09/12/2025
2025 was my first year working in THD full time, though the business itself has been growing quietly in the background since 2017.
Stepping into it felt exciting, terrifying, overdue… and exactly right. I expected a quiet start, but the opposite happened. By June, my waitlist had taken on a life of its own. Looking at my project map now, covered in pins from the North-West to the East Coast and down to Hobart, I feel proud, grateful, and a bit in awe of what this year became.
I’ve welcomed 33 new projects this year, which has helped me refine the work I take on and align myself with amazing clients who trust the process and value thoughtful design. It’s also given me a quiet confidence that THD is growing because of the years of hard work (and a lot of love) I’ve invested behind the scenes.
The projects have been wonderfully varied - kitchens, bathrooms, joinery, extensions, new homes, compliance and documentation. I enjoy all of it for different reasons, but the whole-home projects are where I feel most in my element. They pull together the creative and the technical and allow me to design in a way that genuinely shapes how people live.
Behind the scenes, I’ve spent this year shaping THD into the kind of business I always wanted it to be - one that reflects who I am, how I think, and the care I put into every project. I’ve built and refined systems; and I’ve developed a rhythm that supports my focus and energy, a process that is imbued with my values: authenticity in how I show up, connection in every conversation, expression through tailored design and quality in the details that matter. Someone recently told me: Be. Do. Have. And it’s true - the business I want grows from being the person I need to be and doing the work in a way that honours that.
2025 went by in the blink of an eye and still managed to exceed every expectation. My January goals seem tiny in the rear view mirror and as I step into 2026, I hope my clients, new and long-standing, feel confident and excited knowing their homes are being shaped by thoughtful hands with intention, experience and genuine care.
