Design Concierge - Maddens Project

Every now and then, a project comes through the studio that beautifully sums up what Design Concierge is all about. The Maddens project, a renovation of 3 bathrooms and a laundry at a family home in Peregian Springs is one of those.

Our clients already had great taste. They had folders of saved images, a clear sense of the mood they wanted, and a generous renovation budget. What they didn’t have was certainty.

They were about to make six-figure decisions on tiles, joinery, tapware, lighting, vanities and stone, and (fair enough) they wanted someone in their corner who could say “yes, that one” with confidence.

This is exactly where Design Conceirge fits in.

How we supported them

We came in not to take over, but to translate their instincts into a cohesive scheme they could brief their builder against. Across a series of consultations we curated tile palettes, locked in joinery layouts for each room, finalised tapware finishes (matte black throughout, kept consistent so every space flows),specified integrated lighting, and produced a full documentation set the trades could build from without second guessing.

The result is a renovation where every decision feels intentional, layered and warm. Nothing here was random.

Main bathroom: from builder-grade to boutique

The original main bathroom was a textbook builder-grade space: fine, functional and forgettable. Tan tiles, framed glass shower, basic vanity, no atmosphere.

We reworked the layout around a walnut floating vanity with a stone top and a vessel basin, then brought in a fluted ceramic feature wall behind it to add quiet texture. A freestanding bath anchors the wet zone, and a tiled niche with mitred edges (no metal trims, ever) keeps the finish clean and continuous. The palette is warm travertine-look tile, walnut timber, matte black and stone: a mix that photographs well today and will still feel right in fifteen years.
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Master ensuite: a calm, hotel-feeling retreat

For the master ensuite we leaned into the request our clients kept circling back to: “we want it to feel like a really good hotel.” So we did. A double walnut vanity, two slimline mirror cabinets, a stone splash back that runs floor to ceiling behind the basins, and a strip of integrated LED behind the mirrors that throws soft, flattering light without the glare of an overhead.

Tapware is wall mounted and centred to each basin. That sounds like a small detail, and it is, but it is the kind of small detail that makes the joinery feel bespoke even though the vanity itself is a customised BlueSpace product. One of our favourite Design Concierge tricks, by the way: choosing a configurable supplier so you get the tailored look without the bespoke timeline or cost.

Powder room: small space, big personality

The powder room got the most fun. A single fluted feature wall, a moody walnut vanity, vessel basin, wall-mounted black taps and a sculptural mirror. Because it is the room guests actually walk into, we let it work a little harder visually than the rest of the home.

Laundry: pretty, but also useful

This is the one our clients laugh about the most. The original laundry was a narrow, white, slightly sad pass-through with a fridge wedged in beside the washing machine.

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Now it is a working room: full-height white joinery with integrated washer and dryer, pull our basket shelf, a stone bench top, generous storage and (most importantly) a dog door for the very good boy of the house.

The small moves that made the biggest difference

A handful of details we would happily steal for our own homes:

·      LED light strips built into the joinery, soft and warm, never directly in your eyes.

·      Sensor wall lights down low for night trips to the bathroom.

·      GPOs hidden inside drawers so chargers and electric toothbrushes stay off the bench.

·      Tiled niches with mitred edges instead of metal trims. A bit more labour, infinitely better looking forever.

·      Consistent matte black tapware across every room, so the home reads as one project, not four.

The takeaway

Our clients did not need someone to design their renovation for them. They needed someone to help them trust the decisions they were already leaning toward, fill in the technical gaps and document it cleanly for the trades. That is the heart ofDesign Concierge: smart, strategic guidance that gets you to “I love this” with confidence, speed and joy.

If you have a project on the horizon and a folder full of saved images you do not quite know what to do with, you know where to find us.

Collaboration never goes out of style.

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