Design + Diplomacy

Nicole and Lara styled my Fitzroy Apartment which I recently sold. I was really happy with how it presented during the sales campaign. I would highly recommend Design + Diplomacy if you're looking to have your place looking it's very best.

Nicole and her team did an amazing job styling our property for sale. Communication was excellent, price was competitive and the items they chose really brought the home to life. The furniture and accessories they used were the perfect mix of cool and quirky, but still appealing to a wide range of potential buyers - the feedback was so positive. Would 100% use D+D again!

We have engaged Design and Diplomacy services over a number of years for different projects , including staging property for sale , property maintenance and preparation for sale and beautiful interior decoration by Nicole.The recent house staging was done to a high quality and gave the property a contemporary update helping to make a great selling campaign . Also had great outcomes working with Nicole in interior decoration . She is very experienced , easy to work with . She brings contempary looks to the table but is also sensitive to the past and can help transition your look.Recommend their services highly.

We engaged Nicole and the D&D team to furnish and style our Hepburn Springs AirBnB / Holiday house. The team did a great job - engaged with us really well, great communication through-out and picked out fantastic pieces. I really enjoyed how flexible Nicole was as she guided us through the process, and we are really enjoying the results. Thanks Nicole!

We were delighted with the staging job Nicole and team did on our warehouse apartment in Fitzroy. The furniture and art selections made it feel very warm and inviting, they even incorporated a few of our favourite pieces - it really felt like home! They also worked very quickly finishing staging 2 days after seeing it. We ultimately achieved a great sale result selling before auction with the feedback across the board very positive, we would use them again in a heartbeat - highly recommend! 6 stars ⭐️⭐️

Lara and her team provided an exceptional professional service in preparing my beach side apartment for sale. It was a real challenge to create a two bedroom/living room concept from essentially a large one bedroom apartment. Lara stepped up to the challenge intellectually and creatively. The result was wonderful and we achieved our selling goals. Lara was very responsive and respectful of my ideas and showed good grace when I changed my mind even in circumstances which caused inconvenience to her and her team. I also used D&D in the sale of a house in Reservoir; Lara demonstrated the same professionalism and creativity I experienced in the sale of the beach apartment. I would not hesitate to recommend D&D.

We engaged D+D to style our holiday home, and they really delivered for us. They de-stressed our experience and completed the styling within 24hrs of settlement of our purchase. We love our warm living room and chic family area. Nicole was very responsive, and kept us informed of the style and furniture sought for our place. We cannot thank you and recommend D+D enough!

I have worked with Lara, Nicole, and the team at Design + Diplomacy on many projects now across suburbs in Melbourne from large executive homes to contemporary apartments. Their beautiful modern styling has finished off all our properties perfectly ready for sale. Attention to every detail from pressed bedding to kitchen ornaments is taken care of. They always use all high-quality modern furniture which has always made my job easy to sell our properties. Very professional and super easy to deal with. Looking forward to walking into our next property styled and staged by D+D!

Nicole and her team are amazing at property staging. My city apartment was effortlessly designed to look stylish yet homey, the work was carried out promptly and professionally, and the result was a sale price that went well above its reserve (and during Covid!). Thanks a mil Lara for your natural flair for what good design should look like; this really made the whole selling process stress-free for us. Highly recommended!!

Lara and the crew from D&D did a magnificent job styling our house ready for inspections and auction. Her choice of furniture, art and propping perfectly matched our little art deco house in Northcote. It brought the whole place to a whole new level and looked absolutely magnificent. We would highly recommend D&D as a property styling company.