unmistakably yours. We're a Berkshire and Surrey-based interior design and design-and-build studio specialising in residential renovations, home extensions, and timeless interior design across the UK. Services: Interior Design | Home Renovations | Kitchen Design | Spatial Planning | Design & Build | Residential Extensions | Architectural Drawings Areas Served: Berkshire | Surrey | Cotswolds | Hampshire | Oxfordshire | Dorset | Wiltshire | Hertfordshire | Sussex | London | South of England
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Katherine Jane Design Studio
We design homes where morning coffee feels peaceful, where dinner parties flow effortlessly, and where your family feels truly at home. Our residential interior design projects are authentic, welcoming, and unmistakably yours. We're a Berkshire and Surrey-based interior design and design-and-build studio specialising in residential renovations, home extensions, and timeless interior design across the UK. Services: Interior Design | Home Renovations | Kitchen Design | Spatial Planning | Design & Build | Residential Extensions | Architectural Drawings Areas Served: Berkshire | Surrey | Cotswolds | Hampshire | Oxfordshire | Dorset | Wiltshire | Hertfordshire | Sussex | London | South of England
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My dream material or product to work with
I'm obsessed with mixing textures. The way a rough natural stone sits against a warm oiled wood, or how a patterned cushion completely transforms a linen sofa. Natural materials are always my starting point. There's a timelessness to them that nothing manufactured can replicate. The grain of a wood, the veining in a marble, the way they both age beautifully and tell a story over time. That said, I'm also a realist. Natural stone isn't always practical for families, for budgets and for certain spaces. Part of my job is finding alternatives that carry that same soul without the compromise. There are some incredible materials out there now that honour that same spirit. The goal is always the same though: choose things that will still feel beautiful in twenty years.
My favourite hack as an interior designer
My three top tips are: Never commit to just one style. The most interesting interiors are always a blend of two, a bit of classic with something contemporary, coastal meets earthy, modern structure with vintage soul. When you mix them well you get depth and personality that a single-style room just can't achieve. It feels collected rather than decorated. Secondly, go bigger. Almost everyone wants to go smaller than they should a sofa that's 'safe', a rug that barely covers the floor. Scale is everything. A rug should anchor a whole seating area, a sofa should fill a room with confidence. When in doubt, size up. Thirdly take the risk. The interiors people remember, the ones that stop you in your tracks, are never the safe ones. That bold wallpaper, that unexpected colour, that statement piece you're not sure about? The biggest mistake I see isn't going too far it's not going far enough.
The one thing I always tell my clients
The one thing I always say at the very start of every project is: don't tell me what you want it to look like tell me how you want it to feel and live in the space. Most people come to me with images, and that's a great starting point, but what I really need to know is: do you want to walk into your bedroom and feel completely cocooned? Do you want your kitchen to be the hub of entertaining and do you have lots of people round often, or do you prefer a small intimate family setting? Do you want your living room to feel like a a place you properly switch off? Once I know that, everything else follows. The colours, the textures, the scale they all become decisions made in service of that feeling rather than just aesthetics for aesthetics' sake. That's the difference between a room that photographs well and a room that actually changes how you live. And that second one is always the goal.
Trend I love and one I avoid
I don’t believe any good designer really believes in trends. But what I am loving right now is a shift in how people approach their homes. There's a new confidence out there. People are finally giving themselves permission to be bolder, to take risks but in a way that still feels timeless rather than something they'll regret in three years. People are realising that colour isn't something to be afraid of. It's actually one of the most powerful tools in a space, it can make you feel calm, energised, inspired or completely at ease. Your home should do something for you emotionally, not just look nice in a photo. And I think people are finally starting to understand that. What I avoid? Matching furniture sets. Always. The moment everything in a room comes from the same collection it stops feeling like a home and starts feeling like a showroom floor. The personality of a space lives in the mix different eras, different textures, different stories. That tension between pieces is exactly what makes a room feel real and lived-in rather than staged.
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