Our Approach
At Blackshaw, we aim to deliver elegant and functional designs that are customized for a comfortable modern day lifestyle. We create unique environments, featuring bespoke design elements that are tailored to your personal taste and needs. Our ethos “Design for Living” encompasses our user-centered design focus: we put our clients’ desired lifestyle at the forefront of each project and design spaces that facilitate the clients’ well-being.
We value personal connection and empathy, and we take the time to fully understand our client’s aesthetic preferences and functional needs. We are change-makers, who are accustomed to refurbishing, remodeling and modernizing old houses and turning them into warm homes. We often work with our own in-house construction team to manage the project from start to finish.
At Blackshaw, we use our expertise and vision to deliver the project to the highest standards, on time and to the budget; never compromising on what’s important: creating a space that resonates with the client and maximizes their desired lifestyle.
Sally Blackshaw
Founder, Director & Head Designer
Sally is the creative force behind Blackshaw. Sally is a graduate of the London Institute, one of the UK’s most prestigious design schools, and has worked for a number of high profile designers from Fendi and Armani Casa to Rashid Din and Lumsden. Her relentless passion for design and extensive technical know-how is backed up by her many years of experience. Sally’s unique and constantly evolving style is shown through her ability to create inviting spaces, with elegant simple features and the use of luxurious soft fabrics and materials. Her desire is to deliver comfortable, personal and stylish spaces that are fully in-keeping with the client’s lifestyle. She puts the consistent growth of the business down to a simple ethos of taking time to understand the clients, as well as perfect execution of the project and attention to detail.
The Team
Andrea
Office Manager & Personal Assistant
Andrea is Sally’s personal assistant, responsible for the day-to-day running of our busy office and interior design showroom. Andrea also works closely with the designers, assisting with quotes and helping with project management. It is Andrea’s job to provide an aftercare service, liaising with our international clients on a daily basis to find out if they require any help prior to and after their interior design and construction projects have been completed.
Candela
Technical Designer
Candela joined Blackshaw in 2012, and is our go-to technical expert. She is a qualified architect having studied architecture at a technical college in Spain. Candela liaises with clients and suppliers and trades on all the technical aspects of our projects. She is also involved in the creative process, and in charge of putting furnishing quotes together.
Milda
Interior Designer
Milda joined the Blackshaw team in 2020. Originally from Lithuania, she is fluent in Lithuanian, English and Spanish and she has a bachelor’s degree in architecture and a master’s degree in urban planning and design from the Vilnius Gediminas technical university. She is a talented project manager, who is skilled in spacial planning and furniture distribution, making sure all the spaces have the right flow, feel good to live in and have a positive subconscious effect on the client’s well-being.
Mercedes
Interior Designer
Mercedes joined the Blackshaw team in February 2022. Originally Spanish, she has a degree in architecture from ETSAG Granada, and is an expert in home staging and copywriting. She has a master’s degree in Bioclimatic Architecture from the University of Avila. Mercedes understands design as aesthetics and functionality as well as a wonderful transforming tool in people’s lives. Her main objective is to search for excellence in spaces to help people to live a better life aligned with its values.
Amber
Interior Designer
Amber joined the Blackshaw team in May 2022. She has a degree in Interior Design from Manchester Metropolitan University. Amber is involved with the creative processes as well as technical processes such as creating proposal moodboards for clients, choosing furnishings and drawing plans on autocad.
Aliia
Interior Designer
Aliia is the newest member of the Blackshaw team and is a qualified interior designer. She graduated from the Kazan Technical University and has over two years of experience working in the interior design field around Marbella. She is meticulous in regards to the details of each of her projects and believes that the key to great interior design lies in the fact that there needs to be a mutual connection and understanding between the client and the designer. Allia speaks 4 languages including Russian, English, Spanish and Italian.