What does a Creative Consultant do? Featured Project~ Undermill Airbnb
Jay contacted me last summer about a new house that he’d just finished. The builders were done and had moved on to another project, and the house sat completely empty… Waiting. When I posted an advert for my creative services on a local forum, Jay thought I might be just the person to help him realise his vision for the West Sussex based property – A luxury Airbnb.
For me this came as a wonderful opportunity to put almost all my skills to use in some way or other as I worked to bring together all the existing design features to create an appealing stay for future guests. It was a huge and diverse task to entirely furnish a four bedroom house and make it a fully functioning home, over the course of a few months I got to do the following…
- Bought new furniture
- Sourced many preloved items
- Restored and refinished several pieces
- Upholstered furniture
- Made purpose built furniture
- Assembled a lot of flat packed furniture
- Chose all the bed linen and towels
- Found plants
- Chose crockery, cutlery, etc.
- Created artwork
- Liaised with the photographer
- Chose local artists work as decoration
- Hung mirrors, signage and artworks
- Liaised with all the sellers
- Coached the owner through the whole process
- Sourced games and reading matter
- Created an inventory
- Created Listings with agents
- Created the house manual and guest information
- Set up protocols
- Trained changeover and cleaning staff
- Decorated for the festive season
- Launched social media accounts
- And started designing the website
- Ongoing marketing…
Working with Jay and his team to make this project happen was amazing. I loved every minute of it. If you would like to see the full gallery of images and learn more about the house, and maybe even book a stay, check out the Airbnb listing.
If you are interested in booking me for your own creative projects you can find out more about my Creative Consultancy services here:
Thanks for being interested, I look forward to sharing more projects with you soon,
Love,
