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New Zealand - New Company - Catherine Brennan Design
Catherine Brennan
What a journey this has turned out to be! We have moved to New Zealand 8x months ago. A decision has been made to run home interior business on this side of the World. It is called Catherine Brennan Design and it is open now to enquiries. The brand is very much in progress and we are getting everything in place. By the end of the next month the website should be ready and the exciting new chapter will start. Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or would like to book a free consultation.
January - time to declutter! Accessories....
Catherine Brennan
Accessories and how to use them..... These things are as important as any other aspect of your home - floor, walls, furnishings and more. I call them magic touches. If you struggle to use these well then I will give you a little tip. Remove all accessories from the room that you wish to transform. Look…
Merry Christmas!
Wishing you all Merry Christmas and happy New Year 2023! Thank you for your business, thank you for your support, thank you for your interest in our company. We will provide lots of home design tips next year and share our present and past projects of home transformations. Have a wonderful, peaceful and happy Christmas break!
Master Bedroom Makeover in Barton on Sea
It's a beautiful home by the seaside... We had a pleasure to transform majority of rooms for Teresa and Will. I have decided to share one of the latest projects - Master Bedroom. The whole makeover was delivered by us starting from the design through creating plenty of soft furnishings from handmade and bespoke curtains and bespoke roman blinds…
Meet Julia
Catherine Brennan
Julia Pala is a qualified interior designer who has very recently joined New Forest Designs. Julia has graduated at Arts University Bournemouth. She will be meeting clients and delivering home design consultations, managing projects where required and creating designs with my help and ongoing support. There are many things I can say about Julia. She is an enthusiastic and creative person that can fully engage with the role and perform associated responsibilities confidently. Julia is passionate and eager to further develop with the practical experience that New Forest Designs Ltd will challenge her with. During the course of her academic education, she possess a high degree of spatial awareness and conceptual thinking with consideration of Building Regulations and space standards.…
Life change
Catherine Brennan
Guess what you can see on the photo here..... It's a beautiful reflection of the sun gently hiding behind the clouds, the ripples on the water, warmth in the air, nature at…
Merry Christmas!
Catherine Brennan
Merry Christmas and many thanks to all of you who visit my website and use my services. Best wishes of love, health, wealth and happiness to you and your families for the New Year.
Christmas Fair in Lyndhurst!
Catherine Brennan
Super exciting news as New Forest Designs will be taking part for the first time in Lyndhurst Christmas Makers Market at Lyndhurst Community Centre this Saturday 11th December. You can find handmade lavender cushions that will be skilfully wrapped - perfect Christmas present also lots and lots of fabric remnants from which you can make your own creations! Our stall will be stocked…
Interior design in our home
Catherine Brennan
This year I have decided that it's in fact our home that deserves a much needed transformation. I'm going to reveal some interior design tips…
Changing Seasons
Catherine Brennan
With COVID restrictions starting to reduce, the long- awaited sunshine is brightening our days and the May Bank Holiday within arms reach we can start to celebrate Spring. This is such an exciting time of year when we observe everything around us bursting back into life. Here, in New Forest we have been blessed with the new life of foals, lambs and…
Colour schemes - perfect design
Catherine Brennan
Colour schemes and how to create a perfect design.... We all have our favourite colour and a colour scheme that feels right whether it is for our clothes, things we observe and see within the nature or items that we surround ourselves with. The right selection of colours…
Creating home office space
Catherine Brennan
New Year, new goals so let's get going and achieve them! We all spend so much more time at home and majority of the households lack proper space where we can work from. Below you are…
Christmas is on its way! Time to think about our Loved Ones...
Christmas Vouchers! Yes! Why not make your Loved One’s Christmas present very special this year? Something different, practical, desired that will bring a massive smile and will be finished with a “wow!”. How about a spectacular room makeover voucher? Each will include my professional home design ideas and a real transformation for a room of your choice. The voucher can be as small as £300 to rearrange existing elements within the room and add a touch of sparkle with few extra treasures. Give me a call today to discuss more… 07554…
How do we feel about "CHANGE"?
Catherine Brennan
Changes affect us differently... Majority of us like what's familiar, we get used to the same routine and feel safe having structure in…
Back on track :-)
Catherine Brennan
How have you all been? A bunch of emotions have been affecting us all over the last few months. The work and general life changes made us appreciate small things but at the same time…
Our coronavirus business continuity plans in place...
Catherine Brennan
The current health emergency is no doubt causing disruption to our business but we would like to however assure our clients that we are open for business so please do call us with any queries you may have. The new enquiries will be processed in a usual manner. Please call us or send us email. Please don't visit our workshop as its sadly closed to public at this time. New Forest Designs Ltd is volunteering and supporting local…
Time like never before...
Catherine Brennan
We all thought that Brexit was such a huge deal until now. We have entered into the most frightening times since Second World War. It's coronavirus that has changed our last two weeks into something we could never predict. Another day before we reach the end of March 2020 and we all have to stay at…
Happy New Year 2020!
Massive thank you to all who showed interest in my company. Thanks to all the clients who trusted and given me opportunity to transform their interiors, create blinds and curtains and re-upholster some of the loved items. Wishing you all lots of health, love and happiness in this New Year.
Prima Magazine & New Forest Designs Ltd
Catherine Brennan
We can't say much but watch out for Prima Magazine August edition (in shops on 5th July). It's our little secret that will be soon revealed...
Exhibiting at Country Living Spring Fair, Alexandra Palace, London March 2019
Catherine Brennan
Wow! The event was amazing! Thank you to all who supported us. This was the first chance of exhibiting our range of services. The kids collection was a presentation of our interior design services, handmade curtains and blind, bespoke kids bed panels, soft furnishings and upholstery.
Make Christmas Stress-Free with New Forest Designs
Catherine Brennan
Do you have too much on and still have no presents and no idea when or how to decorate the house for Christmas? What about the Christmas cards and food shopping? New Forest Designs offers now “Stress free - dress my house for Christmas” service. We have 3x different options on offer so get in touch and book today! o SPECIAL - from £200 – with use of customers’ existing decorations: dress the Xmas tree, dining table and chairs, front door, staircase, posting service including hand addressed cards collection and post o WOW - from £300 – as above plus additional £100 budget to spend on research and purchase service of the additional…
Victoria Hammond, Kent 2018
Catherine Brennan
It has been a pleasure taking another refresher course on making Roman Blinds with Victoria Hammond, well known interior designer and accredited teacher.
Completion of Portswood Road Student Accommodation
Catherine Brennan
New Forest Designs has been providing their services to a contractor for the majority of year 2017 and 2018. It has been a pleasure to be involved in such a high-end student accommodation as this one.
Country Living Fair, London 2018
Catherine Brennan
It has been an amazing day where the inspiring creators, traders and public came together. With plenty of workshops the day was inspiring especially when meeting the lovely Queen of paint Annie Sloan.
Exciting News!!!
New Forest Designs is opening to business in April 2018!!! We are open for bookings from March. Get in touch! We would love to hear from you and make at least some of your dreams come true.