Creative Direction & Styling

Wholehearted Studio curates beautiful photo shoot, social media, and interior projects. We take a personalised approach to uncover what makes our clients truly unique.

We begin by crafting a strategic creative direction brief, curating visually compelling styling and stories that authentically highlight each client's unique identity, empowering them to present themselves wholeheartedly.

Working for some of Australia’s most renowned brands, independent businesses, and magazines, we specialise in working with business owners across the interiors and creative industries.

While we're based on the Sunshine Coast, in South-East Queensland, our services extend Australia-wide.

 

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Hayley Jenkin stands in an archway with a lamp and objects on a shelf to her right.

Authentic and elevated styling to help you present confidently in your photography and attract your dream audience.

Magazine worthy interior styling with meaningful objects, art, and soft furnishings in homes, Airbnb’s and offices.

Social media management and writing for businesses that are equal parts styled, consistent, and engaging.

Mentoring that helps you curate all your ideas, leaving you with a clear creative direction brief to bring to life.

On the journal.

Bedroom Styling Makeover

Somewhere along the way, the room that once felt charming and full of potential started to feel a little… tired. Familiar in a way that wasn’t cosy anymore. It was well and truly time for a freshen-up.

New Studio Reveal

The new studio has been an amazing space to work from. Brining a new wave of work life balance, this space has given us more than we expected.

Lounge Room Makeover with James Lane

With a love for crafting vases and other sculptural vessels, Kerri’s work is a blend of intention and spontaneity that has flourished, with her designs gracing homes and interior spaces across Australia.

A Wholehearted Guide to Hosting

Hosting a gathering at this time of year can feel like a lot of pressure, but if you have some key strategies in place, the whole thing comes together smoothly and makes it look easy and effortless – the hosting dream!

The Creatives Series – Kerri of Nioka Clay

With a love for crafting vases and other sculptural vessels, Kerri’s work is a blend of intention and spontaneity that has flourished, with her designs gracing homes and interior spaces across Australia.

The Creatives Series – Kim Bexon of Woven Palm

Woven Palm started as a passion project in my home studio. In the early days, after learning from a shoemaker, it was just me, learning through trial and…

The Creatives Series – Tess Miller Ceramic Artist

For Noosa-based ceramic sculptural artist, Tess Miller, finding her way into the world of sculpture and ceramics was unexpected, yet as natural as the clay itself. She never imagined herself working with her hands, much less clay, but describes her affinity with the medium as “familiar” and now finds herself creating pieces both timeless and distinctive.

Queenslander Home Office Makeover

Recently I set out to give my home studio a makeover with the help of Blinds Online. My main priority was to choose an aesthetic solution for blocking out light while I was using the computer, that we could then easily raise during photo shoots to allow for more light when we needed it.

Sunshine Coast Shoot Location Oxleigh House

If you’ve been following Wholehearted Studio for any amount of time, you’ll be familiar with Oxleigh House – my 1930’s Queenslander home and passion project that I have been lovingly restoring over the last ten years.

Creative Living With Artist Lauren Horton

Growing up in a household filled with artists and boundless creativity, it was inevitable that Lauren Horton would devote her days to the act of creating. Her journey has been a multifaceted one – studying fine art, politics, and creative writing, followed by 15 years in the film and television sphere, and now teaching students to work with all different mediums at a local art school.