Onyx Interior Design

Carol Cottrell, the founder of Onyx Interior Design grew up in a very artistic family and loved art, design and everything 'creative'. After an early career in sales and management Carol moved to Los Angeles where she took the opportunity to follow her dreams and take her interior design qualifications.

Soft furnishings and window treatments can add texture, colour and style to express the individuality desired. This could include designs from a sensual bedroom scheme to a creative playroom or a practical family room.

Onyx can help you choose the right furniture and upholstery for any room, whether it is bespoke furniture designed specifically for the scheme or a piece of furniture sourced from a broad range of suppliers. It is of utmost importance to ensure that the scale of the furniture fits into the room setting, as well as designing furniture to fit the client specific needs.

Lighting is so often an afterthought, but if planned early, it can add atmosphere and drama into the design. Onyx can advise about all types of lighting from standard light fixtures and lamps, all the way through to sophisticated zoned lighting systems that provide a multi-layered effect incorporating task lighting, accent lighting and general illumination.

Flow, proportion and scale are all essential parts of space planning and it is important to identify clients' objectives at the outset. Onyx will produce scale drawings to show room layouts incorporating three dimensional hand drawn renderings. This aids visualisation of how the end result will look, and colour or mood boards can be created so that the client can see exactly how the room should function and feel.