KIRSTEN BANNISTER INTERIORS | INTERIORS
The wow factor! Kirsten Bannister, of Kirsten Bannister Interiors, on how up-cycling furniture can add the wow factor to any room… Hampshire based Interior Designer and Event Stylist Kirsten Bannister should be on your radar! Based between her newly designed home office and the design studio of Conny @Cornelia Collections, she offers a complete design service – including full project management – and is now excited to offer clients a bespoke upholstering option too. We met Kirsten at her home office based on the edge of the New Forest, where she is currently project managing her own home
“I am extremely passionate about my work
and now high quality unique indoor and
renovation project, with the kitchen being
and find every new project exciting and
outdoor furnishings.”
the current area of total refurbishment.
never the same. I love walking into a new
Her designs illustrate her natural design
project and visualising what it will become,
She has recognised that there is a rapidly
flair and love for large open spaces. She
I see every space is a blank canvas that
increasing demand from her clients for
clearly aims to make the most of floor area
becomes a piece of art. Each client has
unique and individual furniture pieces. “For
and incorporate bespokely designed space
their own passions and ideas that I try to
added interest, I like to create contrast in a
saver ideas mixed with ample seating areas.
incorporate into the design, helping them
room – simply add accent furniture.”
More recently she completed a large open
create something that they can be proud of
plan kitchen, living and dining area design
and feel part of.”
“Conny and I are able to offer my clients a special, unique piece of furniture that no
in the prestige area of Canford Cliffs, Poole. During lockdown, Kirsten found a new
one else will have. Each piece already has
passion
for
making
the romantic element of history, which is
fantastic
pieces
furniture.
then enriched and an added value, not just
Whilst doing this she began to collaborate
financially, but also visually and emotionally.
with Cornelia Collections, another Dorset
The furniture is sourced from all over the
based designer.
UK, dating from the more classical periods
upcycling of
and
outdoor
through to the modernist eras. We then “Although I provide interior designs, that
source the highest quality fabrics from a
is just a small part of what I can offer. I
range of independent, specialist suppliers.
provide a fully comprehensive design and
It’s a fantastic feeling watching a clients
fulfilment service which can include the
new design come to life and then to make
sourcing and implementation of layout
it feel more individual by placing an old yet
planning,
beautifully restored chair within it.”
décor,
fixtures
and
fittings
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