Discover the Best interior designers Sydney has to offer with our curated List of the 10 Top interior designers in Sydney.

Discover the Best Interior Designers in Sydney

In many ways, Sydney seems to have it all. It’s an inviting blend of the exhilarating and easygoing, the traditional and contemporary, and it’s a hotbed of inspiration when it comes to interior decoration. 

Whether dark and minimalist or sun-bathed and coastal, one thing that unites Australian, and particularly Sydney, interiors is an appreciation for fusion styles, craftsmanship and iconic pieces that highlight a worldly design aesthetic.

After all, the city is teeming with life, boasting bold architecture and rich in creative talent. So, we’ve put together a list of the best interior designers Sydney has to offer, exploring some of their best projects and the iconic pieces they use to realise their unique signature style.

Eclectic Style and Italian Quality: our Selection of the Best Australian Interior Designers

SJB

Our list of the top interior designers Sydney has to offer starts with SJB. Founded in 1970, SJB is a multidisciplinary design practice that embraces architecture, interior design, town planning and urban design. With a strong contemporary focus, the firm approaches every project as an open conversation, responding to the user as well as the context of the site.

SJB’s approach is perfectly demonstrated in its modern extension and adaptation of Clark House. The studio uses a subdued colour palette of black, white, and grey to tie in the newly built environment with the heritage portion of the home, bringing together a loose collection of contemporary and traditional furnishings, which include the Lady Armchair by Marco Zanuso for Cassina, that perfectly compliment the home’s classic foundations.

Hare + Klein

Distinguished by an aesthetic of understated luxury and attention to fine detail, Hare + Klein is synonymous with uncompromisingly comfortable, liveable interiors made exceptional by deceivingly effortless styling. 

Whether it’s a rural idyll seamlessly linked to a gorgeous garden, or a city penthouse, like the Woollahra Valley Residence seen here, the studio’s style is unmistakable. Hare + Klein has chosen furnishings for their shape, form and textural language, enhancing the warmth of natural materials with darker, cooler and more industrial accents. 

Greg Natale

With a penchant for unexpected design, Greg Natale has become known for his masterly use of pattern and colour, and his bold application of both in creating tailored, glamorous and sophisticated spaces. He also has a penchant for winning awards, having recently won House & Garden’s Room of the Year for his design of Walsh Bay Penthouse.

The two-storey, three-bedroom apartment showcases a creative use of curves enhanced by the freeform of contemporary furnishings, including two of Tacchini’s Julep Sofas in the living area. Fluid shapes are also highlighted with hand-carved grey Carrara marble, which accents the rounded cabinetry, kitchen island, and bathroom walls.

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Richards Stanisich

Founded by Jonathan Richards and Kirsten Stanisich in 2018, Richard Stanisich’s intention is simple: to create spaces that make you feel something, as seen in its design of Elizabeth Bay Villa.

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The historical building that houses this villa, combined with the client’s own collection of contemporary furniture, led to a major reconstruction designed with a restrained sense of luxury. The interiors respond to the iconic nature of the building with elegant details and a change of materiality: from light timbers and translucent glass screens to black terrazzo and steel framed doors to the terrace. 

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Arent&Pyke

Since the formation of the practice in 2007, Arent&Pyke have fine tuned their philosophy around what it means to make a space sing. They are best known for their distinctive brand of decorative modernism, which the studio has exercised to create wonderfully relaxed interiors in The Collector House.

For this waterfront home Arent&Pyke worked with iconic pieces. The Up Series 2000 Armchair by Gaetano Pesce becomes a focal point in the library, in the company of the Knoll Cesca Chairs and Isamu Noguchi Akari E light. Elsewhere, a curation of locally designed and made furniture pieces sit among other design objects including the Brazilian Mad Lounge Chairs by Jader Almeida for Sollos.

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YSG

YSG’s highly customised interiors are steeped in craftsmanship and charged with a rebellious spark. Bringing together custom furnishings with contemporary classics, Budge Over Dover is an ode to the studio’s bold and characterful approach.

YSG has transformed a five-bedroom family coastal home with a not-so coastal aesthetic, imbuing it with a whimsical energy thanks to a striking palette of purple and green, and a collection of striking furniture. In the den is the Utrecht armchair by Gerrit Thomas Rietveld, and in the main bedroom is the LC7 armchair by Charlotte Perriand, both pieces for Cassina.

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Doherty Design Studio

Doherty Design Studio is a multidisciplinary practice whose experience is in both residential and commercial environments, which are always playful, thoughtful and full of life. The studio’s expressive touch is felt in Back to the Future House, a home originally designed by Peter McIntyre in the 1980s.

Doherty Design Studio has injected colour into its interiors, interpreting modernism with Palm Springs as a particular influence. The boldness is emphasised by contemporary light fixtures and bulbous furnishings in vibrant colours.

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Decus Interiors

Decus Interiors celebrates beautiful design in all its manifestations creating projects that seek to balance the exquisite and provocative, whimsical and classic, austere and colourful. The studio’s coined aesthetic “luxurious yet liveable” defines residential projects across Australia, including this Coastal Home.

Steering clear of the typical beachside home aesthetic, Decus looked to native Australian flora and an extensive collection of Australian artwork for inspiration. Hence the eclecticism of finishes, defined by a sprinkling of vintage curios, indigenous sculptures and Mid Century pieces.

Notable pieces include the Ginger Chair by Roberto Lazzeroni for Poltrona Frau in the dining room, and the Extrasoft Sofa by Piero Lissoni for Living Divani. Elsewhere, a custom-designed leather sofa by Decus Interiors is paired with Missoni cushions and footstools.

Carter Williamson

Carter Williamson is a multiple award-winning design studio with a strong commitment to rigorous, beautiful and robust architecture and interior design. The studio recently unveiled Concrete Blonde, an updated Annandale cottage that unfolds from a modest heritage façade to a generously spaced home. 

Carter Williamson preserved the heritage facade of a 100-year-old dwelling while imbuing the interiors with pastel hues and rounded shapes. A light and elegant material palette provides a mix of textures to compliment the terrazzo flooring and natural wood, which defines custom-made cabinetry throughout the living and dining area.

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Alexander&Co

Our list of the best interior designers Sydney has to offer finishes with Alexander&Co whose team is made up of architects, interior specialists and furniture makers that work together to create timeless and beautiful spaces. The studio’s design of Bondi Junction House sees both an alteration and addition to an existing 1900s Victorian terrace in the Eastern suburbs of Sydney.

Inspired by Alvar Alto, the space loosely references a modernist philosophy whilst revealing a contemporary interpretation of Scandinavian style with iconic designs from across Europe. Standouts pieces include the geometric inspired Quaderna Console by Superstudio for Zanotta.

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