Design Discovery Consultation
For Irish, London & US Homes
Expert Interior Design Advice for Your Home, in a Single Two-Hour Session.
A focused interior design consultation for homeowners in Ireland, London, and the USA who want professional clarity on their space, without committing to a full service.
What Is The Design Discovery Consultation?
A focused two-hour session for homeowners in Ireland, London and the US, during which Mairead brings her full professional eye to your space and leaves you with a clear, practical direction forward. Whether you are at the beginning of a renovation, overwhelmed by options, or simply wanting an expert opinion before you commit to significant decisions, this consultation distils years of residential interior design experience into a single, highly usable session.
It is an advice-only service, there are no drawings, no procurement, and no project management. What you receive is expert guidance on layout, colour, lighting, and finishes, grounded in your specific rooms and your specific life, followed by a written action plan that makes the session immediately actionable. It is the right starting point for those who want clarity before they commit to anything larger, and a complete solution in its own right for those who simply want to make better decisions about their home.
What’s Included?
Before your session, Mairead sends a short questionnaire to ensure the two hours are spent on your specific rooms and goals rather than gathering background context. You are invited to share photographs of your spaces, floor plans if you have them, and any inspiration images you have collected, Pinterest boards are very welcome and genuinely useful.
During the consultation, Mairead reviews your layout, assesses furniture placement and traffic flow, and provides honest, specific guidance on colour palettes suited to Irish light, fabric and flooring choices that balance beauty with durability, and lighting, ambient, task, and accent, to bring warmth and depth to each room. Within a few days of the session, you receive a concise written action plan: clearly prioritised, practically sequenced, and designed to be used rather than filed away.
Who Is This Consultation For?
The Design Discovery Consultation is designed for homeowners who feel overwhelmed by options and want a clear, expert direction before purchasing furniture or beginning works, particularly those who are about to make decisions that are expensive to undo. It is equally right for those with rooms that have never quite come together and want targeted, honest guidance on the finishes, soft furnishings, and styling detail that transforms a room from pleasant to genuinely beautiful.
It is also ideal for clients who have recently moved into a new home, in Ireland, London, and the US, and want to make considered decisions from the outset, before habits form and compromises accumulate. And it is a natural entry point for clients who may eventually want to work with Mairead in a fuller capacity: many Full Interior Design and Signature Service clients begin here.
How it works?
Mairead works through your space with you in real time, reviewing layouts, discussing colours and materials, assessing lighting conditions, and identifying where the greatest visual impact can be achieved within your specific rooms and budget. The session is direct, practical, and entirely focused on your home rather than generic principles.
Following the consultation, you receive a concise written summary of Mairead's key recommendations, clearly sequenced so you know exactly what to address first, what can wait, and where your investment of time and budget will be felt most. The consultation does not include technical drawings, procurement, or project coordination. If you decide after the session that you would like Mairead more involved, the Signature Service or Full Interior Design Service is the natural next step.
What we’ll cover
Every consultation works through the decisions that most directly determine how a room feels: furniture placement and flow, a colour palette considered for the particular quality of Irish light, fabric and flooring guidance that balances durability with beauty, and layered lighting to give each room warmth and adaptability across the day. Mairead addresses your specific rooms with specificity rather than theory, and helps you identify which changes will have the greatest visual impact so your time and budget go where they will be felt most.
You leave with immediate clarity on what is working in your rooms, what is not, and exactly what to do first. For many clients, that clarity alone is the most valuable thing they take from the session. If you’re looking for clarity on your home’s vision, this service is perfect for you.
How to Prepare?
Phone photographs are perfectly adequate for preparation. Note the length, width, and ceiling height of each room and the position of main windows and doors, this allows Mairead to consider proportions and spatial planning before she arrives. Gather a handful of images that capture the feeling you are drawn to, and share a little about how you live: whether you have children or pets, whether you work from home, and how you use each space day to day.
Come also with a clear sense of what must stay and what you are ready to let go of. Knowing which pieces are non-negotiable allows Mairead to help you design around what already matters to you, rather than starting from zero. If after the session, you feel that you would like Mairead to be more involved, the Signature Service or Full Interior Design Service is the natural next step.
Why Choose Mairead for Your Design Consultation?
Mairead does not arrive at a consultation with a predetermined aesthetic or a portfolio of favourite solutions. She arrives with questions, curiosity, and a trained eye that takes in the particulars of your home, its proportions, its light, its bones, before offering a single recommendation. The guidance you receive is specific to your space, not adapted from a template or drawn from a mood board you could have found yourself.
With years of experience across new builds, Georgian renovations, coastal retreats, and family homes throughout Ireland, London, and the US, Mairead brings a depth of practical and aesthetic expertise that is rare in a single session format. Many clients describe the consultation as transformative not because of what was complicated, but because of how clearly Mairead was able to see what their home needed, and how simply she was able to explain it. You leave feeling clear, capable, and genuinely excited rather than more overwhelmed than when you arrived.
Investment
The Design Discovery Consultation is priced at €1,500 plus €0.50 per kilometre travelled. Book your session through the button below.