Steve and Fiona McKillop, co-owners of “Studio Ten” since 1999, offer you a complete
home décor service out of their beautiful shop in ‘The Ballito Junction’. Theirs
is a highly personalized business with a welcoming well trained team, with their
own skilled installation and fitting service!
Steve, an accountant with an international marketing background of 18years, heads
up the business and the quotation side of Studio Ten, as well as driving the upholstery
arm of the business, which has grown from one to three extremely gifted upholsterers.
Fiona, who started out as a school teacher for some years, and then went into sales
and marketing, decided to hone her various skills and combine them with her creative
passion. Her love for sewing and her natural eye for colour, took her into the clothing
industry for seven years, and then, ten years ago, interior decorating. Steve and
Fiona were led to Ballito by an astute friend, and then bought a small business
called ‘Studio Ten’, and the rest has a lovely history! They have combined their
skills to build a business that is their life! They pride themselves in having built
a referral base that entirely reflects the service they offer, their feel for the
individual and their constant re-invention!
Fiona took it upon herself to do a comprehensive course with Maureen Whitemore,
a top interior decorator in the U.K., who travels the world giving courses, in between
running a B & B out of her magnificent home in the English Lake Districts. However,
she hastens to say that the course was a small beginning to an industry that is
learned mainly from an ever – changing day to day experience! She even learns from
some of her well – qualified clients who are brilliant ‘project managers’ involved
in building, renovating and finishing many homes! She loves the evolving nature
of this business as she is motivated and inspired by change! She sees the representatives
of many fabric houses and visits various decorating shows and launches. Every client
is an individual! She welcomes your call to set up an appointment for a personal
consultation!
Its usually obvious how to decorate a room --- either a piece of furniture, a great
carpet or a paint colour is a starting point.
WELCOME TO “STUDIO TEN”!