A finished entrance hall with green panelled joinery

Ask us for an hour, or the whole house.

We can manage the whole project, from the first sketch to the last delivery, or help with just the part you can’t decide on.

Tell us about your home and we’ll suggest the right service.

Send a few photos, tell us how far you’ve got and what you need help with. From that we can tell you whether you need a full project, a floor plan or an hour on a call.

The difference is where we stop. Full service means we stay until the last lamp is in place. A smaller piece of work solves the part you asked about and ends with the plan, the layouts or the advice you needed.

“I would rather move a sofa on paper than in your sitting room.”

Elena Marlow

Elena Marlow smiling, seated in the studio
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01 · Full-Service Interior Design

Elena runs it from first sketch to move-in.

For anything from a bedroom to a whole house, when you want the floor plan and the finishes decided together.

We plan the layout, storage, lighting, materials, colour and furniture around your brief, then order each piece, manage the deliveries, oversee the fitting on site and finish the styling ourselves.

It suits bigger projects, where every delivery has to match the plan.

What you get
  • Space planning and furniture layouts
  • Storage planning
  • Lighting design
  • Colour and materials palette
  • Furniture and fabric ordering
  • Deliveries managed
  • Fitting and styling
02 · Space Planning

We plan where every piece goes, with room to move around it.

For awkward shapes, open-plan floors, tight hallways, a family that has grown, or furniture that has never quite sat right.

We look at how you use the rooms, then sketch where each main piece goes and how big it can be, leaving room to move, space for storage and a clear way into the next room.

Have the plan before you order furniture, move a light or brief a joiner, so nothing expensive has to be redone.

What you get
  • Furniture placement
  • Clearances to walk around it
  • Zones within open-plan areas
  • Storage positions
  • Existing pieces that need to stay
03 · Renovation Direction

Choose surfaces, fittings and lighting before the build starts.

For kitchens, bathrooms and the rooms around them, when the contractor is asking for exact choices and exact positions.

We choose the lighting, materials, taps, fittings and finishes with you and put them on a single schedule. Samples are checked in your own light, and everything is decided before orders are placed, while changing your mind is still free.

This can be part of a full project or a job on its own.

What you get
  • Lighting positions and fittings
  • Surfaces and finishes schedule
  • Sanitaryware and fittings
  • Colour flow between the connecting rooms
  • A sheet your builder can build from
04 · Furniture Selection & Styling

Finish the home without throwing out the furniture.

For homes with good pieces that are sitting in the wrong place, or missing the piece that ties them together.

We start with what you are keeping and give each piece its place, then find what is missing, such as a rug, a lamp or a side table the right size. New pieces are chosen to suit the house and what you already own.

Styling comes last, once the bigger pieces are in, and it never fills every surface.

What you get
  • Review and placement of existing pieces
  • Furniture, rugs and lighting selections
  • Art and accessory placement
  • Ordering for the gaps in the scheme
  • Final styling, where we agreed to do it
05 · Boutique Workspaces

A home office that works for you and your clients.

For the home office and the small studio clients visit, when it has to look serious and still feel warm.

We plan where the focused work, the calls, the meetings and the storage each belong. Light is chosen for a screen, a video call and two people across a table.

Closed storage takes the equipment and samples, so what a client sees on walking in is calm and ready.

What you get
  • Work and meeting zones
  • Storage for equipment and samples
  • Lighting for tasks and calls
  • Furniture scale and placement
  • Hard-wearing finishes for professional use
06 · Focused Design Session

Bring us the decision you can’t make.

For the single decision you have been going round in circles on, when an experienced opinion would sort it out.

Send photographs, any plans and a few lines on the question before we speak. We spend the session on that subject, whether it is the layout, the furniture positions, colour, materials or the lighting.

It is the smallest way to work with us. It does not include ordering, deliveries or fitting, though those can be added afterwards if you find you want more.

What you get
  • A single design question
  • Review of your photographs and plans
  • An hour with Elena
  • Advice on the layout, colour, materials or lighting

First we look, then we sketch, then we see it through.

Choices made out of order are the expensive ones, so every project follows these three steps.

A hallway as it is before any work
01

We look at the home

Photographs, plans if you have them, the pieces you own, the rooms in question and how far any building work has gone.

A floor plan in progress on a drafting table
02

We sketch the scheme

The layout comes first. Lighting, storage, materials, colour and furniture then grow out of it, for the rooms we agreed on.

A finished sitting room on handover day
03

We see it through

Full projects continue into ordering, deliveries, fitting and styling. Smaller pieces of work end with the plan or the advice we agreed.

You probably have a few questions.

How early should I get in touch?

Before you order anything expensive, and well before the contractor needs the lighting and finish positions. The earlier we see it, the less you spend twice.

Can you work with furniture I already own?

Yes, and it is the better way round. Send photographs and rough sizes. Your furniture, art and books go into the plan first, and new pieces are added only where gaps remain.

Can I hire you for a single room?

Yes. Full service, space planning, furniture selection and a single session all work for a single room. How much ordering and fitting we include is something we agree with you at the very start.

Do you work beyond London?

Yes. We are based in Marylebone and go anywhere in the UK. For smaller jobs, a call with the plans open works well.

What should I send before the first call?

Photographs, plans or rough measurements, where the home is, which rooms, how far the project has got, when you would like it finished and the pieces you want to keep.

Do I need to know which service I want?

No. Describe what is going on and we will say which of the six we would choose for you.

Does every service include the ordering and fitting?

No. Ordering and fitting belong to full service. The smaller pieces of work end with the plan, the layouts or the call we agreed, unless you ask us to add more.