Fiona Adler Brighton
Half way through decorating our lounge room, I became confused about the direction it was heading (I wanted warm and rustic, while still being modern, but it started looking a bit ski lodge!). Anyway, I came across Fiona's website somehow and so decided to see whether she could help.
She came out and gave very good advice - fitting in with the house and our vision, but also stretching our thinking a bit. Following the 1 hour consultation, she came back with a very detailed email outlining her suggestions for the various components we needed to get (dining chairs, lamp, rug, curtains, side tables, ottomans, etc) and also web links to the best places to source them. (I have long had a love for furniture but still hadn't come across many of the great places she recommended - it was well worth it even just from this perspective!)
Previously I was skeptical that all interior designers would give free advice and then take a huge margin by getting you to purchase through them - but Fiona was not like this at all. I was really happy to pay for her advise - I'll probably end up saving more than this by buying better anyway... Fiona has helped us with our "decorators block" and we just ordered our chairs today. I now feel like we know exactly what we need for the rest of the pieces and it will look great.
When we come to doing other rooms in the house, I'll definitely seek out Fiona's advice again.