With a background in Psychology (the secret to making her an amazing interior designer), and a love for interiors since she was a child, Rachel Collard has turned her passion into a career and built her own business R&Co.Design.Studio from the ground up, all whilst raising three gorgeous boys as a single mum.

Her work has been seen in publications such as Inside Out, Home Beautiful and Domain Magazine. Rachel has also appeared numerous times in the Building with BuildHer podcast talking about mindset when building and renovating. She has appeared in various social media, videos and speaking engagements for brands such as Smartstone, Tip Top Blinds and Interiors Insider, and appeared in a variety of blogs for The Design Files, Interiors Addict and BuildHer Collective.

Rachel has had a colourful career in soft furnishings, interiors and kitchens. After joining Freedom Kitchens, Rachel soon become one of the most coveted designers Australia wide and in 2018 was selected to design for contestants on the hit reality TV show “The Block”.

From an early age, Rachel would often be in the kitchen with her father and grandmother learning to master the Mauritian cuisine of her heritage. Rachel later extended this curiosity for cooking to hosting small catering events for friends and family. Naturally, this gave her a great understanding of flow and function in a kitchen space, and becoming a mum cemented this passion and title as “The Kitchen Guru”. Being in the kitchen with her three boys creates joy in her world and evokes wonderful memories from happy times gone by.

Combining that background in Psychology with her knowledge, passion and expertise in design, along with her natural instinct to feel the optimal design of a home interior space, Rachel provides a truly unique edge in working together with her clients to understand their needs and implement fresh design ideas to every project, from conception to completion.

Rachel’s design philosophy is based on staying true to who you are, not following trends and always injecting a little of the client’s personality into their homes.

R&Co. Design Studio is a boutique interior design company offering a custom whole home design consultancy in Melbourne.