Helping you design a forever home by making decisions that last a lifetime

FOREVER HOME FORMULA

MOVE THROUGH THE SIGNATURE PROGRAM DEVELOPED BY SOUGHT-AFTER INTERIOR DESIGNER HELENA NIKOLA TO UNCOVER YOUR DESIGN STYLE, MAKE PERFECT-FIT DECISIONS AND CREATE YOUR FOREVER HOME IN A WAY THAT FEELS WONDERFUL.

Building, designing or renovating your forever home?

Forever Home Formula reduces overwhelm, regret and rushed decision-making while helping you create the perfect space for you.

Through my 23+ year career as an award-winning interior designer, I know what it takes to create a space that works for your family, while resonating with your style and values

 But through my own home renovations (I’m a three-time champ) — taking into account the never-ending opinions of my sassy eight-year-old and pedantic husband — I know the endless roadblocks that get in your way when you go it alone:

→ Confidently design a home that feels authentically you 
Make timeless choices that blend functionality with personality 
Gain a solid understanding of how to make design decisions that last
→ Become your own interior designer, creating a space that reflects your values and style
→ Create a home that feels like a sanctuary and grows with your family forever

With ‘helping people’ as my love language, I set out to solve this. The courses, programs and live support offered through Home Done Differently bring concepts of beautiful, functional design to everyone, everywhere, without the out-of-budget price tag.

But when you have the right support in your corner — someone with decades of design expertise, who believes in making decisions that fit your family, lifestyle and values — you can:

All it takes is the right partner in your corner: someone to teach you what you need to know, guide you when you feel stuck, and turn the overwhelming design process into something that sparks inspiration, brings answers to the forefront and genuinely feels fun.

Developed by Helena Nikola, founder of Helena Nikola Interior Studio, Forever Home Formula changes the way families work with designers — forever.

DESIGN SKILLS AND EXPERTISE, SO YOU CAN CONFIDENTLY BECOME YOUR OWN DESIGNER

ACCESS TO A PROFESSIONAL INTERIOR DESIGNER WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK

ONE YEAR OF SKILL-BUILDING AND SUPPORT AS YOU CREATE YOUR FOREVER HOME

Welcome to
Forever Home Formula

a live supported program combining my proven design methods with comprehensive online training, live decision-making and one year’s worth of support as you build and execute your dream home plans. (Yes, it’s time to get excited!)

Because loving your home should not be a privilege restricted to those who hire a five-figure designer — everyone deserves a space they’re proud to live in.

Forever Home Formula brings affordable and approachable design expertise to everyone, helping you create your forever home to fall in love with — without hours of relentless Googling, making stressful on-the-fly decisions, following trends that don’t fit you, blowing out your budget, or feeling completely, utterly and understandably out of your depth.

IN THIS YEAR-LONG SUPPORTED PROGRAM, YOU WILL LEARN TO DESIGN A HOUSE THAT FEELS LIKE YOUR PERFECT HOME — MAKING DECISIONS THAT LAST A LIFETIME.

THE CURRICULUM:

An expansive interior design course you can absorb, become immersed in and revisit through the year

Spark your creative vision as you learn to design your dream home, make perfect-fit choices and design a functional space for you.

We all live differently — why follow a stock-standard floorplan? The Forever Home Formula curriculum teaches you to design a home that fits you forever — from planning a kitchen that suits your food-prep habits to placing doors where you’d intuitively walk through them, choosing Instagram-worthy colour combinations to laying out the right size bedrooms for your family (and plotting extra space for your gorgeous primary suite). With 12 months of access to a complete framework that covers everything from foundational vision-setting to detailed finishing touches, the curriculum helps you dig into your ideas and concepts with thought-provoking design teachings that reveal what you truly want from your space.

This is the formula for designing a beautiful home that has ‘you’ written all over it.

Take a peek inside the framework for designing your forever home

Everything you need to know about the design world — so you can get ahead of overwhelm and confidently navigate the process. 

STEP 1: YOUR WHY

Because long-lasting design decisions can only come from you. 

STEP 2: THE PROCESS

Set expectations, understand the process and learn when to get help.

STEP 3: PEOPLE

Learn about the people and teams you’ll bring on board — and how to get the best results.

Make decisions that last a lifetime and design choices you won’t regret. Start with function and family-fit, then perfect your floor plan.

STEP 4: CREATING YOUR VISION

With endless options and decisions, we narrow your focus on what forever home means to you.

STEP 5: GET TO KNOW YOUR SPACES

Learn design skills split room-by-room, from kitchens to living spaces and every area in between.

STEP 6: PERFECT YOUR FLOOR PLAN

Place rooms in the perfect spots, create privacy where you need it, and learn about sizing and space planning.

