What you'll learn
Learn to decorate and style apartments, studios and compact living areas with our specialised interior design short courses in Sydney!
Living in smaller homes and apartments has become a modern lifestyle choice — and with clever design and styling, even the tiniest space can feel spacious, comfortable and full of personality. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll explore fundamental decorating principles and discover creative ways to make the most of every corner through informed furniture choices, thoughtful layout solutions, clever storage options and cohesive, curated styling.
You’ll learn how to design for comfort, spatial flow and individuality while creating a look that genuinely reflects your personality and lifestyle. Through visual examples, mood boards and guided practical exercises, you’ll gain the knowledge and confidence to turn your ideas into a beautiful, liveable reality.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this Decorating & Styling Small Spaces workshop, you should be able to:
- Apply spatial planning techniques to optimise small living spaces
- Combine colour, texture, pattern and lighting to enhance atmosphere
- Select furnishings and furniture suitable for compact spaces
- Create a cohesive design plan that reflects your lifestyle and needs
- Develop practical styling approaches relevant to interior consulting or property staging roles.
Course content
What will be covered in this Decorating & Styling Small Spaces workshop?
- Core design principles for small-space living
- Styling ideas for living, dining, bedroom and outdoor zones
- Furniture scale and proportion, storage solutions, layout planning, traffic flow and visual techniques for enhancing space and maximising natural light
- How colour schemes, textures, artwork and accessories work together to create a personalised interior
- Practical student exercises and inspiration boards using paint chips and fabric samples
Intended audience
Who is this Decorating & Styling Small Spaces workshop for?
This workshop is ideal for anyone living in an apartment, studio or compact suburban home, those who have recently downsized from a larger property, or anyone planning to move into a smaller space. It also suits those wanting to refresh or redecorate their home, as well as learners interested in styling services or design careers specialising in small spaces.
Course materials
What to bring to class
- Notebook and black pen
- Magazine tear sheets of favourite decorating styles or products
- A photocopy of your home or apartment floor plan (real estate or marketing plan), large enough to draw on, or a realistic sketch of your room layout. If this is not possible, you may bring a photocopy of a sample house plan (for example from Domain)
- Optional: iPad, laptop or smartphone for research and reference
Course testimonials
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Jayne said: "Relevant, practical content and plenty of tips.The tutor was very knowledgeable, and I learned a lot! 5 Stars"
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Anneke said: Fantastic course on how to design for small spaces. It was a combination of sharing knowledge, photos of clever storage solutions/ design, and practical exercises putting a mood board together in the class. Knowledgeable and engaging teacher. Excellent hand out notes, I especially appreciated the list of suggested specialised stores and websites.
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Ann said: It gave me a new perspective when thinking about my living space.
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Victoria said: Rose-Marie is highly knowledgeable, experienced and generous in sharing her wisdom. What a treat to have someone who has dedicated their entire career to the industry as our tutor. I was impressed by how much effort she put into in preparing for the course-helpful handouts (Good summaries, highly practical, short and sweet), books, slideshow, mood boards etc.
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Pauline said: "5 stars"
Course tutors
Rose-Marie Hillier
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