Spaces steer how we feel and how we behave, making the problem with spaces also the solution. When it makes you buzz, it's resonating with who you are. There's a sparkle in your eyes, and a sense of belonging in your heart.

What makes me buzz, is when function and character inspire aesthetic ingenuity, for a fundamentally human purpose. Design is peak when it's remarkably natural, and context ensures it's useful, and ageless.

I specialise in colour, behaviour, and turning shapes into things. I hold to context and connection because a network of detailed threads forms the tapestry."

Words spoken to describe Tanya

Hue's Design Director

After gaining TAFE qualifications in 2007, I started my journey in architectural surfaces with Porcelanosa at Ceramo, before learning (and expanding) creative parameters with local mastercraftsmen, to cement foundations in boutique hyper-custom design, and earning a space as Perth's only designer Associate Member at the WA Furniture Manufacturers Association. I cut my big teeth in the European top-end at Ultimo Interiors for 3 gorgeous years. After a sojourn in architectural specification with Laminex, I moved onto Cosh Living, while completing commercial design degree units at Torrens, before creating Hue in May 2017.

Hyper-custom design and build remains a focus for the innovation and limitless capabilities. I am still, and always will be expanding my skills.

I'm Tanya Cheary, from a family of carpenters, stonemasons, engineers, musicians & artists, in the garden city of Adelaide, before moving to Perth in 2003.

Taking a daytrip into Adelaide city in 1979 meant being dressed in your best ribbons, and frilly socks. The dark pavements left black scuffs on Mary Janes, but gold glints reflecting in the concrete of the high-rise carparks had me forgetting my feet, as I spun in captivated circles, wondering at the detail. Warm chandeliers over Axminsters, marble staircases leading to bronze, velvets, leathers and smoky timbers, informed you were in for a memorable experience. Arenas furnished glamour. Malls hosted live performances.

The more I experience, the more I see the thought applied to this city shaped how I tick. Adelaide's planning received global attention, attracting highly skilled designers & craftsmen into the project, as the first city purpose-built for leisure and lifestyle, with parks and gardens as equal components, encouraging a conversation with your environment.

Adelaide greats such as E. J. Woods & Walter Bagot remain household names. My Great, Great Grandfather and his sons were instrumental in crafting innovative buildings in Adelaide; some heritage listed, today.

Links:

10 Whistler Ave,Unley Park -Cheary Bros

Adelaide's First Tall Building by Eric McMichael -Cheary Bros

John Darling Laboratory by Walter Bagot -Cheary Bros

Levi Ebenezer Cheary