Welcome to VMW Worldwide Designs In December 2009, Victoria relocated to the Queenslands beautiful Sunshine Coast as she fell in love with the lifestyle after spending 5 days on Fraser Island. After running a very successful interior design business in Western Australia with 6 staff, she decided it was time to take a break and write her best selling book Create Your Dream Sanctuary. She is now back into the fabulous world of designing and ready for your project. Victoria was awarded the coveted & prestigious award - Designer of the Year for Contemporary Design in WA 2002. Another highlight was a commercial project Victoria colour designed at 44 Belmont Avenue, Belmont WA being give an Opportunity Award by the local council for “High Standard of Architectural Design, contributing to the Improvement of the Streetscape” in 2005. VMW has received recognition & status with WA’s top builders winning numerous awards at National & State levels in the prestigious HIA & MBA Awards. These were for Homes and Renovations constructed in conjunction with VMW designed interiors. Distinguished builders such as Palazzo Homes, Zorzi Southwest, Brian Burke Homes, Di Bucci Builders, David Reid Homes, Jumeirah Homes & Distinction Homes are some of the companies we design in conjunction with. Victoria has also designed alongside brilliant Architects such as Sharp & Van Ryan, Frank Ricci, RM Davey & Associates, Kingsley Pearce and Pavlo Szyjan. VMW is predominately referral based. Our commissions are primarily contracted direct with the client. Often clients will come to VMW prior to the selection of an architect/designer or builder for advice on whom we recommend, to suits their style and budget. VMW's exclusive interior design services include; Styling Specialising in listening carefully to each individual, VMW has the unique ability to define your taste, life style & desires, to create a living space or theme that reflects you requirements & passions . Styling creates amazing results whether a themed room for a function, home or property to be sold. ................................................................ Colour Consulting, Interior and Exterior Victoria is recognised as one of the most talented colour experts in Australia. VMW's interior colour consultation process is exciting, inspiring and gives you confidence when selecting colours and materials for architraves, skirting, ceilings, cornices, doors and walls etc Externally VMW are able to assist with the colour and selections of roofing, gutters, doors, window frames, garage doors, eaves, alfresco/patios, pools & water features, fences, letter boxes, stone features and wall colours etc Having sub-contracted for Dulux for over five years, attended specialist painting workshops, as well as being involved in National “Colour Forecasting”, our technical knowledge is unsurpassed. ................................................................ Interior Design and Decorating VMW offers an extensive range of services including assistance in floor plans, space planning, custom designed kitchens and bathrooms, custom designed furniture, flooring and furniture selections, fixture and fitting selections, new home and renovation selections as well as accessories. If required we are able to assist you in the planning, design and cost overviews, so you are able to manage your own project without the hassle. ................................................................ Furniture Over many years, VMW has built strong and reliable relationships with “Custom Furniture Designers” plus Wholesalers & Importers. You will achieve awesome results at less than retail prices, without having to compromise on quality. ................................................................ Lighting Lighting is an important and vital finishing touch to your project in design aspects both interior and exterior. VMW will assist you in the design of your lighting planning and selections, to suit your style and functional requirements to achieve a tasteful and cost effective solution. ................................................................ Blinds, Curtains & Shutters Window Treatments are an aesthetically dominant and often a costly finish to any interior. VMW has built reliable and quality relationships with WA’s best manufactures and suppliers. We are able to assist you in the design of curtains, blinds and shutters from contemporary to classical to suit your budget. ................................................................ Rugs, artwork, cushions and accessories VMW offer you the finishing touches for any project, with custom design or selection of rugs, artwork, cushions and accessories. VMW knows where to go and how to source the best value, quality product, thus saving you time and money whilst allowing our creative eye to ensure the finished atmosphere is serene and balanced. ................................................................ Action With a unique and fresh approach to interior design, VMW provides a unique and affordable design service tailored to achieve your individual style and budget. Take a step forward and call Victoria on 0419 831 518 and give your home or project a stylish and unique expression of correct and well balanced design. “An idea is salvation by imagination” Frank Lloyd Wright Qualifications ICS International Interior Design Diploma Member of Design Institute of Australia Colour Design Expert/Colour Forecasting Graduate PRESS RELEASE CREATE YOUR DREAM SANCTUARY REVEALS DESIGNERS’ INSIGHTS SYDNEY, NSW Feb. 12, 2011 Create Your Dream Sanctuary by award-winning designer, Victoria Millar-Wise with a foreword by Kate St James, FDIA debuts this week. Create Your Dream Sanctuary by Victoria Millar-Wise is a practical design guide that inspires success, love, energy and wealth in your home or studio office. As a best-selling author and dynamic award-winning designer who demonstrates an entrepreneurial edge in business, Victoria has an innate sense of how people and their surroundings interact. In this book she reveals her insights into what our home and work environments truly need to encompass to promote wealth in all areas of life. Victoria inspires readers to raise their awareness and appreciation of the way we all live and interact with each other, our surroundings and the planet. Readers will master the skill of embracing their true essence and expressing their 'soul purpose' through the purposeful creation of their surroundings. “This book helps to open up the designer inside of you so that you may create your home beyond a set of architectural plans – and learn to avoid the common pitfalls of design. It will give you the skills to trust in yourself and your intuition to be able to design your home to be an expression of what is uniquely you, while offering the skills to ensure the home is practical for simple, everyday living;” Fiona Jones best-selling author and property developer. Kate St James, FDIA is an interior designer, president of the Australian Architecture Association and home design magazine editor. Having operated her own design practice for many years, Kate is a well-known personality in the architecture and design world in Australia. Kate comments “We live in a fast-paced world where time is limited due to the myriad activities we need to include in our days: work, study, children, relationships, household chores, shopping, cooking and entertaining, travel and exercise. Taking time out to do all the research for a home design project can see you putting it off forever, or finding that it’s just too hard. That’s where ‘Create Your Dream Sanctuary’ comes in: the hard work is done for you by someone whose life has been spent helping others create their perfect living environments.” Victoria has a deep understanding of how easy it is to create a Dream Sanctuary. Her generosity in sharing her knowledge and talent with others is sure to inspire readers to create their own dream sanctuary. http://www.createyourdreamsanctuary.com/review-for-cyds-book.php