Founders Elizabeth Flekser and Melanie Parker first bonded at design college and have since spent years honing their passion and creative talents. The duo have a collective 25 years experience in the interior design field and have been in partnership together for over 10 years.
Founded in Brisbane, the business has expanded to include a studio location in Toowoomba that is now able to service their rural clients.
The Ivy + Piper design ethos is that the most beautiful and functional interiors are tastefully curated over time into sophisticated spaces that reflect the unique life story of its owners. Their role as designer and decorator is to design unique interiors that combine the highest quality pieces and finishes together. The designers believe the best way to achieve a truly enduring and timeless interior is through the unique Ivy and Piper ‘master plan’ method. This is a holistic approach and involves developing a comprehensive scope of works and facilitating this work on time and within budget.
Ivy + Piper works with clients to manage every aspect of their project to ensure a stress free build, renovation or redecoration. Their team extends beyond themselves to incorporate their own network of top industry specialists and artisans who help them bring dreams to life. Their team includes, draftsmen, builders, painters, electricians and other vital construction trades through to decorative artisans and upholsterers, international designer textiles and globally sourced homewares and antiques.
In pursuit of perfection for their clients, there is nothing Ivy + Piper can’t create and this is evident in their ever growing portfolio of residential and commercial design projects. Their design philosophy merges beauty with elegance regardless of theme and the result is polished, high end interior spaces with their trademark flair for unexpected style.
Elizabeth Flekser
I have always loved interiors. Perhaps it was a natural progression since I was a highly imaginative child with a genuine wonderment for the creative process. Even then I was obsessed with the idea that a room could look one way initially and morph into something completely different. To this day I treasure this process; the transformation of a single and beautiful idea into a tangible and living creation.
Our interiors become very personal spaces which affect our clients’ lifestyles in many positive ways. In entertaining, decorating, flowers and design, it is my deepest passion to help our clients realise a home that reflects who they are, how they live and that will remain in their hearts forever.
Melanie Parker
‘Home’ is a concept more than a word and one that is essential to my design approach. I take a client’s beloved house and infuse it with the essence of them. Weaving past, present and future into the floors, walls and furnishings.
I am inspired by my clients themselves. Often a concept blooms through conversation, a picture, their garden, a story or an heirloom. I work to build on a thread of inspiration, bringing spaces to life with a curation of collected items, new treasures, colour and pattern. It is important to me that not only does a space function and look incredible, but that it feels right. This heart of a home is what I strive for.