Commercial clients have many similar interior design requirements to our residential clients. Style and practicality with reliable delivery and value for money are just as important to a hotel, cafe or to a developer as they are to a family home. If you are a relocation agent, you will want to provide your client with a seamless transition to their new home or business premises:  we will help you plan and implement this.

Our commercial clients form two basic groups:

• Business owners who require an interior designer to help create the right look for their premises.

• Other companies, where interior design has some influence on their business activities.

Business Owners:

If you are a business owner, in addition to style and practicality, STYLE WITHIN Interior Design would pay particular attention to an interior design consistent with the image and brand of your company. Having worked in corporate life, Nick understands precisely the importance of brand consistency. Indeed, STYLE WITHIN Interior Design itself has sought to reflect its own ideals of style, quality, creativity and attention to detail in this web-site, our business card, advertising and other points of contact with potential clients. If you offer a smart product or service, then the contact points with your market (and with your colleagues) need to reinforce that smartness. Similarly, if you deal in funky products, then your contact points should reflect that funkiness. For your premises, this applies to the types of furniture, vase, flowers, hand-towels, soap dispensers, art and other accessories as well as to the more obvious interior decoration features such as wall colour.

The commercial environment also brings additional challenges: health and safety legislation, product durability and the competitive marketplace; these will all play a role in the interior design and decoration of a commercial premises.

We would create an interior design that helps promote your business in line with your vision and ambition; where you leave a good impression on your clients that they pass on to their friends.   Like you, we want your clients and your staff to notice the difference, and it is clear that the right environment for both contributes positively to a healthy business.  

Other companies:

• If you are an architect or builder, we would be happy to form a partnership with you. Each profession brings its own set of skills to the team, and we would work closely with you and your client to ensure that the finished space is planned from the start. Using our established briefing process, we would account for all the client’s interior design requirements such as the location of sockets, lamps and switches. The end result will be a functional design to meet the daily needs of your client, a delighted customer, and an enhanced reputation for all.

• If you are a developer, we would be glad to create for you an interior design which is ergonomically functional and practical as well as looking fantastic. The buying market is increasingly discerning and the interiors of properties are now being promoted as "created by interior designer" in an effort to discriminate well-designed homes.

• If you are a Relocation Agent, we are already forming partnerships with others in your field to expand your business proposition. Not only do you offer to find a home in a dream location, through STYLE WITHIN Interior Design you can now also offer to create a stylish, practical, tailor-made interior design for your client. As part of our service, we are prepared to travel (within reason!) to take a brief and measure any existing possessions in order to plan the new layout. We then create a stylish, practical interior design with specification (paint, fabric, lighting, ...) to suit. The clients can either implement this themselves in their own time without having to think too hard, or they can ask us to project manage the work. Either way, they get to enjoy their new lives more quickly; clearly an appealing prospect.

• If you are an Estate or Letting Agent, you might like to consider our service from two angles:

      - On the selling and letting side, we look to help you sell or let properties more quickly and for a
        greater price. Our house-doctor service offers a professional, objective view on how best to
        present a property for sale or rent. Indeed the importance of home staging is being embraced
        increasingly as a discriminator, with the associated cost-benefits now being widely recognised
        in this competitive market. It is staggering how much more attractive a home can become often
        through simple re-arrangement, de-cluttering, cleaning, and minor re-decoration. We would
        gladly support any proactive suggestions you make to clients and to your colleagues in this
        respect to help transfer property more effectively.

      - From the buyer’s point of view, the principal proposition is our complete interior design and
        decoration service. Potential buyers like to feel that all their needs are being considered by
        agents; it may be to your advantage if you were able to suggest a single point of contact to look after
        their interior design and decoration requirements: STYLE WITHIN does this. Similar to our work
        with relocation agents, we are prepared to travel (within reason) to take a brief and measure
        any existing possessions in order to plan the layout of the buyer’s new home before they arrive;
        we then provide a stylish, practical, tailor-made design with specification (fabrics, paints, etc.)
        for them either to implement themselves, or they can ask us to project manage the work;
        ideal for a busy professional.

• If you are a fellow Interior Designer, we would be happy to explore opportunities to work together where our combined effort may prove fruitful for both.

• If you are a member of a club or society and require help with your interior design, we should be glad to assist, drawing on our own experience of club and society membership.

• If you are a marketing organisation, we are keen to work with you, conscious of the need for consistency in all aspects of your client’s brand and image. The interior design and decoration of your client’s premises is as important as the logo, letterhead and business card, and needs to reinforce the image and ambition being sought.

In terms of scale of operation, STYLE WITHIN Interior Design would prefer to focus on "rooms" rather than large open-plan offices and large shops. However, if larger organisations are inspired by the things we say, then we should be glad to hold an initial consultation, at least to explore opportunities and consult as necessary.

STYLE WITHIN Interior Design will produce a lay-out of your office, optimised for its intended function based on your brief.  The office plan will include furniture, fittings, heating positions and the electrical and lighting lay-out, as well as the location of office machinery and storage.  In addition, deliverables will include samples of paint finish, flooring, accessories and all other detailed aspects of the design to ensure that you have a complete view of the proposal.  Recently, STYLE WITHIN Interior Design also designed illuminated signs and bespoke reception desks to be manufactured by local suppliers.

“…many marvel at how upmarket and professional [the office] looks”
Mr N. of  Bath

“I think this works really well and certainly meets the brief.  I really like the colours, love the chairs and we would certainly benefit from the additional lighting.  It’s also good to be using local businesses.”  
P-M of Bath