Our Background
We met at Durham – the place neither of us had been learning interiors – however just a few years later we had been each working for interiors practices and met as much as speak concerning the trade – its challenges and our successes, but in addition how we needed to see it turn out to be extra skilled. As time went on, we realised we each needed households and careers, so by forming a partnership in 2013, we knew we might preserve the enterprise going as a workforce. Now, there are six inside designers, and two extra members of employees who work on the product facet. We usually have ten to fifteen initiatives on the go at anybody time, with ten normally lively, and the others beginning or ending.
We each educated at KLC and began out working for ‘quaint’ decorators – who had been actual mentors. The programs are an effective way to know the foundations of excellent design and be taught the technical facet. Dealing sensitively with completely different purchasers is just one thing you possibly can be taught on the job.
Fashion & Ethos
What we create is timeless interiors which have a recent and useable really feel to them – in different phrases, they should final. We glance again at initiatives from once we first began, and so they nonetheless really feel as related now as they did then. We frequently begin with one thing conventional and attempt to deliver it updated. For instance, one in every of our wallpaper designs for our new assortment is predicated on an old school ‘Tree of Life’ sample – solely with a little bit of white area to make it really feel recent. It’s effective to include a enjoyable cushion or seasonal accents, however the bones of the scheme should really feel timeless and well-proportioned to make room for them.
Color & Supplies
We do have a Salvesen Graham signature color palette – mustard yellow, raspberry pink, olive inexperienced, deep blue and pale blush. By constructing them into our product assortment, we are able to present folks introduce these colors in small methods. If a room appears too tonal, it’s good to throw in a multi-coloured ingredient. It’s a simple technique to incorporate extra color in case you’re petrified of it. You too can pull out the colors you’re snug with and add extra once you really feel braver.
We’re huge advocates of utilizing antiques in interiors, too. Aesthetically, they’re typically extra stunning and from a sustainability perspective, you’re extending the lifecycle of a sure piece. They’re normally higher made, as effectively, and you’ll at all times make them look extra trendy with some intelligent styling – merely put a brightly colored lacquer tray on high of a brown facet desk to make it pop.
Antiques may give a room weight and character. Whereas they work effectively in a interval property, they’re helpful in a house which has been stripped again, too, as they add again intimately and curiosity. Our mantra is, so long as the design is nice, it doesn’t matter what interval it’s from – it can sit effectively with one thing else of high quality design – suppose a Georgian desk with a Seventies Murano glass lamp.
