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Concept study of a serene residential living room with slatted timber wall, low linen seating and large leafy plants

Residential Interior Design

Residential Interior Design

Everything we do sits inside one discipline: designing how a home is planned, built up in material, lit, furnished and lived in. Whole homes, single rooms, renovations and makeovers — all residential, all in California.

The full scope of a residential project

A complete residential design runs from plan to plant pot. We start with the plan because it is the only decision that cannot be undone with money later, then build the material palette, then the lighting, then joinery and storage, then furniture and styling. Each layer is designed against the ones underneath it rather than chosen in isolation.

The output is a design package: dimensioned plans and furniture layouts, material and finish palettes, lighting schemes, joinery direction, a furniture schedule with real suppliers and sizes, and visualizations that make the intent unambiguous.

  • Measured survey and space planning
  • Material and finish palette
  • Lighting design across three layers
  • Joinery, storage and built-in design
  • Furniture selection and specification
  • Styling, art and planting direction

Whole homes and single rooms

A whole-home project sets one language and applies it consistently: the same timber tone in the kitchen and the bedroom, the same light temperature everywhere, a palette that resolves across every threshold.

A single-room project is not a lesser version of that. A nine-square-metre bedroom or a four-square-metre entry gets the same survey, the same planning rigour and the same specification detail — it simply has fewer walls.

Concept study of a home renovation with warm timber, stone surfaces and daylight from a rear opening
Concept visualization — design study · Whole-home renovation direction

Designers, not contractors or retailers

We do not build and we do not sell furniture, which means we have no reason to recommend more work or more purchases than a room needs. Our advice is paid for by you and answers only to the design.

You keep your own contractor, cabinetmaker and suppliers. We produce the direction they follow, and we stay reachable while they work.

Where we work

Across Los Angeles and Orange County — apartments, condos, townhouses, single-family homes, hillside and coastal properties. Read more about our work in Los Angeles or in Orange County.

Concept study of a compact home office nook with timber desk, shelving and warm task lighting
Concept visualization — design study · Home office nook

Questions we are asked

How does residential interior design pricing work?
We scope each project against its size and the depth of work required, and quote a fixed fee for a defined package before anything starts. Fees are not a percentage of what you spend on furniture or construction.
What is the difference between an interior designer and a decorator?
Decoration deals with the surface layer — colour, furniture and soft furnishings. Interior design starts earlier, with the plan, circulation, storage volume, joinery and lighting, and treats the decorative layer as the last stage rather than the whole job.

Begin

One room or the whole house.

Tell us what exists today and what is not working about it.

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