Sarah Burghard Designs

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SB Interior Styling
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sarah@burgharddesigns.com

A bit about SB Interior Styling...

Sarah Burghard has worked as a textile designer within the hospitality sector creating signature fabrics for boutique hotels, bars & cafès for over a decade. During the pandemic when hospitality was on it’s knees Sarah, like so many, pivoted to develop her skills & created an on-line styling service which brings her expertise to a far wider audience. Sarah works from her studio in Spike Island, Bristol & whilst no longer aboard her narrow boat, she remains close to the water living amongst the buzz of Whapping Wharf in the heart of the city.

Sarah is passionate about collaborating with talented creatives to keep her work fresh and deliver the best designs to clients. She works with an ever developing team of freelance designers, makers and digital creatives to bring your design to life.

As designers we should be ahead of the game and we are!

Our virtual services are changing the game, shaking things up & doing things differently to the traditional “Full interior design service.” We combine online tools with our innovative design skills, delivering helpful & accessible interior styling services to clients all over the UK.

Apparently I’m a lively and creative individual! I am proud & grateful to have lived an exciting and varied life to date. With many different chapters in all sorts of locations I have had a wide range of interesting experiences and worked alongside some incredible people & I think this enhances my creativity and ability to connect with clients on an emotional & practical level.

As a teenager I fulfilled my childhood dream by gaining a place at a classical drama school in central London where I trained and then worked as an actress for 10 years. My roles were in TV, West End and regional theatre, commercials and voice overs & yes, I have many a story to tell from my years in the spotlight!

The actress in me explains my love of story telling which is reflected in my design approach. We focus on creating interiors that truly reflect our client’s unique personality. Through creativity & digital printing we bring their personality into their interior scheme, fabric designs & bespoke products that are our unique icing on the interior design cake.

Professionally I trained as a Textile Designer later in life as a mature student & totally embraced going back into education. I gained distinctions in all my studies on an Art Foundation, an HND in Fine Art and studies on a BA in Textile Design at Central St Martins School of Art in London.

After 7 years of combining my studies with raising my children “Sarah Burghard Designs” SBD Ltd was launched at The Independent Hotel Show in 2012. Throughout my decade of experience within commercial interiors for the hospitality industry, I have developed an ability to bring my client’s projects to life with eye catching details and innovative ideas

Trough out my decade of experience within commercial interiors for the hospitality industry, I developed an ability to bring my client’s projects to life with eye catching details and innovative idea.

Personally I have lived in a wide variety of homes including small city flats in London, large Grade 2 listed family houses in Oxfordshire & the Cotswolds and all sorts in-between.

After living in the heart of the West End of London for 20 years, I also lived internationally in Jakarta, Indonesia whilst raising my two sons who are now old enough to be leading their own lives.

I also lived on a traditional narrow boat in Bristol Marina whilst waiting for my current property to be built. Living on the water was an amazing experience that was made especially memorable by sharing the 2020 lockdown with the wonderful Bristol boating community.

These adventurous chapters have taught me to appreciate the importance of styling your space carefully, no matter how big or small.

I am now settled on the beautiful harbour side in the eclectic city of Bristol whilst working virtually with clients all over the UK and beyond.

Testimonials

We contacted Sarah at short notice to see if she would be able to help us with the overall design and details of the look and feel we wanted. Sarah jumped on board and squeezed us into her already busy schedule to make it happen. All the feedback we had was hugely positive, being one of the best-looking shows which was exactly what we wanted to achieve. A massive thank you to Sarah for all her hard work to pull it all together in such a short amount of time! Thanks again.

Sarah was efficient. She took the time to listen to what we wanted and then provided us with exactly that, before adding some intelligent suggestions that demonstrated her empathy with our vision. As a result, we have been provided with an excellent representation of our bathroom, with a great deal of added value. We loved working with her. She was economic with time and understood exactly what we wanted.

We were highly recommended to Sarah and we were certainly not disappointed by the referral, in fact the advice provided and attention to detail was phenpmenal. We would have absolutely no hesitation in recommending Sarah in the future.

It was more than a pleasure working with Sarah, it was a treat! We had fun talking about what was important to me and how I wanted the products to look and feel. She listened well, added ideas to my thoughts and then she delivered everything she promised. No chasing, no worries, just fabulous service, courteous and in truth, she is terribly charming! I wouldn't hesitate to work with her again and would absolutely recommend her to interior designers, boutique hoteliers, private clients and more. If you're looking for something special in your room then Sarah will definitely come up with a fabulous idea. And deliver.

The time, care & passion Sarah puts in shines through.

I entrusted Sarah with some very beautiful, expensive and sentimental material (my late mother’s welsh tapestry curtains) and asked her to make some bespoke cushions and interior products for me. I was not expecting them to be made so promptly and so I was very excited when she told me they were ready. The quality of the workmanship is outstanding, exceeding my expectations! Sarah also included a beautiful piping trim in the exact colour and texture replicating the original fabric's detail. This unexpected detail really made them absolutely perfect!! I’m delighted and will 100% be approaching her with more projects in the future.

For the record I think you're super approachable and I really appreciate your transparency with how you work...even after nearly a year I remembered that you 'felt' different from other designers I'd spoken to in the past hence why I got in touch 🙂

What a fantastic service! Sarah was so helpful and I was thrilled with the end product designs - I will definitely be using her again.

Sarah was easy to work with and confident in her ability, which gave me confidence to proceed with her as my interior designer. I've only made the initial changes but the place already looks hugely better

Sarah was quick to get in contact with me. She has sooo many brilliant ideas and working with her was a pleasure. Am excited to design my home with her ideas.

I found Sarah an absolute pleasure to partner with for my home renovation. From start to finish, for me, the journey was educational, hugely enjoyable and absolutely worthwhile. Sarah respected both my personal taste and style but also, importantly, my budget and living situation.

Sarah covers all the bases with her work. She has a strong artistic flair combined with a great knowledge of the practical solutions to call upon. She presents her ideas really clearly, they totally fulfilled the specific brief we gave with regard to enhancing the look and feel of our home. Highly recommend!