holistic design & decorating services
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designing homes that nurture your well-being, tell your story, and support your lifestyle.
Guiding you home
I offer thoughtful design and decorating services for people who are ready to create homes that truly support their lifestyle, values, and emotional needs.
Whether you need a full custom design for your home, a designer-for-a-day, or just design direction, my process follows a trauma-informed approach to help you feel supported and inspired by your home.
Through tools like self-discovery exercises, collaborative mood boards, detailed layouts, and 3D renderings, we’ll translate your story, routines, and preferences into a personalized design that fits your life.
Does this sound familiar?
Your home is more than just a place to live. Home is where you rest, recharge, and express who you are. But creating a space that feels both beautiful and deeply supportive can be overwhelming.
Maybe you…
✴︎ Feel stuck trying to pull your favourite pieces together into a cohesive style
✴︎ Struggle with making decisions or balancing function with aesthetics
✴︎ Want a home that supports your wellbeing, routines, and nervous system
✴︎ Are starting with a blank slate and don’t know where to start!
Hiring a designer isn’t just about picking colours or furniture. It’s about having a trusted partner who understands your story, listens to your needs, and guides you through a thoughtful, intentional process to create a home that truly reflects you.
Design & Decorating Services
Explore my range of design packages below! I believe that design support should be accessible, which is why I’ve created a suite of packages from design direction to full-service support to suit every budget.
My Design Direction package provides you with a custom design concept, colour palette, mood board, and layout/styling suggestions for your space to help you start the journey of transforming your house into a home.
My Designer-For-A-Day is a one-day transformation where we tackle your major design challenges and come up with a solution on the spot. This might look like refining your floor plan, styling your space with what you have, and/or choosing a colour palette.
My Custom Room Design package is a full-service offering. We’ll work through my signature process, which combines self-discovery, holistic design, and technical design drawings to translate your story, routines, and style into a design that truly fits your life.
If you need custom support like staging, organizing & decluttering, prop styling, etc, send me an email at rowan@rowanmckerihen.com, and we can come up with a custom package.
My Trauma-Informed Holistic Process
Holistic design is about more than making things look beautiful — it’s about making your home feel like you.
My trauma-informed approach blends function, aesthetics, and emotional support so your space can meet you where you are and evolve with you over time.
01 | Discover
We begin with self-discovery. Through a series of thoughtfully designed exercises, I’ll guide you to reflect on how you live, what grounds you, what overwhelms you, and how you want to feel in your home.
Then we meet for a deep-dive consultation to explore your lifestyle, patterns, challenges, and longings — everything that will shape the foundation of your design.
02 | Align
This is where I translate insight into direction. I’ll create a custom concept that includes mood boards, a colour and material palette, and detailed 2D layouts or 3D renderings — all designed to support your needs and bring clarity to the vision.
We’ll review together and refine until it feels just right.
03 | Elevate
With the vision in place, I take the lead on sourcing beautiful and intentional furniture, finishes, fixtures, lighting, and decor. I’ll oversee any custom details and help keep everything on track.
You’ll receive regular updates and clear next steps so you always know where we’re headed.
04 | Bloom
Once everything arrives, I return to install, style, and layer your space with care. The final details come together to create a home that feels settled, soulful, and deeply supportive of your everyday life.
This is where it all clicks into place — not just visually, but emotionally too.
Ready to begin?
If you’re craving a home that feels grounded, beautiful, and deeply personal, I’d love to hear more. The first step is a discovery call where we’ll talk about your space, your goals, and how I can guide you home.
