Meet Interior Designer Amy Spargo

Tell us a bit about your business?
I run a full service boutique interior design firm. We are engaged in all areas of design from space planning, joinery design, fittings and fixtures specification and bespoke furniture design.
We see a project through from conception to completion and work all across Australia.

Where are you based?
I live on the Mornington Peninsula and have an office in Toorak.

How would you describe your style?
Classic, welcoming and colourful.

How did you begin your career in design?
I side stepped into design after a false start in Behavioural Science (although it does come in handy from time to time) I started work experience during my University years at a large architectural practice and then followed into working at a small boutique design firm, Nexus Designs. I was lucky enough to have my first project published on the cover of House and Garden magazine after opening Maine House Interiors only six months earlier, that really was a fabulous starting point for me.

Your best interior design tip?
Buy well, buy once.

What designers inspire you?
Miles Redd, Tony Buratta, Bunny Williams and Mark D Sikes, to name just a few.

What else inspires you?
Travel, the colours in nature and my family.

What do you love about your work?
I really love getting to know my clients, seeing how they live, what they love, what is important to them and then designing spaces that really capture that.

Greatest budget buy or budget decorating tip?
My greatest budget buy would have to be the raffia console table that I picked up at my local
opportunity shop for $50, it is amazing what you can find in those stores. My budget decorating tip would be use paint well, it doesn’t cost more to paint a room blue as
opposed to white, so have fun with it (but never just a feature wall!).

What’s your family’s favourite way to spend a day in your region/home?
We love the beach and are fortunate to have one of the most amazing beaches in Victoria on our doorstep. My husband and I also like to visit local wineries, there are still so many we are yet to explore, each offering something different.