St Leonard's is one of Exeter's most sought-after areas, home to elegant Regency and early Victorian stucco villas and terraces along St Leonard's Road and Wonford Road, many of them Grade II listed, alongside larger detached properties on the site of the former Mount Radford estate and a wider mix of homes closer to the city centre around Denmark Road.
Though our workshop is based inland in the Devon countryside, our craftsmen are regularly on the road into this side of Exeter, and that same dedication to handcrafted excellence travels with them into every St Leonard's home we work in.
TRULY BESPOKE DESIGNS FOR ST LEONARDS HOMES
St Leonard's has some truly stunning architecture featured amongst its homes, with those along St Leonard's Road and Wonford Road boasting three-storey stucco properties from around 1840 that stand with their original verandas, Doric porches and tall sash windows still largely intact, many protected by listed status.
Around the site of the old Mount Radford estate, larger detached and semi-detached homes offer more generous room proportions, while properties closer to Denmark Road bring a slightly more varied mix of periods and styles, with room shapes and ceiling heights changing considerably from one house to the next.
Whatever your St Leonard's home's design, we can work with its unique characteristics to create your bespoke dressing room.
Tom Stokes founded TRS Bespoke Interiors after building over 15 years of design and craftsmanship experience across projects in both New Zealand and the UK, and it's this breadth of knowledge that continues to shape the unmatched design expertise behind every dressing room our team creates for homeowners in St Leonard's.
Every piece leaves our Devon workshop having been shaped by hand, bringing traditional craft skills together with more modern techniques, so that each design carries the kind of unparalleled craftsmanship built to serve you and your loved ones well for decades of daily use.
“Tom designed and installed a built-in corner wardrobe for us, he was professional and a generally nice guy from start to finish. We love our wardrobes, they look amazing and are super practical. Looking to use Tom again for our next project and would recommend to anyone. Thanks Tom!“
— — Charley, Ottery St Mary, Devon
LOCAL DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR ST LEONARDS HOMES
Many of the listed stucco properties along St Leonard's Road come with tall ceilings and balanced proportions, but original features and listed status mean any bespoke design has to be planned sensitively, working with the room's existing architecture, instead of making any alterations to it. Or perhaps you're a homeowner in one of the larger properties near the old Mount Radford estate, where more generous bedroom sizes open up the possibility of a fuller walk-in design, including an island unit or dedicated seating area.
For homeowners in the mix of properties closer to Denmark Road, room shapes and ceiling heights can vary considerably from one house to the next, so each design starts from the specific dimensions of that individual home. Whatever the design of your St Leonard's home, we can create a bespoke creation that accommodates all its quirks and uniqueness.
ONLY THE FINEST MATERIALS
For our homeowners across St Leonard's Road, Wonford Road and the wider area towards Mount Radford, we draw on a range of materials to complement the elegance already present in so many of these homes. That might mean rift-sawn oak, with a stained finish and polished solid brass hardware, in keeping with a period property's original character, or black walnut with a hand-painted detail and brushed bronze fittings for something a little more contemporary, paired with a taupe or cream fabric tone throughout. Each material is chosen to bring a sleek, modern feel or timeless authenticity to the finished space and to earn its place within the design in a way that helps bring your vision to life.
Every bespoke dressing room we design for our St Leonard's homeowners is developed entirely around your individual tastes and your specific home's architectural characteristics, and we take real pride in delivering results that consistently exceed expectations. We remain committed to sourcing only the finest materials available to us, maintaining our unwavering attention to detail and our uncompromising quality standards throughout, so your finished dressing room brings together lasting beauty and durability for a design built to serve you for years to come.
UNMATCHED CRAFTSMANSHIP FOR HOMES ACROSS ST LEONARDS
Every project we take on in St Leonard's starts with the property itself, whether that's a listed stucco villa on St Leonard's Road with its original verandas and porches, a larger detached home near the old Mount Radford estate, or a property closer to Denmark Road with its own particular character. It's this concentration of genuinely distinctive homes, many with real architectural history behind them, that makes St Leonard's such a rewarding area for us to work in.
We understand the dressing room serves as the heart of personal style, where confidence is built and individual expression is celebrated. TRS's bespoke approach combines expert craftsmanship with modern techniques to create designs that are elegant, layered with warmth, and made to be lived in.
Every project we take on in St Leonard's starts with time spent understanding the property itself, from the way light moves through the room across the day to the particular quirks of a period building or the clean lines of something more recently built. It's only once we understand the home properly that we begin designing, so the finished dressing room feels as though it was always meant to be there, handcrafted specifically around the way you and your loved ones actually live.
