Hillside House
Hampstead, LondonFull home · Living & kitchen
Interior design studio
Spaces that speak softly.
We design calm, considered homes — rooms that hold you quietly, and age gracefully with the people who live in them.
Our philosophy
We believe a room should hold you — quietly, without asking for attention. Good design is felt before it is seen: in the light at four in the afternoon, in a chair that fits, in a shelf that is exactly where your hand expects it.
Selected work
Recent projects.
Six homes, six different lives. Every project begins with the people who will live in it — and ends with a room that feels like it was always theirs.
The Gallery House
Copenhagen, DenmarkFull home · Living room
Marble & Oak Kitchen
Bath, EnglandKitchen
The Quiet Bedroom
Edinburgh, ScotlandBedroom
The Green Dining Room
Brighton, EnglandDining room
The Morning Nook
Oxford, EnglandStyling · A quiet corner
What we do
Three ways to work together.
Full interior design
From first sketch to the last cushion. We design whole homes — layout, joinery, lighting, materials and furniture — and stay with the build until it is finished.
- Concept & layout
- Joinery & lighting design
- Furniture & art sourcing
- On-site supervision
Styling & sourcing
For rooms that are nearly there. We edit what you have, find the pieces you are missing, and layer texture, art and light until the room feels finished.
- Room-by-room edit
- Furniture & vintage sourcing
- Art & object styling
- One-day transformations
Design consultation
Two hours with a designer, in your home or on a call. Honest advice on layout, colour, light and what to keep — and what to let go of.
- In-home or video call
- Layout & colour advice
- A written action plan
- Follow-up by email
How it works
From first conversation to first morning in.
Discover
We listen first. A long conversation about how you live, what you love, and what has never quite worked.
Design
Layouts, materials and light — drawn, sampled and shown to you in the room itself, not just on paper.
Deliver
Makers, builders and painters we trust. We are on site through the messy middle, so you don't have to be.
Dwell
We style the last shelf, hang the last picture, and leave you to the quiet part: living in it.
The studio
A small studio, on purpose.
We are nine people, two dogs, and one long oak table in a converted print works. Small means every project is led by a partner, every detail is argued over, and nothing leaves the studio that we would not live with ourselves.
We take on a handful of homes each year — never more than we can give our full attention to.
Mara EllisonFounder & Creative Director
Jonas BeckSenior Designer
Aya LindqvistStylist & Sourcing
Atelier didn't just redesign our home — they gave us back the quiet we'd been missing. Every room feels considered, and nothing shouts.Sarah & Tom Whitfield — Hillside House, London
Start a project
Tell us about your home.
A room, a flat, a whole house — tell us what you are dreaming of and when you would like to begin. We read every enquiry ourselves and reply within two working days.
Studio — 14 Print Works, Clerkenwell, London
Email — hello@atelier-studio.com
Phone — +44 20 7946 0000