Turn endless options into perfect-match choices as we break the complicated process into easy-to-grasp pieces.

STEP 8: CRAFTING YOUR INTERIOR

Master your palette, find your finishes and refine your list of must-buys.

STEP 9: CHOOSE YOU FINISHES

Commit to your finishes and choose complementary pieces for floors, walls, doors and more.

STEP 10: YOUR KITCHEN

The heart of the home. Create your vision, then move into detailed kitchen planning, refining selections along the way.

STEP 11: BEAUTIFUL BATHROOM + LAUNDRY

The most functional of functional spaces. Learn to create laundries and kitchens in the way that works how you do.

STEP 12: CABINETWORK

From look and feel to bench tops and beyond, learn everything from smart detailing to organisation.

STEP 12: LET THERE BE LIGHT

A lighting design masterclass for the ideal finishing touch on your forever home masterpiece.

Get exclusive, ongoing support from an award-winning interior designer through intimate live calls

With small-group coaching calls every fortnight, consider me your designer-on-call as your forever home comes to life.

You’ve heard the home-building horror stories, felt the confusion and uncertainty ahead — it’s inevitable there will be roadblocks that pop up when you least expect it. While these issues would typically have you pouring a stress-relieving glass of red, you can turn to me instead — and I’ll give you instant resolutions from my professional been-there-fixed-that expertise. Join small group calls with less than fifteen people where you’ll ask questions, get clarity on design decisions before investing or committing, access help with execution and understand where to go next. With full access to 20 group calls through the year, you can pour a celebratory glass of bubbles instead.

I’m your go-to expert as you commit to decisions, liaise with builders and execute your forever home plans.

To make it simple, straight forward and smooth (because thats what Forever Home Formula does best) here's a quick checklist of everything you get:

→ Get unlimited access to 12 comprehensive online training modules that guide you to design your dream home — and spark the right decisions based on your lifestyle, goals and preferences — ensuring no consideration is missed

→ Receive pre-formatted spreadsheets to organise, track and analyse the data relevant to your project and goals, plus curated lists of vetted resources, contacts and tools to save time on your search

→ Make use of vision board templates, schedule templates, size and planning guide PDF packs, a library of materials and products, and more — all included in Forever Home Formula 

→ Refer back to your online training modules anytime with ongoing, unlimited access — so you can revisit concepts while you execute them 

→ Access professional design expertise for one full year as you execute your Forever Home Formula, tapping into Helena’s 23+ years of interior design expertise

→ Join 20 live fortnightly calls to get feedback, solve issues, answer questions, brainstorm, spark ideas and gain inspiration — with every call kept intimate and small-group so you get the support from Helena that you need

→ Use the fortnightly calls as a resource when you need them, with no requirements for attendance, planned on 4-block schedules that follow school terms

→ Enjoy ongoing access to a private Facebook design community where you can seek feedback, gain insights and get fast expert answers to pressing questions

Decide right, design right — the first time.

My approach to forever homes

Forever Home Formula is not a one-size-fits-all plan, but a carefully curated formula that guides you to make informed and inspired design decisions — avoiding trends and agendas that don’t suit you in favour of functional spaces built on your personal understanding of design. Because there are no absolutes when it comes to your home — three large bedrooms or four compact rooms? Bathtub or butler’s pantry? Dual basins or another powder room? Only you and your family can say. 

True ownership of your home comes not from following social media trends or making apprehensive decisions — but from learning the ins and outs of home design, thoughtfully uncovering what is important to your family, stretching and investing your budget in ways that suit your lifestyle, then utilising design skills you can tap into over and over forever.

Two membership options to provide your perfect level of support

→ Everything included in The Curriculum 

→ Everything included in The Calls (20 in the year)

→ Access to private Facebook design community

Investment:
1 Payment: AUD$3,250
6 payments: AUD$620

→ Everything included in Base Membership

→ 2 x 90-minute consultation and strategy sessions with Helena as you learn, absorb and design — to be used within the year

→ 1 plan review by an expert interior designer to be used within the year (allowing 21 days for turnaround) 

→ 1 cabinetwork review by an expert interior designer to be used within the year (allowing 21 days for turnaround) 

→ 3 months of 1:1 on-demand chat support with Helena Nikola to be used within the year

Investment:
1 Payment: AUD$7,000
6 payments: AUD$1,340

This is how you’ll create a forever home to fall in love with.

Limited spots are available to ensure intimate group coaching every step of the way — so every question gets answered, all issues are handled, and you feel calm and collected with a designer in your corner. With continuous support available, this is truly design done differently, because we do it together — without the traditional five-figure investment required to work with an interior designer.

FOREVER HOME FORMULA BRINGS PROFESSIONAL HOME DESIGN TO EVERYONE.