FOR THE WHOLE HOME
Whether you’re looking for a bespoke kitchen with stunning veined Calacatta marble, handcrafted rift-sawn oak veneer bathroom cabinetry, or a bespoke media unit that instantly becomes the focal point of the room, we can design one-of-a-kind spaces for the whole home. From bespoke home studies, living room furniture and alcove units to bespoke storage in hallways, boot rooms and utility rooms, we can create whatever you envision, handcrafted from within our Exeter-based workshop by our dedicated team of skilled craftsmen and designers – it just starts with a conversation.
BESPOKE DRESSING ROOM FEATURES
No matter how you picture your finished dressing room, it's the individual details within it that shape the final result, each one built around the specifics of your space so the result feels entirely yours, a unique design handcrafted individually by our team exclusively for you.
Our bespoke dressing room designs can include:
Bespoke Wardrobes and Storage: Beautifully handcrafted wardrobe and storage solutions designed and crafted specifically for your dressing room, combining artisan-quality cabinetry with a bespoke internal configuration that is tailored entirely to your wardrobe, your lifestyle and your individual needs.
Bespoke Shelving and Display: From open shelving for shoes and accessories to beautifully crafted display solutions for jewellery and precious personal items, every shelf and fitting is individually designed and handcrafted to make the very most of your available space whilst adding a sense of elegance and beauty to your dressing room.
Fitted Dressing Tables: Completely bespoke fitted dressing tables designed and handcrafted to work in perfect harmony with the rest of your dressing room, creating a seamless and considered aesthetic that is entirely and uniquely yours.
Bespoke Lighting and Mirrors: Thoughtfully designed and integrated lighting and mirrors that add depth, warmth and a sense of understated luxury to your dressing room space, each one handcrafted in our workshop to complement and enhance your desired end vision.
Bespoke Details: Whether it's oiled bronze glass doors and custom brass handles or blue velvet drawer linings and hand-finished cabinetry ornamentation, every detail is carefully chosen to either accent or enhance the overall design.
Island Units and Seating: For those who want to create the ultimate dressing room experience, our bespoke island units and seating solutions combine unparalleled craftsmanship, exquisite materials and thoughtful design to produce a space that is as practical as it is beautiful to spend time in every single day.
WHY ST LEONARDS HOMEOWNERS CHOOSE TRS FOR THEIR BESPOKE DRESSING ROOMS
St Leonard's is home to some of Exeter's most prestigious neighbourhoods, highly celebrated for its beautifully preserved Georgian and Victorian residential architecture, and our homeowners here consistently value a design approach that respects that history while still delivering a dressing room built entirely around modern daily life.
Whether you're a homeowner in one of the listed stucco villas on St Leonard's Road or a larger property near the old Mount Radford estate, we bring the same level of care to designing a dressing room that feels completely at home within your property's existing architecture.
Our immersive 3D design service also means you can walk through your new dressing room, room by room and angle by angle, long before any of it has been built, giving you complete confidence in the design well ahead of the first cut being made that we are the right people to help bring your vision to life.
OUR PROCESS
1. CONSULTATION
Tell us what you want so we can understand your requirements and your unique vision.
2. Site Visit
We come to the site to see where it is that we will turn your vision into reality
3. Quote
A personalised breakdown of everything that will be required for the project.
4. 3D Visualisation
A breathtaking 3D walkthrough that allows you to experience the design from every angle.
5. Manufacture
Once you are happy with every aspect of the design, we manufacture the project.
6. Installation
We install your project on site and bring your bespoke furniture dream to fruition.
MEET THE FOUNDER
TRS Bespoke Interiors is founded and led by master craftsman Tom Stokes, whose over 15 years of international experience across New Zealand and the UK has shaped a design philosophy rooted in the belief that every home deserves something truly one of a kind. Having honed his skills across some of the most demanding and creatively ambitious projects in both countries, Tom brings a rare and genuine fusion of craftmanship mastery and artistic vision to every bespoke creation that leaves our Devon workshop, and it is this unique combination of skill, passion and experience that sets TRS apart from every other option available.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FOR BESPOKE DRESSING ROOMS IN ST LEONARDS
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Not at all, we're experienced in working within listed properties across St Leonard's and design specifically to work with original features such as tall sash windows, decorative cornicing and period proportions, so the finished dressing room complements the property and feels entirely aligned with the existing aesthetic. -
Yes, many of the area's stucco villas have taller ceilings than a typical modern home, and we design wardrobes and shelving to make full use of that vertical space, creating a dressing room that feels proportionate to the room around it. -
Absolutely, older properties in this part of Exeter sometimes have room shapes altered by previous conversions, and we take detailed measurements of the actual space to design a layout that works entirely around those existing dimensions, never making any assumptions throughout our design process, instead maintaining our unmoving quality standards at every single design stage.
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