Samantha Watkins McRae

Sam did an amazing job interpreting our hopes and vague ideas into amazing, beautiful, rooms that are a pleasure to live in. She has an incredible eye for the colours, fabrics, lighting and objects that will work together perfectly. She is a great listener, so it always felt like she was improving and building on something that was our vision, albeit with far more skill and taste than we could have imagined. She has great connections among the trade suppliers and was always available to sort out any aspect of the build and decoration process. She was an absolute pleasure to work with and I could not recommend her highly enough!

Samantha has been at the heart of many renovation projects with us over the last few years. During that time, she has completely transformed a tired and dated property in Hampshire into a colourful jewel of a holiday home from top to bottom, created an exquisite en-suite bathroom that is an everyday pleasure to use and most recently, helped to turn our kitchen and family room into a functional yet immensely beautiful space. Sam is always imaginative, couragous with texture, pattern and colour and has really helped us to step outside our comfort zone by nurturing a more adventurous appreciation for the aesthetics of our home. She has found some incredible pieces of furniture that we would never have encountered on our own and introduced us to many amazing artisans and designers. Sam is endlessly positive and creative, as well as being wonderful to work with. I would recommend her to anyone who is looking to make changes in their home.

Samantha designed the decor for my flat, sourced incredible materials and pieces and introduced me to professional builders. There are a lots of great things about working with Samantha. She spent time with me to understand my taste and how to incorporate my furniture and artwork into the design and I am very pleased that the outcome reflects me and my taste. During the time the builders were at my place Samantha was proactively engaged with deliveries, fixing issues that arose such as the replacing a faulty light etc. Finally I really like all the statement unique pieces such as lights and beautiful materials that she has sourced for me through her partners and contacts many of which are small businesses. I highly recommend.

Sam has vast knowledge and a great ability to tailor projects to her clients needs. Having worked with her on a few projects now, she comes well and worthily recommended.

We would like to highly recommend Sam for her amazing work. Sam and her team are so professional and really look into details. We are very pleased with the results. Our off-plan apartment has been transformed to a nice and comfortable home.

I had the pleasure to work with Samantha at the beginning of the second lockdown. I wanted to remodel a flat I recently moved in. It wasn't easy as timings were tight and given the lockdown circumstances, suppliers and builders had limitations too. So it took us a bit longer than expected, however the final product exceeded my expectations. Sam has a great taste that allowed room to incorporate my own views, but ensuring everything comes together in a cohesive way, including design, colours, finishes, and desired vibe. We achieved the feeling I wanted. So it's not only from the design perspective, but functionality and feeling of the place. Sam has also a great eye for quality, even when we had to optimize a few things here and there, she found good alternatives that kept things to a good standard. She helped me pick floor materials, paintings, curtains, and ironmongery, lighting, cabinets, and of course furniture, furthermore even helped with art work. Pics of the living room, end work attached. I've recommended Sam to a couple of friends already. So that's probably the best evidence I can provide of her work.

I have worked with Samantha on a few different projects as a photographer and I have absolutely enjoyed capturing her work! I admire her work and her eye for interior design. Her use of colours and textures create beautiful living spaces and I feel lucky to be photographing them! She is a very kind person and combined with her professional attitude to work, it's a breeze to be working together. I would definitely recommend to anyone who is looking to work with an interior designer.

We have worked with Sam on several different projects and it is always an absolute pleasure. Her most recent project in Fitzrovia has just been completed and looks incredible! We feel so lucky to be able to work with her - she is truly wonderful.

We have recently worked with Samantha on a full apartment refurbishment project in Fitzrovia W1. My wife and I both work in construction and have a full understanding of the activities difficulties, processes and costs. The apartment had not been touched since 1982 and needed a full makeover. Walls removed, new electrics and plumbing, general joinery, engineered wood floor, bespoke joinery, kitchen, bathrooms decorations etc. After a tender process a builder was appointed, Samantha visited every week, dealt with them directly, communicating progress with us. Once the construction was underway and progressing well, we moved more into the design details. Samatha sourced the bathrooms, kitchen, iron mongery, radiators, light fittings etc; and agreed each element with us as we went along, following this we moved into the curtains,cushions, fabrics, furniture and rugs etc and followed the same process. We wanted someone who could act as our project manager, take the day to day cordination work from us around the construction. Along with an interior designer who could understand our style, ( classic contemporary ) bring in the designers eye for detail make suggestions, offer alternatives, add the flourishes and bring the project together. The trades people found her good to work with as we did. Once commisioned Samantha was professional, focused, aware of her time scales, a good communicator with a sense of humour when needed. Would we work with Samantha again - Absolutely

Samantha has been the perfect fit for us - knowledgeable, tasteful, creative and an absolute delight to work with. We feel very fortunate to have met Sam and are so thankful for her help in transforming our house into our family home.

Sam did the most incredible job on my home. After 18 years and children, it needed a complete refresh. The most important part of the process is that she listened, actually took notice of the budget and then used her knowledge and talent to transform the house. She also project managed a large part of the project. The result has exceeded my expectations. Can't rate her highly enough.

very happy with the advice and recommendation on furniture and fabrics . Now our office is looking extremely cosy and stylish . Sam has a great eye for details and knowledge .Highly recommended .