Affordable design advice for your home

There is so much wonderful interior design choice and whilst endless possibilities are exciting, it can also be a bit confusing. I can help guide you through various styles and colours to find a decorating scheme that transforms your space into something really special.

Investing in affordable design advice before a project starts will not only help to reassure you but will help to save time and avoid making costly mistakes. I will come up with a bespoke design scheme for you and collate the *samples together in a beautiful Styling Box. Your design will look at issues of storage, lighting, upholstery, and soft furnishings. The Styling Box also makes useful storage for your ongoing project paperwork too!

Whether you are a first time buyer, downsizing or ‘improving not moving’,  I would really love to hear from you. I know the interior design market inside out and will help you find an interior design scheme to really suit you and the way you want to live.

Styling Box packages

There are four design packages to choose from for one room (discounts can be discussed for more rooms or for larger projects). For kitchen and bathroom design prices, please contact via the contact form below. Payment is easy with a Pay Pal button next to each design package:

1. A Remote Styling Box where the design process takes place via email;
2. A Styling Box Gift Voucher you can send friends and family;
3. A Consultation Styling Box package where you get a one hour home visit to take a brief for the design;
4. A Full Re-design Styling Box service with one hour consultation in your home before and after the design process.

£250 Styling Box Remote package

• bespoke redesign of a room of your choice based on your photos and room dimensions via email
• you will receive a Styling Box with *samples and swatches for paint/wallpaper/flooring in the post
• a design report with links to product suggestions which will also explain how and where to use the decorating ideas
• a Pinterest board with product suggestions
• You can also keep abreast of the trends and latest interiors products by following my interiors blog.

£250 Styling Box Gift Voucher

The perfect house warming, wedding or birthday present for friends and family. The recipient will be sent a Charis White Interiors Styling Box gift voucher by post. They will receive the same elements of the Remote service for one room of their choice.

As soon as you have purchased a voucher, I will contact you for the postal and email address of where to send the voucher.

£450 Styling Box Consultation package

• one hour’s consultation in your home to take photos and measure up for a bespoke redesign of a room of your choice
• your bespoke Styling Box will be sent to you by post and will include *samples and swatches for paint/wallpaper/flooring
• a floorplan of where to arrange furniture based on your requirements
• a report explaining the design with links to product suggestions which will also explain how and where to use the decorating ideas
• a Pinterest board with product suggestions
• You can also keep abreast of the trends and latest interiors products by following my interiors blog.

£600 Styling Box Full Re-design package

Flooring samples from a Full Consultation Charis White Interiors Styling Box. Photo and styling

This is a much more in-depth interior design service:

• an hour’s consultation in your home to find out your requirements to take photos and measure up for a bespoke full redesign in a room of your choice
• design ideas with sketches for soft furnishings, windows and upholstery
• alternative window treatment suggestions
• a Pinterest board with ideas and products
• furniture and accessory suggestions (to complement existing or for a completely new look)
• a floorplan showing where to place furniture in the room
• storage ideas with designs
• a design report with links to product suggestions
• a follow up consultation to talk through the ideas
• You can also keep abreast of the trends and latest interiors products by following my interiors blog.

Sourcing package

If you are looking to source just one particular design, I can source and supply you with 2 examples.

Testimonials – for Styling Box interior styling

“I couldn’t recommend Charis highly enough! It’s not just her fabulous eye for intereriors and wealth of knowledge, but also her ability to listen to you and create something that really works for YOU. She created a bedroom design for me that I could never have done ony own. ” Wook – Brighton

“I absolutely love both options you have given me. I really have a very good idea how my kitchen might look, and I am delighted I have a decision on the floor, paint colours and lighting. I love how you’ve chosen some great neutral colours for the paint and units, and added colour with the accessories. I know this won’t be the last time we work together, and am already thinking about redoing my bathroom when I have the kitchen done (and I think a little update to our sitting room too).” Caroline – Hampshire

“I was absolutely delighted with the styling box that Charis produced for my teenage daughters bedroom. There are way too many options available and after spending some months looking,  I was feeling completely confused about which way to go with it.  And then Charis came to the rescue!   The Styling Box contained a number of options for the walls, floor, furniture and lighting.  The most ingenious thing about the box is that it gives a number of different price points for each element but whatever you choose, the items all go with each other giving you lots of flexibility.  It has now turned from a complete headache to a really exciting project and I wouldn’t hesitate recommending Charis to anyone who wants some fantastic creative and practical input with any scheme.  She has a wonderful eye.” Nina, Bucklebury, Berkshire.

“I am happy to recommend Charis to anyone wanting an experienced home interior stylist but not paying outrageous fees. Having just moved in to my house, I realised that I needed help to redecorate all of the downstairs including hallway, living room and kitchen. After our first meeting, Charis gave me a really useful set of colour schemes, furniture styles and samples of carpets and curtains. I used her decorator and gradually bought all the other furnishing items included in her scheme. Charis’ kind and thoughtful manner made the whole experience really easy, rewarding and fun. I never felt any lack of control and appreciated her inclusion of very sensibly priced elements.” Chris, Berkshire

“I would not hesitate to recommend Charis as an interior design specialist, whether you have one small room to decorate or an entire house. Charis really listened to what I wanted and took time and energy to plan how best to use colour and texture to make this area look beautiful and flow nicely. I loved all of the ideas that she suggested. What was really useful was that she gave different options as regards budget and colour, and the flooring samples, paint colours and wallpaper swatches really helped. The colours she gave all worked together beautifully however they were arranged. I went from feeling overwhelmed with the project to feeling excited to see it all take shape. Charis did the hard work and I benefitted from her experience and taste.” Lorna, Berkshire.

Designing and project managing the transformation of a garden shed into a home office in Oxfordshire

“Charis created a haven for me at the end of my garden which is perfect to both work and reflect from surrounded by greenery – inside and out. She is a creative and resourceful designer with impeccable style. She demonstrated this style in many ways on this project: by taking the time to really understand me and the type of room I wanted, by coming up with fabulous ideas, by making recommendations assertively without being pushy, by being really professional, organised and communicative, by giving me options at different price points and, most importantly, by being so encouraging and inspiring.

So much about the finished space delights me: the bright and inviting colours, the practical yet cosy layout, the masses of storage space, the great lighting and the many special finishing touches such as pretty box files, sumptuous cushions and matting.     Charis was such a pleasure to work with, making everything seem so easy and stress free – from where I was sitting. I highly recommend Charis to take on any interiors project. big or small, and wouldn’t hesitate to engage her again.” Rachel, Oxfordshire.

Styling experience

As well as having experience of bringing up a family and all that entails for the way you live, I have many years of experience working as an interior stylist designing room sets for magazines and newspapers. They include Homes & Gardens, Marie Claire and YOU magazine not to mention many retailers as well as wallpaper and fabric companies such as Tissus D’Helene, Sanderson, and Laura Ashley.

This gives me an in depth view of the current market of interior styling and design. Please take a look at my client list

Please get in touch

I am looking forward to hearing from you. If you have any queries at all before purchasing your Styling Box design package (with the Pay Pal button next to each design package), please get in touch and we can discuss your requirements. You can also follow Styling Box on Instagram. Otherwise as soon as I have received payment from you, I will contact you to set the ball rolling with your bespoke design. I hope you will find it an enjoyable process and one which helps you to create a beautiful and individual home.

*Finally please note, for sustainability, you can either return samples directly to me or you might like to consider taking them to your nearest charity shop whose customers often like to use samples for craft projects.