Expert Advice From A Seasoned Renovator, With Interior Designer Leigh Ellwood

from The Design Files Talks · host Lucy Feagins, Leigh Ellwood, Christina Karras, Georgie Rose

Today we chat with Leigh Ellwood, an interior designer behind some of the most special homes we've ever featured on TDF. Having completed 10 personal renovation projects in the last 24 years, safe to say she knows a thing or two about renovating! But what we really love about Leigh is her magic creative touch that turns each property into a warm, perfectly styled home, with lived-in interiors. Leigh shares some words of wisdom on how she finds the right tradespeople, the right properties, and her intuitive approach to designing spaces with a good ‘feeling’ about them.To see what we mean, take a look at Leigh’s amazing apartment in South Yarra’s iconic Beverley Hills complex and her dreamy beach house on the Great Ocean Road in this story here!You can follow Leigh on Instagram @leigh_ellwood. Follow us at @thedesignfiles and subscribe to our weekly newsletter so you don’t miss a thing. Thank you so much for listening!

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Listen to our chat with Leigh Ellwood, an experienced renovator and Melbourne interior designer behind some of our favourite home tours — including an apartment in the iconic Beverley Hills building, and a dreamy timber beach house! She shares the words of wisdom she’s picked up after completing 10 renovations in the past 24 years.

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