A home should feel like exhaling — ease you can feel in your bones, not just see in the room.
Paradise, reimagined for real life.
Studio Halo & Fitz brings the Global Resort feeling to life with patina, purposeful pattern, and materials that get better with time.
A boutique interior design studio based in St Kilda, working with homeowners and renters across St Kilda,, Elwood, Balaclava, Windsor, Prahran, Albert Park, South Melbourne and the wider inner-Melbourne and inner-bayside suburbs, with E-Design clients anywhere in Australia.
The studio story
From holiday to home: why this studio exists.
Studio Halo & Fitz was born from one obsession: that holiday version of you — slower, lighter, more yourself — shouldn’t disappear when you walk back through your front door.
I wanted to translate that feeling into real homes: not themed, not try-hard, just lived-in, and deeply personal.
Because “nice” isn’t the goal.
Settled is.
Want the longer story behind the studio — eleven years abroad, the Costa Rica “space can change you” moment, and the PR-to-interiors pivot?
How I can help
The work, without the waffle.
Your home isn’t a Pinterest board — it’s a living reflection of your life.
You don’t need more “nice things.” You need decisions that work together.
Sound familiar?
“I can’t figure out why this room feels off.”
“I have nice pieces… but nothing connects.”
“I want my rental to feel like mine, not temporary.”
“I’ve got travel treasures — I just don’t know how to use them without it looking random.”
“I’m making too many choices…and I don’t trust any of them.”
Here’s what we create instead:
A layout that flows day to day (not just in a photo).
A palette that feels like you — not the internet.
Cohesion without starting from scratch.
Pieces with a story that support each other (no more competing, not styled to death).
Confidence — so you stop second-guessing and overspending.
Not sure where to start? Book a free Align + Define Call and I’ll point you to the best next step.
20 minutes • free • no pressure
What I believe
A few things I won’t budge on.
Travel should become texture, not a theme. A room can carry a place without looking like it. I bring back the light, the materials and the feeling — not the souvenirs.
The biography is the brief. Inspiration images are a starting point. The real brief is you: where you’ve been, what you’ve kept, and how you want to feel when you walk through the door.
Buying more is rarely the first answer. Most rooms don’t have a shopping problem. They have a decision problem. We work out what’s missing before anything goes in the cart.
Character beats perfection. The piece that doesn’t quite match but absolutely belongs isn’t a compromise. It’s the room working.
The Global Resort approach
The feeling of a place. Not the theme of one.
Global Resort is how I translate the places that shaped you into the home you live in now. Not a coastal theme or a room that looks like a hotel. The light, the materials, the way a space makes you slow down — brought home and made personal, even if you’re just making coffee in your pyjamas.
Expect:
Grounded flow — spaces that function beautifully day to day
Sun-washed layers — texture and tone, not bland
Story-led details — pieces with patina and meaning
Never hotel-staged. Never theme-y. Always you.
How it works
Align + Define call. Twenty minutes, free. We talk about your space, what isn’t working, and which path fits.
Choose your path. E-Design — The Postcard Edit or The Passport Plan — for one or two rooms, anywhere in Australia. Or The Grand Tour: full-scope design in person across Melbourne’s inner suburbs, starting with a paid, in-depth Discovery Call.
Design you can act on. A plan built around your story, with clear decisions and next steps. On The Grand Tour, I’m with you from brief to install
Three steps. No guesswork.
Ready to bring the feeling home?
If your home is almost there , but not quite settled, I’ll help you shape a space that feels considered, cohesive, and unmistakably yours.