How do you want to feel when you walk through your front door at the end of each day?

We believe your home should provide a foundation for you to live in comfort, enjoy quality of life, and focus on spending your precious time and energy on the things that bring you joy.

We help clients create intelligent, purpose driven and healthy spaces that feel good, foster connection, and make daily life easier.

Our custom solutions put you and your family at the heart of your space.  We work with you to navigate your interior challenges so you can gain clarity and confidence in creating a beautiful, functional, and meaningful home, unique to how you and your family live.

Additionally with knowledge and expertise around wellness in the built environment and a WELL AP certification we look to overlay these aspects to your design to help you create a home that aligns with your healthy lifestyle.

Did you know that the average person spends 90% of their life indoors?

Yet until recent years, little has been understood about the impact of the built environment on occupant well-being. Scientific research now shows our living spaces have a tremendous impact on our physical, social and emotional well-being from how they’re constructed to how they are organised and decorated. As this research emerges, might we need to reconsider the importance of design to cover not just how our spaces look or function, but how they nurture the fullness of our human experience?

“We shape our buildings and afterwards they shape us.”
— Winston Churchill

  • "Although I have used the services of interior designers in the past, Katrina's blend of astute professionalism, clarity of vision, impeccable design sensibility, warmth and genuineness has surpassed all of my experiences and expectations. The projects she has supported us with have turned, what were ordeals, into inspirational FUN! With end products that are functional, practical, and beautiful to boot....Amazing!".

    — LINDA

  • "Katrina, thank you for your guidance and support through our project from start to finish. We would never have been able to achieve such a wonderful transformation of our family home if it wasn’t for your involvement. Your professionalism, attention to every detail and your invaluable advice, gave us a home we are now proud of and love to be in. You always took into consideration our family needs with your advice and considered all aspects of the project. Thank you so much for all that you have done, we will be forever grateful."

    — JENNY & JOHN

  • "Katrina did an amazing job designing our bathroom renovations. She was professional, thorough, and the end result is amazing. Her trade-specific drawings were invaluable for the tradies, and avoided mishaps and miscommunications. We would highly recommend her to others!”

    — HEATHER & DAVID

  • "We used Inhabitant Interiors for our new home build & it was an excellent experience with a fantastic outcome. Katrina managed everything for us including help with materials selections for our architectural plans, joinery design and lighting selection, interior furnishing and decoration. She also liaised with the builder and trades throughout the build process and her solution-oriented approach when inevitable issues arose during construction made it totally stress free. Her attention to detail & communication through the whole process from budgeting to placement of furniture & final clean resulted in a great outcome exceeding our expectations!"

    — PETER & HEATHER

  • "Katrina was amazing to work with. She went above and beyond to individualise her service to my needs. She offered a variety of choice and always listened to what I wanted rather than imposing her own preferences on me. I was also very confident to defer to Katrina to make decisions on certain aspects of the project given she went to great lengths to understand my vision and likes/dislikes."

    — RENEE

MEET KATRINA

FOUNDER & CREATIVE DIRECTOR, WELL AP accredited

Home is where you rest, spend time with precious loved ones and a place that nurtures you and your family.  Somewhere that should be comfortable, yet functional, and reflective of your life and style.  I believe interior design that balances aesthetics, functionality and health principles is important to create a strong foundation for your family's wellbeing.

Driven by a desire to move beyond traditional trend-led design and aesthetics, and after being made aware of the impact our buildings have on wellbeing through personal experience with my daughters’ allergies and illness from building environments - I founded Inhabitat Interiors in 2019.

Committed to reducing the body burden as well as environmental burden of the buildings that surround us, I aim to incorporate evidence-based design aspects of how buildings impact human wellbeing into my design framework. I am trained in the International Well Building Institute’s WELL methodology and am currently studying Materials Guidance for a Healthy, Circular, Affordable Future at Parsons School of Design.

I’m passionate about sharing what I’ve learnt to help my wonderful clients bring to life their vision and create beautiful, liveable spaces they love. Healthier homes that transcend trends, and are built to client’s unique requirements, providing a foundation to flourish through the shifting scenes of their life journey.