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A colourful dining nook designed by Kinder Design with bespoke bench seating, layered textiles and contemporary pendant lighting in a family home.

A colourful dining nook designed by Kinder Design with bespoke bench seating, layered textiles and contemporary pendant lighting in a family home.

The Best Homes Are Never Finished

Leo Wood reviewing newly delivered furnishings and decorative accessories with a client during the installation phase of a residential interior design project.

Leo Wood reviewing newly delivered furnishings and decorative accessories with a client during the installation phase of a residential interior design project.

What Makes A Good Interior Design Client?

Leo Wood discussing a residential renovation project with a client during an interior design consultation, reviewing the space before work begins.

Leo Wood discussing a residential renovation project with a client during an interior design consultation, reviewing the space before work begins.

How Much Does An Interior Designer Cost?

This is what happens when the client is as bold as the designer

This is what happens when the client is as bold as the designer

This is what happens when the client is as bold as the designer

Magazine cover of 25 Beautiful Homes May 2023 with a bright, cozy interior. Text: Reinvent your home. Features: design ideas, styles."

Magazine cover of 25 Beautiful Homes May 2023 with a bright, cozy interior. Text: Reinvent your home. Features: design ideas, styles."

Victorian Terrace Brockley: Interior Design Balancing Beauty & Practicality

Kitchen interior by Kinder Design with marble island, timber flooring and framed glazing, photographed during a residential renovation walkthrough.

Kitchen interior by Kinder Design with marble island, timber flooring and framed glazing, photographed during a residential renovation walkthrough.

What makes a good client – and why it's more important than you think

Textured magenta kitchen cabinetry designed by Kinder Design with dark timber worktops, decorative tiled splashback and natural light in a Victorian terrace renovation.

Textured magenta kitchen cabinetry designed by Kinder Design with dark timber worktops, decorative tiled splashback and natural light in a Victorian terrace renovation.

Why the Magenta Kitchen Stayed

Bespoke bathroom vanity designed by Kinder Design featuring terrazzo splashback, pale blue concrete basin and brushed nickel taps

Bespoke bathroom vanity designed by Kinder Design featuring terrazzo splashback, pale blue concrete basin and brushed nickel taps

Designing A Bespoke Bathroom Vanity

Copy of The Little Book of Colour by Karen Haller photographed in the Kinder Design studio, exploring colour psychology and interior design inspiration.

Copy of The Little Book of Colour by Karen Haller photographed in the Kinder Design studio, exploring colour psychology and interior design inspiration.

Book Review, Number Two: The Little Book of Colour

Leo Wood of Kinder Design reviewing residential renovation plans during a South East London interior design project

Leo Wood of Kinder Design reviewing residential renovation plans during a South East London interior design project

Misunderstandings About Working With An Interior Designer

Using colour as a tool in interior design

Using colour as a tool in interior design

Colour isn't decoration, it's a tool

Build It magazine March 2026 cover featuring a contemporary self-build home surrounded by greenery.

Build It magazine March 2026 cover featuring a contemporary self-build home surrounded by greenery.

Designing A Sustainable Family Home In South London

From white box to soulful home

From white box to soulful home

From white box to soulful home

Introducing... The Kinder Book Review

Introducing... The Kinder Book Review

Introducing... The Kinder Book Review

Living room interior with colourful gallery wall, blue seating and a patterned rug anchoring the seating area.

Living room interior with colourful gallery wall, blue seating and a patterned rug anchoring the seating area.

Choosing the Right Rug

Pinterest inspiration collage featuring red stools, a yellow tiled kitchen, makeup detail and bold colour-led design references.

Pinterest inspiration collage featuring red stools, a yellow tiled kitchen, makeup detail and bold colour-led design references.

Do Interior Designers Use Pinterest?

Craftsperson restoring a vintage wooden chair in the Restoration Station workshop, focusing on traditional woodworking techniques.

Craftsperson restoring a vintage wooden chair in the Restoration Station workshop, focusing on traditional woodworking techniques.

Giving Back: Supporting the Spitalfields Crypt Trust

Kitchen with open shelving, stainless steel worktop and sink, styled with glassware, ceramics and everyday kitchen objects.

Kitchen with open shelving, stainless steel worktop and sink, styled with glassware, ceramics and everyday kitchen objects.

Choosing the Right Kitchen Worktop

Mid-century wooden bedside table styled with vintage lamp, framed portrait and soft neutral bedroom palette in a thoughtfully designed home.

Mid-century wooden bedside table styled with vintage lamp, framed portrait and soft neutral bedroom palette in a thoughtfully designed home.

Sustainability in Interior Design

Close-up of a stainless steel overhead kitchen extractor fan mounted above a modern hob, set against a playful backsplash of bespoke, hand-painted tiles in colourful geometric and botanical motifs.

Close-up of a stainless steel overhead kitchen extractor fan mounted above a modern hob, set against a playful backsplash of bespoke, hand-painted tiles in colourful geometric and botanical motifs.

How We Solved the Kitchen Extractor Puzzle

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