“Lisa knows her stuff—things you would have never thought of she comes up with”

LYNETTE & GRANT McLENNAN, QUEENSTOWN

Interior Design Client Stories

She is a lovely, friendly person to deal with
“It was an enjoyable experience in working with Lisa, to the point, at the end I felt quite sad. She is a lovely, friendly person to deal with and I would use her again without a doubt. She helped us out with a range of tasks within our home. We have a replica villa and she modernised it for us from paint colours to the fittings on our kitchen joinery. 

Lisa listens to what you like, but also in a professional way while advising and guiding you to achieve what you want for your home. She is outstandingly professional, recognising this is your home and listening to what you would like. We have used her in the past as far back as 1996 and so there was no question who we wanted for this house.”
– Vicki Kerse
I refer Lisa onto other clients and friends
“We have been working with Lisa for 23 years now. She was just starting out when we started at Cheltenham House and she did the upgrade then as well as all subsequent upgradings. She has done all the interior design for our holiday homes and our living quarters and Cheltenham House as well as the upgradings for the House itself. Also worked on our son’s house after its rebuild. Lisa listens. She questions, and gets to know you. You don’t feel told what to do. Rather you can have as much input as you want in the design. 

She is very patient and caters to individual needs. She can come up with a design as she knows her clients. But her design is individual for each house. It's not a repeated signature style where you would recognise it as a ‘Lisa Hurley Design’. — and that is what makes her unique. We were referred to Lisa. I had spoken to another lady but felt she would boss me and a friend said to speak to Lisa. Now I like to refer Lisa onto other clients and friends.”
– Maree Earl, Cheltenham House
Lisa prompts you to get creative and helps you to contribute
“Lisa is very friendly. So easy to deal with and open to our ideas, not just hers. She helped put together 2 lounges and a bedroom after a room addition to our home. This involved curtains, sofas, a TV cabinet, cushions and bedside drawers purpose built and bedside shelving. 

 It's so relaxed working with Lisa. She prompts you to get creative and helps you to contribute. She doesn’t foist her ideas on you. Rather, she teases out your ideas, listens. We just worked so well together. Lisa was recommended to me and she was a delight to work with.”
– Cathy Gillespie
Lisa is very guiding, she didn’t throw out who we are!
“Lisa is great. Really good in fact. She is very delightful and does an amazing job. She is very guiding. Respecting our age and pieces we had built up over 53 years of marriage. She comes in very calm and quiet. Has a great eye and does a simply amazing job. We moved into a new house. We had a lot of oak furniture and she was able to create a perfect blend of old and new. 

What I like she hasn’t thrown out who we are but has created a perfect blend of us. She is very helpful, very guiding and so professional. Her obliging attitude was something that we appreciated. Lisa was referred to us by our daughter who Lisa had already done work for.”
– Jan and Kevin
30 years later...we are still using her!
“Lisa is friendly and very good at what she does. We have used her 3 or 4 times over 30 years. And this is the 3 rd house she has helped us on. She has taken care of interior and exterior surfaces. She does listen. And is happy to share the input and listen to what you would like. Willing to follow up on suggestions. Another thing I like is that she includes my husband in on the process and gets him making decisions. 

A friend introduced me to Lisa 30 years ago and recommended her to me. She was very impressed by the help she got in furniture placement within her home. And so suggested I use her. As I said 30 years later…”
– Kathy and Gill Sutherland
Gets alongside you and works with you!
“Lisa is great to work with! She has assisted me in the colours for the kitchen and lounge, furniture placement and also with curtains. She is very helpful and she listens! She gets a good grasp of you as a person and she gets alongside and works with you. I like how she deals with people and a great personality. 

I went to one of her small space designs that she has on Mandeville Street. I liked how she spoke about what she did and I was drawn to the things she had on display.”
– Erin Capple
She makes it simple, easy and enjoyable!
“It's just incredible to work with Lisa. She is so professional. You enjoy every moment. She has taken care of our all interiors down to the bedheads and curtains. She is just so willing. Nothing is a hassle. 

She makes it simple, easy and really enjoyable. Lisa knows her stuff - things you would have never thought of she comes up with. Lisa was recommended to me by a friend who had had a similar experience as I have.”
– Lynette and Grant McLennan
Lisa is innovative and professional
“Our experience in working with Lisa was excellent. We can’t speak highly enough of her. She worked with us when we suffered mild damage in the earthquake to our home. We took the opportunity to update and refresh our home. Lisa is innovative and professional. 

She is very good to work with. Has good ideas and great taste. She listens and follows up with bringing samples. She is very good at overseeing the work till completion. We are very happy. We were referred to Lisa by a friend and as I said we are very happy”
– Marty Fuller
You are dealing with the owner
“Lisa is lovely to work with. She is very helpful and friendly and approachable. I like that she is a small business so you are dealing with the owner. She has great communication and understood what our taste and our budget was. 

Lisa was referred to us by a family friend. And now our whole family uses her and we are all very happy.”
– Michelle and Geoff Butler
Works well within a budget!
“Lisa is extremely professional and enthusiastic to work with. Her professional approach and amazing communication skills impressed us. She has good working relationships with her high quality contractors. And she is able to network and has been helpful to us with our business. I like how she listens to you and is able to work well within a budget. She has a real flair for putting things together. 

Word of mouth was how we heard about Lisa and subsequent networking at school. Lisa has helped with curtains in a past home and I was happy to use her again as we felt listened to and understood with our vision.”
– Lisa and Steve Williams
We cannot speak highly enough of her
“Lisa has guided us twice now. And we cannot speak highly enough of her. She is a quiet, calm and confident in her manner. She has the experience and this shines thru. She has great ideas and good top class workman. Her personality and experience speak for themselves. 

She has obvious talent quite artistic. It was by word of mouth and that we had seen some of her work that she had orchestrated. We knew of friends who had had work done and they couldn’t speak highly enough of her.”
– Pauline and Robin Standage
Thoroughly enjoyed the experience
“Working with Lisa was really easy. She is helpful and patient with you. She has no judgement on your tastes and just works through the ideas until you are happy. Incredibly supportive and helpful. She works to your budget and style that you want. She comes up with good ideas in all price ranges and works with you to have what you want. 

She doesn’t flood you with needless information or ideas either. Word of mouth was how we found Lisa. And we thoroughly enjoyed the experience in working with her.”
– Catherine McCallum and Conrad Whanau
Saved us time, money and arguments!
“Lisa makes it easy. There’s already enough to do when organising earthquake repairs (twice) and general renovations, so using Lisa to advise in relation to colours, curtains, carpets and furniture accessories has been the proverbial no-brainer. She understands what style we like, our lifestyle, and how to fit all of that into our budget. 

Overall she has saved us time, money and arguments about what will work or won’t work. We’ve been really happy with her service and have often recommended her to others.”
– Jane
We couldn’t have done it without you and your LH Design team

"Thank you to you and your team for your help with this wee project.



It is lovely to have it finally completed and the families are commenting already down in Southland on the changes. Such a pleasing outcome and we couldn’t have done it without you and your LH Design team being onboard."

– Sharon Cocker - Ronald McDonald House South Island General Manager

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