Dreaming big with both feet on the ground

Meet MAKU Interior

Dreaming big with both feet on the ground

Dreaming big while staying grounded

Meet MAKU Interior

Dreaming big while staying grounded

A LEAP OF INTERIOR HAPPINESS

With full conviction, courage, determination, and hard work, Mandy Kuipers has rapidly established a thriving interior design company. Her education as an interior stylist is driven by personal interest, and sharing interior photos is fueled by enthusiasm. Yet, this epitomizes the inception of MAKU.Interior. Her immense passion for exclusive interiors is contagious. Her professional demeanor and engaging personality complete the picture. Today, she and her team inspire, advise, and guide clients from around the world online in the realization of their interior desires.

A LEAP OF INTERIOR HAPPINESS

A home should be a sanctuary. Warm, inviting, cozy, and ideally with a touch of luxury. With this thought in mind, Mandy sits down with an architect to discuss the construction of her new home. Before its completion in 2020, she completes her education as an interior stylist. This allows her to personally realize her dream interior. “I’m a bit of a control freak,” she says with a laugh. “Thanks to this education, I could take matters into my own hands and create a high-end interior with a hotel chic style. The process was sometimes challenging, but I mostly found it incredibly enjoyable. It gave me a lot of energy and sparked creative ideas. That same summer, I signed the founding documents of MAKU.Interior.”

INTERIOR ADVICE AND LUXURY HOME ACCESSORIES
From MAKU.Interior, she provides online interior advice, optionally with a lighting plan, together with her team. She is accessible online, zooms in on the specific question, and assists everyone in a personalized manner. In parallel with her focus on luxury interior, she sets up a webshop for the sale of luxury home accessories.

This quickly expands to include high-quality wallpaper and paint, including the product lines of Alphenberg, Dutch Walltextile Company (DWC), Arte, Elitis, Casamance, and Shades by Eric Kuster. “I love working with exclusive, rich materials and colors that radiate warmth. That’s why I collaborate with a flexible network of passionate suppliers, allowing me to offer a total styling concept that I fully stand behind.” In addition to styling, she also collaborates with trusted partners who meticulously handle the realization of (custom) furniture.

On her Instagram account, she regularly shares photos of her projects, and within two years, she reaches over a hundred thousand followers from both within and outside the country. Unintentionally, Mandy emerges as an interior design influencer. But an independent one. “I only share information that I believe in because quality is paramount!”

WHAT YOU RADIATE, YOU ATTRACT

Each dream interior is unique, yet the touch of MAKU.Interior is unmistakably present. Remarkably, it was never her intention to become a well-known name in the world of interior design. On the contrary, this interior stylist simply follows her flow and does what feels right. It is precisely because she does this work with heart and soul that she attracts success. What you radiate, you attract. “This is probably indeed an important part of my success factor. Every fiber in my body feels that this is completely me. This is who I am and what MAKU.Interior stands for.”

However, there is another driving force at play: “impossible” does not exist in Mandy’s mind. At least not when it comes to her original ideas. “If I have an original idea, it will be executed no matter what. If sacrifices are necessary, I will make them without hesitation. The idea, the end result, is clear in my mind. I work step by step towards that”, she illustrates her sharp focus and unwavering determination. However, this should not be mistaken for arrogance or ego, as Mandy prefers to act in the background. “If something doesn’t work, I am more than willing to take a different path. But the result will not suffer as a result.”

AUTHENTIC AND PROFESSIONAL

AUTHENTIC AND PROFESSIONAL

This way of working aligns with who she is as a person. Mandy always strives for excellence. She is results-oriented, energetic, and possesses a natural warmth. Her approach is authentic and professional, which makes her credible and accessible. By being true to herself, she inspires trust—a valuable quality when people entrust the design of their personal living space to her and her team. The passionate interior stylist takes care of every detail to perfection, with a keen eye for detail and coherence. She incorporates large elements of natural materials such as leather, wood, and marble, selects light and dark shades from a single color palette, and combines them with an accent color that subtly connects and harmonizes the overall design. “Every luxury interior should be balanced and exude unity, as that creates a warm feeling. There should be something happening in every corner without it being too busy or restless. The recognizable MAKU signature consists of a warm, tranquil base with a few beautiful eye-catching elements and classy accessories.”

Despite her busy schedule, she enjoys dedicating time to her own handmade cushion and pouf line.
Despite her busy schedule, she enjoys dedicating time to her own handmade cushion and pouf line. "The MAKU label is offered in limited series in the webshop, along with other must-haves and unique home accessories. An interior is truly complete when the decorative finishing touches are perfect as well. Who knows, maybe I'll release a whole collection of MAKU design products someday." The down-to-earth Brabant native keeps both feet firmly on the ground, but she dares to dream big. "I don't like doing things halfway. Whatever I do, I do it well. I'm only just beginning!"

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