Interior Designer in Swadlincote
Expert space planning and kitchen design, serving Swadlincote and the surrounding South Derbyshire area.
Swadlincote is a town that surprises people. Sit below the National Forest, surrounded by villages like Newhall, Woodville, and Gresley, it has a quietly ambitious homeowning culture — people who love where they live and want their homes to reflect that.
Hi, I’m Tetiana — a Residential Interior Designer specialising in space planning, kitchen design, and open-plan living. I help Swadlincote homeowners get their layouts right before building work begins, so the finished result works as well as it looks.
I’m based just 3 miles from Swadlincote town centre in South Derbyshire — closer to you than most designers in Derby or Birmingham, and without the city-centre overheads that come with them.
Interior Design Services Available in Swadlincote
Many Swadlincote homes — particularly the 1960s and 1970s council-built and ex-colliery estates in Midway, Newhall, and Church Gresley — were designed for a different way of living. Rooms feel chopped up, hallways are narrow, and the kitchen sits apart from the rest of the house. Space planning solves those problems at the layout level, producing precise, to-scale drawings your builder can use directly on site, with no guesswork and no costly changes once work has started.
Space Planning & Layout Design
Kitchen and rear-extension projects are by far the most common renovation in Swadlincote — taking a small, closed-off kitchen and turning it into a proper kitchen-diner that connects to the garden. Getting the island position right, planning where natural light falls, and making sure the dining area doesn’t become an afterthought: these are the details that make or break an open-plan conversion. For more on layout options, see Which Kitchen Design Is The Most Efficient?.
Kitchen & Open-Plan Interior Design
Not every project needs a full redesign. If one room in your Swadlincote home has never felt quite right — a living room that’s hard to arrange, a bedroom where the layout has never worked — a Room Layout Audit gives you a clear, expert assessment of the problem and the practical steps to fix it. A focused, affordable starting point before you commit to anything bigger.
Room Layout Audit
Working With Homeowners in Swadlincote
Swadlincote’s housing stock is more varied than it first appears. The town centre and older neighbourhoods — Church Gresley, Newhall, Midway — are dominated by post-war and ex-colliery housing: solid, affordable homes that were built quickly and practically, with layouts that no longer match how families live today. Closed-off kitchens, separate dining rooms, and narrow through-hallways are the norm.
Further out, areas like Hartshorne, Woodville, and the newer developments off Hearthcote Road and around Castle Gresley have a higher proportion of 1990s and 2000s detached and semi-detached homes — often bought for the space but let down by layouts that waste it. Open-plan ground floors that lack definition, utility rooms that were clearly an afterthought, and dining rooms that feel disconnected from the kitchen.
In my experience with South Derbyshire homes, the problems are almost always structural before they’re aesthetic. Fix the layout first, and everything else follows naturally.
Alekseeva Design is based 3 miles from Swadlincote — in the same area, close enough for site visits without travel costs or long lead times.
How the Interior Design process works
We start with a conversation about your home, your goals, and what’s not working. No obligation, no hard sell — just a clear, honest discussion about what’s possible.
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Initial Consultation
Layout Design & Space Planning
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We produce a detailed space plan tailored to your home, with accurate measurements, furniture placement, and flow analysis. You understand exactly how the redesigned space will work before any building begins.
Once the layout is confirmed, we develop the visual concept: colour schemes, materials, finishes, and styling. The plan comes to life so you can visualise the finished result before committing to anything.
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Concept Design
We produce detailed drawings and specifications that your builders, fitters, and tradespeople can work from directly on site. Nothing is left to guesswork or interpretation.
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Technical drawings
For a full breakdown of what's included in each design package, see the service pages.
Why Swadlincote Homeowners Choose Alekseeva Design
Specialist expertise — space planning and layout, not general decoration.
Builder-ready drawings — to scale, with every detail your tradespeople need on site.
Local and accessible — based 3 miles away in South Derbyshire, no travel surcharges.
Personal service, always — Every project is handled personally, from the first conversation to the final drawing.
Project Example
See the process in action. This recent project in Hollywood, Birmingham, shows exactly what a well-planned open-plan conversion delivers: a rear kitchen that had been closed off from the rest of the house for decades, redesigned into a connected, light-filled kitchen-diner the family actually uses.
Frequently Asked Questions — Interior Design in Swadlincote
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Costs vary depending on the scope of your project. A Room Layout Audit is the most affordable starting point, while full space planning or kitchen design is priced on a project basis. Alekseeva Design offers transparent pricing — get in touch for a quote with no obligation.
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Absolutely — in fact these are some of the projects where space planning adds the most value. Post-war and ex-colliery homes were built to a functional brief that no longer matches modern family life. A space plan identifies exactly what can be changed, what can’t, and what will make the biggest difference — before you spend a penny on building work.
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Yes — open-plan conversions are one of Alekseeva Design’s core specialisms. Getting the layout right before the wall comes down is the single most important decision in any open-plan project. Read What Does Open Plan Mean? for a practical guide to what’s involved.
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Yes. I serve clients throughout Swadlincote and the surrounding South Derbyshire villages, including Hartshorne, Woodville, Church Gresley, Newhall, Midway, and beyond. Being locally based means no travel delays and no minimum project size based on distance.
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Most designers serving South Derbyshire are based in Derby, Nottingham, or Birmingham — and the travel time shows in their availability and their fees. Alekseeva Design is three miles away. That means faster site visits, no distance surcharges, and a designer who genuinely knows the area you’re working in.
Alekseeva Design serves clients throughout Swadlincote, Newhall, Church Gresley, Hartshorne, Woodville, and across South Derbyshire.
The layout is the foundation. Get it right first, and everything else — the finishes, the furniture, the feel of the room — falls into place.