Burl veneer kitchen with pale blue steel trim, a red tap and an open sliding door to a deck with a blue chair

Lonesome Studio, interior design consultancy in Byron Bay and the Northern Rivers

About

An interior design consultancy catering to the inspired.

The offering

Most people know what they love long before they can put it into words. Kell draws out your creative instincts and shapes them into a finished space that is unmistakably yours.

The scope
New builds

Interior design for a new home, from the first concept through to the finished interior, coordinated with your architect and builder.

Renovations

Reworking an existing home so it functions and feels the way you want to live, from a single area to the whole house.

Single and multi room projects

Focused projects for one room or several, such as a kitchen, bathroom or living space, designed to work together.

PROCUREMENT PACKAGES

Furniture and lighting selected for your space, with supplier quotes sourced and everything scheduled.

Material specifications

Materials and finishes selected and documented in specifications and schedules that your builder and suppliers can work from.

Joinery detailing / drawings

Custom joinery designed and drawn in detail, so it can be built exactly as intended.

The process
01Concept

Spatial planning, the initial design concept and a concept presentation, coordinated with your consultants.

02Schematic design

Detailed floorplans and layouts, materials and finishes, specifications and schedules, supplier quotes and a client workshop, pulled together into a documentation package.

03Design development

Specifications and schedules refined through a further client workshop and consultant coordination, finished as a design development documentation package.

04Construction documentation

The documentation package your builder works from, coordinated with consultants, followed by a defect check.

05Project management

Project set-up, timeline, preliminary budget and a clear brief and scope, kept on track from start to finish.

06Wrap up

Post design completion services, a handover package and a final review.

The fee

Both fixed price packages and hourly, catering to your needs.

Who we help

Homeowners, developers and builders. 

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Black and white portrait of Kell Humphreys

Kell Humphreys

Principal Designer

Ten years of industry experience across residential and commercial workplace design. Born and raised in KwaZulu-Natal, Kell studied and lived in Cape Town and Melbourne, and has settled for now in Ocean Shores with her partner and kids. 

Inspired by movies, music and travel, for Kell, interior design is so much more than surface finishes. It is an avenue into exploring human emotion, a physical representation of someone's psyche, an opportunity for self expression and an invitation to an inspired experience that hopefully lets you take something with you when you leave.

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Completed Projects

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Carlyle St

Byron Bay NSW, 2025
Terracotta carport on angled red steel posts with stepping stones
Dining nook with a red table, pendant lights and burl shelving
Blue towel rail against a pale wall beside an orange door
Tall burl veneer cabinetry beside a range cooker

Fed Arch

Bangalow NSW, 2024
Grey stone block against dark oak flooring
Oak bedside table beside an arched velvet bedhead
Woven folding chair against a sheer linen curtain

House Homely

Ocean Shores NSW, 2023
Terracotta tiled bathroom with globe wall lights, mirrored cabinet and a recessed basin
Timber pull handle on a sage cabinet with mosaic-tiled shelves
Detail of a tiled hearth with a timber niche and firewood

Osho

Ocean Shores NSW, 2025
Open walnut shelves with cookbooks, a jug and wine bottles on a stone splashback
Walnut vanity with a tall window, mosaic tiles and a burgundy floor
Small concrete basin on white mosaic tiles with a burgundy brick floor

In Progress

Pacific St

New Brighton NSWArchitect: Vishnu Hazell ↗
Builder: Ben Eliya Construction ↗

Cedarvale

Bangalow NSWBuilder: Glenn Warren Projects ↗

Strand Av

New Brighton NSWBuilder: Swell Building ↗

Fig Tree Hill

Lennox NSWBuilder: Concept Alt
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Contact

enquire@lonesomestudio.com 0439 090 799 @lonesome.studio

Based in Ocean Shores, working across the Northern Rivers.

Lonesome Studio
Spatial curator of an inspired built environment
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