What the Press Say:

House & Gardens. The List: April 2024

Muddy Stilettos: September 2023

Barkerdesign press and praise Kent

Home and Gardens: April 2021

Living Etc.: October 2018

25 Beautiful Homes: March 2018

Living Etc.: March 2018

What our Clients Say:

TEEN & TWEEN BEDROOM: NICOLA & MILES, KENT

“Justine redesigned two teenage bedrooms for us, and project managed the work. The whole family is delighted with the results. Justine has two superpowers – one is eeking a design brief out of two taciturn teens and coming up with concepts that reflected them completely and which they now really love. Her other super power is being 100% clear about the process, what is going to happen next and what it is going to cost. As someone who had not really worked with an interior designer before, I really appreciated this: Justine provided me with absolute certainty throughout. Refining the designs, she was able to work to our budget requirements with no detriment to the design choices. I cannot recommend Justine and her team highly enough.” 

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Arts & Crafts House: Sarah & Miltos, Tunbridge Wells

“We had a really positive experience with Justine and the team at Barkerdesign and would not hesitate to recommend them to others. The finished rooms look amazing!.” 

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GEORGIAN VILLA: CLAIRE & DAN, SEVENOAKS

“We have been delighted with the work of the Barkerdesign team, particularly in how they ran the project, steering us painlessly through the process making our ideas a reality, far greater than anything we could have achieved ourselves. The regular design meetings were a real highlight creating an elegant and cohesive look for our very tired Georgian home. Crucially for us Barkerdesign achieved all this whilst coming in under budget.”

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Manor House: David & CHARLOTTE, Lewes

“Throughout the whole process Justine and her team did a fantastic job, from design, to sourcing and implementation. She has a wonderful team working alongside her and a black book of tried and trusted specialist trades and suppliers, sourcing fantastic vintage pieces alongside bespoke designs. The overall design process and quality of the work was excellent and the whole process was thoroughly enjoyable. It was a pleasure working with Justine and I would definitely recommend her.”

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Architects House: Charles & Jo, Benenden

“We have had a superb experience with Barkerdesign. Justine interpreted our brief perfectly and the whole scheme was delivered and implemented without a hitch. She was able to include our love of fabrics, texture and colour into a unique scheme creating a beautiful environment just for us – we love it! We would recommend Justine and her team without hesitation.”

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Victorian villa: Sarah & Steve, Tunbridge Wells

“Justine was a huge asset to our renovation project. She made the entire process almost entirely stress free. We have been blown away, not only by how amazing our house looks, but also by how well it works for us as a family and how accurately it reflects our own individual taste. We are both absolutely delighted with our stunning, new home and recommend Justine and her team whole-heartedly.”

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Brighton House: Ran Bradu & Andrew Clark

“From start to finish Barker design made the renovation of our home a pleasure. Justine knew exactly the look we wanted. She put together some great designs, and also helped us source a number of unusual elements that we would never have found ourselves. She turned our London property into a dream home and is well on the way to doing the same to our new home in Brighton. We couldn’t recommend her more.”

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Barn conversion: Katie & Conrad, Lamberhurst

“Before we hired Justine our Living Room was a dumping ground of mis-matched furniture. She listened to what we loved and helped us design the space. The first thing that she did was to zone the room in such an innovative way. We had room for a bespoke bar that has become a bit of a statement for the room. Justine’s meticulous technical drawings meant that she designed a beautiful bar – with every mosaic tile placed to maximise the look and feel of this glamorous space. As you can tell from this review it has transformed our space, our feelings about the room and we have loved working with Justine so much that we are about to embark on a big office renovation … watch this space …”

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Victorian Bathroom: Hannah, Rusthall
“Working with Justine from Barker Design was an easy decision. Her bespoke design service and one-on-one time was so valuable to me as a newbie renovating a room for the first time, and also brilliant to have access to her little black book and industry discounts. She really listened to me and understood what I wanted, and most importantly what I didn’t want; and she gently guided me towards making brilliant design decisions I wouldn’t have been bold enough to make on my own. Having been under Justine’s wing for this project I now feel confident dealing with trades and understanding the processes far better than if I’d stumbled in on my own. I totally recommend working with Justine and her team.”

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Decimus Burton Villa: Jackie Lloyd, Tunbridge Wells
“Best interior designer I’ve ever used. Completely understood the brief. Has always come in on or under budget. Always wants to go that extra mile to get things looking right, does not settle for ‘good enough’. Cannot recommend her highly enough.”

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