Stylish finds at Mount Lawley homewares store Seven Willow Designs
The brainchild of interior designer Sharon Wiley, Seven Willow Designs is dedicated to showcasing her carefully curated goods, an artful selection of beautiful, unique and individual pieces sourced locally and nationally.
Having qualified as an interior designer 15 years ago, Ms Wiley's background and previous role as a designer for ID Interior Designers explains her educated eye.
"I then took a break to have my son and I worked for myself, renovating units and apartments in the Maylands and Mt Lawley area, alongside working extensively as an interior designer predominately in the Hills area," she said.
"Then, with a gentle push from friends and family, I decided to open up my own interior design/lifestyle concept store - and Seven Willow Design came to life."
Ms Wiley's criteria for editing her stock is simple. "I opened this store to showcase not only my interior design ideas but also my overall design philosophy of working with beautiful, unique and luxury products," she said.
"Every piece needs to be crafted with quality and possess a unique design element."
The selection is a kaleidoscope of homewares, art, gifts, exclusive soft furnishings, custom-designed furniture, women's clothing, accessories and a small selection of children's gifts - grouped like islands of styled vignettes.
"Most of my clientele are women wanting stylish, beautiful pieces of furniture, luxury, unique cushions or quality boutique pieces of clothing in soft silks or natural linen fabrics," Ms Wiley said.
The store stocks its own range of hand-poured soy candles (literally produced around the corner), which are made from organic soy and burn for 70 hours, alongside divine Aquiesse Portfolio Collection candles. While she loves each and every piece of her stock, Ms Wiley has a few top picks.
"I love the hand-painted ceramic stool/side table with gold and teal butterflies on it by C.A.M, because it is beautiful, eclectic and it has a real Parisian feel to it," she said.
"The second is a stainless steel and granite table, which I had custom-made by an amazing local manufacturer in Malaga, Kings Metal Fabrications."
Ms Wiley said the contemporary table would suit both an indoor or outdoor entertaining area.
"I would love to see its strong, clean lines teamed up with some soft, silk velvet upholstery," she said.
These items are part of Ms Wiley's range of locally made pieces of furniture in stainless steel and marble, which are joined by her own self-designed armchairs and lounges. These are complemented by homewares and furniture from MRD Home, Papaya, Sasson and Satara, to name a few.
Seven Willow Designs, shop 4, Second Avenue Plaza, 755 Beaufort Street, Mt Lawley, 9471 8470.
