Interior Design Services

Depending on the appointment, an interior designer can help with briefing, measured-site information, space planning, concept development, 3D visualisation, material and finish selection, lighting, joinery, FF&E, technical drawings, procurement support, contractor coordination and installation. The important point is not whether every item appears on a capability list—it is which of those responsibilities are actually included in your proposal.

Interior design deals with how the space works and is developed: layout, circulation, built elements, materials, lighting and detailed decisions. Interior decoration focuses more on furniture, colour, textiles, artwork and finishing layers without necessarily changing the architecture. Fit-out is the physical execution of approved work on site. A project can use one, two or all three, but their responsibilities should be separated clearly.

If the whole property is being designed, start with its property or sector page—such as Villa, Apartment, Office or Restaurant Interior Design. If you already know the property and need one capability, start with the stage-specific service such as Space Planning, 3D Visualisation, Lighting, FF&E, Renovation or Fit-Out. If the scope is still unclear, Consultation is the safest starting point.

A design-only appointment can be appropriate when you already have a contractor or procurement route. The proposal should then define exactly which drawings, schedules, specifications and coordination information Bella will provide, and where responsibility transfers to your contractor. Site supervision or design-contractor services can be added separately if required.

Yes. A villa might combine Villa Interior Design, Space Planning, Lighting, FF&E and Turnkey Delivery; an office may combine Commercial Design, Space Planning, Lighting and Fit-Out. The goal is not to charge for overlapping labels. The combined scope should assign each deliverable once and make ownership clear.

Bring the designer in before layout, MEP positions, ceilings, joinery or major material decisions are locked if those elements are likely to change. Early involvement gives the design team a chance to resolve conflicts on drawings rather than after fabrication or site work has started.

Yes. The service architecture covers private homes and rooms as well as offices, retail, restaurants, hospitality, healthcare, institutional and specialist environments. The design priorities are different: a home may focus more on family routines and privacy, while a commercial brief may be driven by customer flow, staff operations, durability and brand experience.

Interior design can include coordination with mechanical, electrical and plumbing requirements, but specialist engineering design, authority submissions and approval responsibilities depend on the project and appointment. For fit-out or technically complex work, the proposal should identify which consultants or contractors are responsible for calculations, stamps, submissions and approvals before site work begins.

Fees can be structured by fixed scope, area, time, project value or a combination, depending on the service. The cost also changes with property size, level of technical detail, custom joinery, materials, procurement and site involvement. Use the Cost & Pricing service page for detailed cost guidance rather than comparing projects only by room count.

Bring what you already have: a floor plan if available, site photos, approximate area, reference images, the spaces you want to change, your target timing and a realistic budget range. You do not need a finished brief. The first conversation should help identify what is missing and what needs to be defined next.

There is no useful single duration for every service. A consultation or room-level design is much shorter than a villa, hospitality or commercial fit-out that needs technical development, approvals, custom fabrication and procurement. Once the property, scope, decision stages and long-lead items are understood, the project programme can be built around actual dependencies instead of a generic promise.