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The Design Process.

At Eclectic Creative, we guide you through every stage of your home transformation.

From concept to completion, our streamlined process ensures a collaborative, enjoyable experience that results in timeless, curated interiors.

Phase 1 Design

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Discovery + Consultation

Explore your vision.

The journey begins with our paid Initial Consultation. This one-hour session is held at your home or project site, where we discuss your design goals, lifestyle needs, and the potential of your space. Following the consultation, we prepare a detailed proposal outlining the scope of work, design fees, and project timeline.
What’s Included:
  • In-depth discussion of your vision.
  • Detailed proposal sent within 3 business days.
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Trade Day Kick-Off Meeting (Optional)

Aligning your team. 

For extensive projects, we offer an optional Trade Day Kick-Off Meeting. Held on-site, this session brings together key stakeholders—such as architects, builders, or trades early on—to align on the project’s goals, vision, and scope. As part of our consulting service, we provide design guidance, clarify expectations, and ensure the team is set up for success from the start.

What’s Included:

  • 1–2 hours on-site with your project team.
  • Design recommendations and consulting on feasibility, timelines, and challenges.
  • Coordination with trades to ensure the design vision is aligned with execution.

Fee:

  • Hourly rate of $200 + gst/hour for this service, billed separately from the design fee.
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Initial Concept

The Big Picture

Once your project is confirmed, we begin crafting the overall design concept. This can include layout planning, mood boards, and a introductory look at materials, colours, and finishes. A recorded video walkthrough explains the big picture idea and direction we can go with your project, and your feedback shapes the next stage.

What’s Included:

  • Floor plans, mood boards, and initial material ideas.
  • Clear feedback deadlines to keep your project on track.
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Design Development

Fine-Tuning the Details

Using your feedback, we refine the design and develop detailed layouts, including elevations for key areas according to the scope of work like kitchens and bathrooms.

Material samples and supplier recommendations are finalised, and optional site or showroom visits can be arranged.

What’s Included:

  • Detailed layouts and elevations.
  • One site or supplier meeting (2 hours max). Additional visits charged hourly.
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Design Presentation

Seeing it come to life.

We meet with you at your home to review the development of ideas and drawings, the proposed material samples together so you can see and touch them, as well as clarifying any questions you may have.

What’s Included:

  • Up to 2 hours in your home to run through the developed design ideas together. Additional time charged hourly $200+gst/hr
  • Curated box of hand-picked material samples that you get to keep to review in your own time.

 

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Design Documentation

Finalising the design.

On from our presentation meeting and your feedback, we compile all the finalised design details into a comprehensive set of documents, ready for your builder or tradespeople. These can include 3D visuals, floor plans, elevations, and a complete FFE (Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment) schedule.

What’s Included:

  • Professional documents via PDF.
  • Seamless handover to your builder or trades.
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Phase 2 Implementation + Construction

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Design Management (Optional)

Design support during construction.

For clients who need extra support during the build phase, we offer optional site visits to review the design intent and provide check-ins. This is extremely important with older homes as sometimes things can happen un-planned and effective strategies as a team get you back on track.

An initial Meeting on-site with the engaged build team to discuss the concept and complexities of the project is arranged.

A build timeline including estimated meetings is confirmed by the allocated builder and contractors and our site signage is also hung on site aside the allocated Builder.

Whether its liaising with builders, attending site meetings, or finalising supplier details, we ensure your vision is executed to the highest standard.

What’s Included (Optional):

  • On-site builder and supplier meetings (hourly fees apply).
  • Ongoing design guidance during construction.
  • Hourly rate of $200 + gst/hour for this service, billed separately from the design fee.
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Furniture & Procurement

Let’s Decorate!

Offered as a stand-alone service or in conjunction with design and renovation services, Furniture & Procurement curates the decoration concept covering key pieces of furniture, lighting, rugs and artwork.

We can help place orders and coordinate deliveries with our trade partners, as well as connecting you with local makers for one of a kind pieces.

What’s Included:

  • 2D scaled floor plan showing layout and furniture placement.
  • Concept mood board PDF showing the vision and furniture items selected.
  • Comprehensive schedule featuring every item specified with detailed information.
  • Custom video recording sent to you explaining the ideas and selections.
  • Access to trade suppliers including special pricing.
  • Up to 2 hour (including travel time) to one supplier to view items together if required. Additional time charged hourly $200+gst/hr
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Styling & Finishing Touches

Curating Your Dream Space

The final layer and finishing touches really brings your home to life. Once the key pieces and larger furniture items are in like the sofas, beds, dining tables, artworks and rugs (creating the framework) we meet on site with you to create a check-list of the smaller decorator items required.

You’ll entrust our vision, provide us with an agreed lump-sum amount, so we can go hand-pick the smaller pieces required including procurement ready to install into you home on styling day.

What’s Included:

  • Up to one hour on site to review and confirm what smaller items are required.
  • Personalised Procurement of smaller items ready for install
  • Arrange a picture hanger (if required) to coordinate and hang art with (additional cost)
  • Allotment of time on site, specific to your requirements,  to personally install items by our design team.
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Professional Photography.

Let’s capture the transformation!

All of our projects end with a photoshoot to capture the project alongside our photographer and stylist.

This is a fantastic opportunity to document the transformation, and see how far you have come, as well as getting even more tips to see how your space is styled to photograph. We also ask for a testimonial of your experience.

And its time to enjoy your space!

 

What’s Required:

  • We will organise the photographer and stylist and liaise with you a convenient day to photograph the project.
  • We require the home to be clean and tidy (professionally cleaned a bonus!)
  • You don’t need to be there on the day.
  • Provide a google review for our Interior Design services.
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