…Steph’s biggest design challenge? Balancing her busy interior-design practice, her husband’s career, and two energetic daughters, without letting home life feel chaotic. “We wanted a haven,” she explains. “Ample storage, multi-mode lighting, and materials tough enough for family life but beautiful enough for clients.” The result is a house that “slots straight in” for any owner, she says, with “big windows that bring the outside in, so we rarely need lights on, just natural drama as storms roll in.”

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Renovating a Home

Interior designer renovates house in three weeks while 7 months pregnant!

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Drift Collaboration and Design

Beautiful bedhead and bolster collab celebrates slow interiors

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Welcome to the Laidback Design Chat Podcast, where we take it easy and dive into all things design, with our relaxed vibe. Each week, we’ll be chatting about design in Australia, sharing stories, ideas, and insights from our own journeys, as well as talking to the amazing people we meet along the way

Ready or Not Podcast

As a young professional, interior designer Stephanie Ferrara was lucky to be surrounded by good role models when it came to mixing family with business. But, it didn't mean that she could quiet the inner monologue that so many hopeful mothers play on repeat inside of their minds: how is this going to affect my career? How on earth am I going to tell my boss I'm pregnant? Like me and so many others, she felt apologetic, stressed, just thinking about it.

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