Sunshine Coast Interior Designer, Barbie Payton established ONYX Studio with the need to design spaces that connect businesses to their ideal customers. From the spark of an idea to opening night, we will get you there.
Based on the Sunshine Coast, we know that shopping locally is what is important. Not being bias or anything, but we believe we are the best Interiors Designers on the Sunshine Coast. We like to stand out, not fit in. Simple really.
We specialise in all things Commercial Interior Design including Hospitality Design concepts, Wellness and Retail Design based projects based on the Sunshine Coast and surrounds. We can take care of the whole Fitout process, including putting together a team of Trades to construct your design, to procuring products and Design project management.
We do Residential design by referral partners only.
Barbie Payton is a qualified Commercial Interior Designer, holding a Degree in Interior Design (Commercial).
Barbie won the Torrens University Excellence Award in 2022. The Excellence Award was for excellence in design concepts, mentoring fellow students and excelling in her work and study acumen.
Barbie is honoured and humbled to have been nominated and QLD State finalist for the Design Institute of Australia’s GOTYA Awards in 2022.
Barbie won the BDQ Regional Sunshine Coast Commercial Interior Design Award, 2023 and is currently the branch President.
ONYX Studio by Barbie Payton’s Interior Design services are available from Brisbane to the Sunshine Coast and the Fraser Coast
our mission
To create an emotional connection between people and their environments that will enhance life, business, and human experience through the art of a professional Interior Design service.
our promise
We will build relationships with our clients based on trust, commitment, and integrity. We will deliver a design solution based on the understanding of our client’s needs and values.
Barbie Payton - Director / Interior Designer
I am inspired by people’s stories and why they do, what they do.
I am passionate about having genuine connections, and I have a natural gift for knowing when something feels authentic from an Interior Design perspective. I hold a special place for Hospitality and Retail design Fitouts and concepts.
I love people-watching and seeing how they interact with their environments, which inspires me to help create valuable and meaningful spaces for my clients and their properties.
When I’m not designing you will find me spending time with my daughter and husband, or escaping to my happy place through dance, based on the Sunshine Coast.
I hold a Bachelor of Interior Design (Commercial), a Diploma in Management, and a Diploma in Freelance Journalism.
Georgie Carberry - Branding and Graphics
Georgina is our branding guru who established her brand The OG, helping develop, curate and deliver your brand presence. Logos, marketing, the whole shebang! Georgina is based remotely in Newcastle and loves the odd zoom catch-up over a glass of Vino and a cheese bickie or two.
“I believe my position within the design industry is spread throughout many pockets - like a mushroom -, and within these pockets I strive to incorporate key things like gusto, grand ideas and ambitious design thinking. At The OG, I am here to help you find a creative solution in any pocket and crevice!”
I hold a Bachelor of Communications.
Michelle Bolt - Interior Designer
Michelle is a qualified interior designer having completed a certificate IV In interior decoration and a Diploma of interior Design and Decoration in 2014.
She lives in Buderim with her husband and two children. Away from design and family life she loves yoga and Pilates, quality time with friends and sampling a gin or two by the pool in the sunshine.
"I love dedicating my time to residential design. I believe getting to know my client's well, is an integral part of the design process. Let's steer away from copy and paste design and jumping on the trend bandwagon. Let's work together to create something that's uniquely you. Uniquely yours."
Honey Durbidge - Accountant
Honey has been a registered Accountant for over 17 years. With expertise in tax accountancy, all facets of business accountancy and bookkeeping, Honey keeps us on our toes!
When not crunching numbers, Honey enjoys spending her free time with her first Granddaughter, Joey, and immersing herself in some lighthearted slapstick comedies. Honey is based in the beautiful Hunter Valley.
OUR ETHOS
We believe interior design can be powerful, awe-inspiring, and subconsciously life-changing for all who enter a designed space.
We believe our role is to be storytellers, to connect people with a space through the clients needs and wants.
We believe in empathetic understanding in order to translate brand and culture into a form of communication between yourself and your customers.
We believe the best interior design solutions involve collaboration, communication, empathy, and understanding, between the Designer, client, user, and the environment.
We believe in establishing long-term relationships through design, knowing that building these alliances makes our business and community stronger and delivers optimal results.
