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THE GREAT INDOORS

Interior Designers Sydney –

Residential, Retail, and Cafe Fitouts

Spaces with Purpose, Built for Impact

At The Great Indoors, we are leading interior designers and architects in Sydney, specialising in residential architecture, retail fitouts, café interiors, and fully integrated design and construct interiors.

With over 25 years of industry experience, we create spaces that are not only visually striking but tailored to reflect your lifestyle or brand — and built to perform for years to come.

From Concept to Completion

We deliver a true end-to-end service, guiding your project from the earliest ideas through to full construction and handover. Whether it’s a boutique retail fitout, a custom home, or a full-scale workplace transformation, our integrated team ensures every stage is cohesive, efficient, and on brief.

Design and Construct Interiors – Streamlined & Responsive

Our in-house architecture, interior design, and construction expertise allows us to simplify complex projects. From feasibility studies and design development to documentation, approvals, and site delivery, we manage every step — saving you time, reducing risk, and ensuring design integrity throughout.

What We Do Best

Whether you're building new or reimagining an existing space, we specialise in:

Retail fitouts Sydney – Branded environments that increase foot traffic and drive conversion
Café fitouts Sydney – Hospitality interiors that balance atmosphere, efficiency, and flow
Commercial interior design Sydney – Functional, flexible workspaces that support team wellbeing and business growth
Residential architecture & interior design – Tailored homes that blend beauty, practicality, and personality
Design and build services – One team from concept to construction

Why Choose The Great Indoors?

Sydney-based, fully integrated design + architecture consultancy
25+ years of hands-on interior and fitout expertise
Strategic, brand-led approach across every sector
One point of contact from start to finish
Transparent process, responsive communication, proven resultsLet’s Create Something Extraordinary

Let’s Create Something Extraordinary

Ready to transform your space?

Contact us today to discuss your project, request a quote, or explore our portfolio.

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Working with Lee and Gesa from The Great Indoors has been a game-changer for our business. Their creativity and strategic insight have helped us transform into a more progressive, profitable, and attractive brand. It’s been an inspiring journey of growth and innovation together.

Rouby Sidarous | Owner/Director | Life Grain
We engaged The Great Indoors for a high-profile brand building project. We have found Lee and his team at to be effective, commercially astute and a pleasure to work with. We would recommend them unreservedly.

Mike Forster | KFC
We chose TGI based on their proven ability on previous projects to combine amazing design and functional spaces. The team impressed us with their creative minds and ability to understand and deliver the design style we wanted to achieve.

Denis Chen | Wealth Resources
As professional contractors and project managers, we seek to align ourselves with industry professionals who share our passion for creating and delivering inspiring interior environments, accordingly I am delighted to attest and validate the design and creative capability of The Great Indoors across interior and branded environments.

Jason Devos | JDV Projects
Lee carried out the plan and design for our office. We're thrilled with the work he presented and the time he spent on all elements of our office fit-out. We would happily recommend him.

Anthony O’Gorman | O’Gorman + Partners

KEY SERVICES

Retail Interior Design

Retail is about connected experiences. And at heart, it is about people. We curate retail interior design and branded environment solutions for physical spaces…

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Cafe Interior Design

We’ve had the pleasure to provide cafe interior design for intelligent and passionate food and beverage restaurant and cafe owners across Sydney…

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Property +
Showrooms Design

Our team has provided office interior design for workplace and education spaces for banking, finance, private education, training, information services, and real estate…

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Office Interior Design

Our team has designed workplace and education spaces for banking, finance, private education, training, information services, and real estate…

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Design That Builds Connection and Commercial Impact

Founded by Lee and Gesa Hopkinson, The Great Indoors has delivered interior and architectural design for leading global brands like Selfridges, Harrods, and Nike Town, as well as major Australian companies including Officeworks and Samsung. We also work with business owners, developers, and hospitality operators to design spaces that launch brands, drive foot traffic, and elevate customer experience.

Alongside our commercial work, we design custom homes that are deeply personal, highly functional, and built to last. Every project — whether residential or retail — is an opportunity to translate vision into reality through smart thinking, bold design, and meticulous execution.

What drives us is the power of design to do more than look beautiful — it creates emotion, builds identity, and transforms how people engage with a space.

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FEATURED PROJECTS

Y3 FOR ADIDAS | Fashion Retail Interior Design

THE BOATSHED | Restaurant Interior Design

1001 OPTOMETRY | Retail Interior Design

KFC PARRAMATTA | Fast-Food Service Interior Design

STAGE #01 | Design Concept | Figtree Hill

STAGE #02 | Concept Sketches | Figtree Hill

STAGE #02 | Customer Journey | Figtree Hill

STAGE #03 | Concept Elevations | Figtree Hill

STAGE #03 | Materials Palette | Figtree Hill

STAGE #05 | Finished Space | Figtree Hill

FAQs

Yes, we can. However, we would ideally like to chat with our clients in person or face-to-face to understand their brief and their budget to ensure we understand the project and that we get to know each other.
Yes, we have extensive experience working with multiple landlords, design managers, council planners, heritage consultants, and private certifiers depending on the approvals required for your project to ensure all approvals are granted before the commencement of construction.
Based on our experience, we would interpret the brand’s essence—its values, emotions, personality, and story—and express that through architecture, interiors, materials, lighting and spatial experience.
Yes we can work within a budget, it would be best to be transparent and realistic about your budget at the commencement of the project so that we can give you the best advice and manage your expectations.
Yes, it is common practice to work with the team to ensure the best value outcome. We can work with the builder and suppliers to ensure the budget is met and that the original vision and objectives are aligned in the process.
We can be involved as little or as much as required. We love to be involved during the construction process to ensure the design is translated correctly into the built environment.
Yes, we have conceptually designed a number of brands into roll-out guidelines that are adaptable to multiple space and site configurations. However, if this is the case, it would be best to discuss your brand's needs at the start of the project so that we can design accordingly with future planning.
Yes, we have highly skilled professionals who can produce excellent standards for 3d renders and walkthroughs if your project requires these elements to express and understand the design.
Yes, we take great pride in and spend time developing an accurate set of construction drawings. We also work closely with all suppliers to ensure the correct fixtures and finishes can be sourced to align with the budget and are available within the project timeframe.