Sacred Spaces Studio

At Sacred Spaces, living in harmony stems from blending design with functionality. Our philosophy emphasizes that our surroundings influence our mood, mental state, and well-being, allowing us to create spaces that foster creativity, tranquillity, and joy using elements, colour theory, and space planning.

Inspired by nature, we apply Feng Shui principles to design spaces that meet clients’ needs. Our modern minimalist approach ensures aesthetic bliss and functionality, integrating bespoke pieces with cherished possessions.

Our practice is defined by four pillars:

• Intentional - Focus on living aligned with nature/Feng Shui, which we use a specific personality quiz
• Empowering - Personalized curation process that clients are fully engaged in
• Luxurious - Premium quality finishes
• Soulful - Harmonious sanctuaries that reflect our clients’ true essence

These four pillars support a foundation for a pleasurable design process and yield results that create genuine harmony and balance in our clients' lives, enhancing their overall wellbeing. By adhering to these principles, we ensure that our designs go beyond mere aesthetics to positively impact the daily experiences of those who inhabit the spaces we create.

How are you using Programa?

Our design process seamlessly integrates Programa and Canva, creating powerful client presentations. Programa’s intuitive interface allows clients to view items in a polished format and access detailed information with a simple click, enhancing their engagement and understanding of our design vision.

We enrich our presentations by incorporating curated Canva boards into Programa. This combination showcases our designs with precision and creativity, resulting in visually stunning presentations.

Programa’s real-time update feature is a standout. Any changes we make are instantly reflected in the client interface, eliminating time-consuming resubmissions and streamlining our workflow. This flexibility improves our responsiveness to client feedback.

Once a presentation is approved, we transition items into their respective schedules within Programa, adding detailed information and preparing budgets for approval. The product status update feature allows us to track progress and enables clients to check status updates without constant emails.

Programa’s bulk email functionality for quotes has dramatically simplified our procurement process, automating tasks and allowing us more time for creative design work and client interaction.

In essence, Programa and Canva have revolutionized our design process, enhancing efficiency, improving client communication, and allowing us to focus on creating exceptional interior design concepts.

What challenges did the platform help overcome in a most recent project? Could you tell us about it?

Working with clients in the initial stages and doing extra work for items they might not like can be time-consuming. For our last client, using Canva for presentations was challenging to share links for item details and approvals. Programa made it much smoother by allowing us to create similar presentation layouts with embedded links.

For the Princeton project, a commercial space with model units, purchasing was challenging due to budget constraints and many items from Amazon. The status feature made it easy to track what had arrived and what was missing. We updated our Programa schedules with weekly reports from the receiving warehouse, pinpointing missing items without scrolling through endless lists of Amazon orders.

We recently discovered a QuickBooks integration and are excited to see how this can further facilitate our procurement and billing procedures.

We have successfully completed our third photo shoot out of seven planned for this year. Princeton, given the style and challenges Programa helped us overcome, is an excellent fit for your upcoming feature.

For your convenience, I’ve included links to our website and Pinterest board, where you can view a selection of photos from the shoot. If you need higher resolution images or additional photos, including some of myself, please let me know.