Celebrated 10 Years in Professional Practice (2010)
Nina is an interior designer, Chinese master trained feng shui consultant and Fetac Level 6 tutor. Her work is rather unique and has attracted much attention from both the media and the public – she has been featured in magazines and newspapers, and on radio and television.
“Everything Nina has suggested for my home is truly amazing. She gave my rooms a whole new dateless update. She saved me so much time and money. She is definitely the best and I would highly recommend her without hesitation.”
Nina’s services range from an hour’s advice to one day services and from small schemes to full projects. She also runs interior design and feng shui workshops, produces feng shui horoscopes, offers a gift voucher service, and is a popular and inspirational guest speaker.
"Nina took account of my budget, tastes and needs and is a very professional lady plus her price was reasonable so I was easily able to see how this paid off in getting my house properly designed - I’ve very few regrets thanks to good planning with her help."
Nina will be your most worthwhile investment. She strongly believes in getting the best value for money for her clients and insists on top class workmanship. She takes the hassle out of planning and decision-making, and saves you valuable time and costly mistakes.
"Nina can offer an ‘all inclusive’ service right through from design stage to placing furniture, and she strongly believes in getting the best value for money for her clients and insists on top class workmanship."
Nina believes the home is a personal sanctuary in which to rest and rejuvenate - a healing place for mind, body and spirit. She trained under a Chinese master to learn authentic feng shui, which concerns the relationship between our homes and us, and which is about matching people to their homes and workspaces. She works with private individuals and also with businesses, where she helps business owners and managers develop a more positive image, improve staff morale and customer relations, promote team work and increase output, and transform public and staff areas into a more pleasant environment. Her clients appreciate her work because it has such a positive impact on their lives.
"The unique perspective brought to the project by Nina’s extensive knowledge and experience of interior design coupled with her understanding of feng shui has resulted in the creation of an amazing home where the emphasis is on relaxation and rejuvenation."
Nina ensures her schemes are specifically tailored to meeting her clients’ tastes, needs and preferences - from detailed drawings right through to design implementation. Having travelled extensively and lived in several countries, she brings an international style to her work so that her interiors have universal appeal; they aren’t too summery or too wintry, too feminine or too masculine, too young or too old. Her trade mark is to create an effect of subtle suggestion rather than the obvious. She sums up her design style as ‘Calm, elegant and desirable’.
“Nina is like a one stop shop. It’s amazing what she can do with a few subtle changes and the difference it can make to a room.”
In areas such as kitchens and offices Nina places great importance on a clutter-free environment with lots of free work surfaces to promote clear thinking, quick decision-making and speed tasking. In bedrooms she uses subtle textures and colours to appeal to the emotions and the senses, in bathrooms she uses natural products and materials to promote a sense of peace and tranquillity, and in living spaces she creates a sociable space that encourages a good atmosphere and great conversation.
"I could not have expected anyone to formulate a kitchen design as appealing to the eye or as unique as Nina achieved, and I would also like to highlight the amount of time Nina spent outside of office hours to ensure that the design was executed with precision by all contractors on time."
For styling any interior, Nina feels that colour, warmth and practicality are three important considerations, and that calm colours teamed with an accent palette of winter berry colours is ideally suited to the Irish climate and light. She usually selects soft muted colours (such as stone, cappuccino and pale grey-green) for a gently blended background and then adds certain proportions of rich colours (such as burgundy, olive, pumpkin, grape or aubergine) and luxurious textiles.
The room’s décor was changed from dull and dark to a timeless scheme and a relaxing place in which we enjoy spending time. Through her professional services she has enriched our home.”
Nina loves finishing touches that add sparkle; she looks on accessories as ‘jewellery for the home’. She doesn’t believe in revealing everything to the eye in one glance and thinks there should be enough visual interest to hold someone’s attention no matter which aspect of a room comes into view. She says ‘Aim to get the proportions and style of a space correct and then make the scheme truly outstanding by using the right balance of colour, texture and pattern’. She adds ‘Choose simple and timeless for the main aspects of an interior, as it’s cheaper and more practical to update the accessories than to create a whole new scheme’.
Nina Kati - Interior Designer, Feng Shui Consultant & Tutor Ireland