A NORTH YORKSHIRE interior design business is set for further expansion following a £100,000 investment to house its latest joint venture.

Richard Grafton Interiors is expanding its Harrogate showroom to include display space for its joint venture architectural interiors business Grafton Freestone.

The new 1,000 sq ft showroom, adjacent to Richard Grafton Interiors’ existing 3,000 sq ft premises in The Ginnel in Harrogate’s Montpellier Quarter, is the latest in a series of investments that has seen the business grow to 12 staff and £1.6 million turnover since its launch in 2012.

The new showroom will display Grafton Freestone’s design and installation service that includes bathrooms and wet rooms, kitchens, dressing rooms, studies and a collection of bespoke cabinetry and veneered furniture.

The business, founded by Andrew Freestone and Richard Grafton in 2013, delivered more than £500,000 of projects in its first year and will invest £100,000 in the additional retail space along with the installation of the room sets and furniture displays.

Mr Freestone said: "Grafton Freestone needed a permanent space and the space adjacent to our existing building is the perfect new home for us.

“We aim to grow by at least 50 per cent in our next year and we will be taking on more designers to help us with the workload that is building nicely as we head into autumn."

The company will start work on connecting the two buildings in September and expects to open its doors in November.

Mr Grafton said: "We’re finding we can deliver and manage more comprehensive projects for clients from a single source and this new showroom expansion will help us build that specialism with the benefit of being right next door to the Richard Grafton Interiors showroom."