About Nest.

About Nest.

Nest creates interiors of intentional sophistication and quiet conviction.

From our studio in Bendigo, Victoria, we work across Australia bringing colour forward, resolved and distinctly personal spaces to every project.  Every detail is individual and authentic.

We are not trend led. We are not volume driven.

We design residential and commercial environments defined by strong spatial planning, material integrity and an assured and fearless approach to colour.  Clever planning forms the foundations of great design.  Nothing Arbitrary.  Nothing excessive.

Nest doesn’t interpret the brief, we elevate it.



Belinda Nihill is the founder and Creative Director of Nest. With over two decades of experience across construction and interior design, she brings quiet authority to every project. She reads spatial flow instinctively. Applies colour with confidence. Layers texture and form until a room feels fully resolved. Every choice is deliberate.

Based in Bendigo, she works with clients across Australia and internationally who sense their space could be more. They know what they don’t want. The rest, they entrust to her.

Formally trained and sharpened by years of practice across construction and interior design, she brings a combination of creative vision and practical intelligence to every project.

Belinda takes what lives in a client’s imagination; sometimes fully formed, often just a feeling, and translates it into something real and entirely their own. Beautiful and functional are never in conflict. Practical and extraordinary are never mutually exclusive. Within budget. Within brief. Beyond expectation.

Working with Belinda is a collaboration clients wish they had started sooner. She takes design seriously. Herself, considerably less so. Deeply knowledgeable and confident in her judgement. Of the firm opinion that a disco ball improves most rooms and a glass of champagne never hurts.

Nest Design Studio

Distinct. Refined. Layered.

Distinct. Refined. Layered.

A Nest project is recognisable, not only by a signature look, but with a signature feeling. Warm, impactful and rich with detail that reveals itself slowly. Style that endures beyond the moment of completion. Spaces that surprise and continue to delight long after the final cushion is placed.

Our design vision is clear, our process is proven and the clients we work with understand the value of what they are investing in. The collaboration is close and the results are undeniable. Our clients often leave our first consultation wondering why they waited so long to start.

Nest operates with a small, deliberate team. Every project carries Belinda’s direct involvement from concept to completion. The studio has been recognised globally, published internationally and twice short-listed for the Australian House & Garden Top 50 Rooms cementing Nest as one of regional Victoria’s most awarded interior design studios

Jenna

Jenna

Studio Manager

With a background in interior styling and over a decade of industry administration experience, Jenna understands the rhythm of a design studio; the client liaisons, the supplier relationships, the documentation, the samples, the details that keep everything moving seamlessly behind the scenes.

Jenna ensures every Nest project runs exactly as it should, so Belinda’s focus remains exactly where it needs to be.

Alvin

Alvin

Documenter

Alvin handles all technical drafting and 3D visualisation for Nest, translating design concepts into detailed, immersive imagery that gives clients complete clarity and confidence before the build begins.

Sarah

Sarah

Accounts

Sarah looks after all accounts and invoicing for Nest ensuring the financial side of every project runs as smoothly as the design side. With a head for numbers, Sarah keeps the studio’s finances as considered as its interiors.