A home, room by room

find your center.

We design calm, lived-in homes, one room at a time. Walk through a finished one: the Reeves house in Silver Lake, a 1926 Spanish Revival we spent eight months with.

The front of the Reeves house: a white two-story Spanish Revival with a clay tile roof, its dark wooden door set back in an arched porch behind an olive tree and dry-garden planting
01

01 The Entry

The entry hall: terracotta tile underfoot, a rattan pendant overhead, and a carved console and arched mirror, with the living room seen through a plaster arch

The arch was the reason Maren and Luca bought the house. We stripped it back to lime, lifted the floor to find the original tile, and let the hall stay nearly empty: an old carved console, a mirror, one light.

Kept
The 1926 arch and its terracotta floor
Added
Lime plaster in a warm white
Sourced
A rattan pendant, woven in Pasadena
02

02 The Living Room

The living room in late sun: a linen sofa and two leather armchairs around an oak trestle table on a jute rug, under dark timber beams, with the fireplace on the right

Three layers of vinyl came up to reveal the oak. The room faces west, so everything in it is chosen for the last two hours of the day: linen that glows, leather that warms, and a sofa that faces the fire, not the television.

Kept
The oak floor and the fireplace surround
Added
A deep linen sofa and a jute rug
Sourced
An oak trestle table by a Topanga maker
03

03 The Kitchen

The kitchen: a plaster hood over green zellige tile, open oak shelves and a long oak table, with an arched door open to the garden

Boxed in since the seventies. Taking out one wall opened it to the garden; a plaster hood, open oak shelves and one long counter did the rest.

Kept
The window over the sink
Added
A plaster hood and open oak shelves
Sourced
Handmade zellige for the backsplash
04

04 The Terrace

The terrace: a long weathered oak table set for a crowd on terracotta tile, under a timber pergola hung with linen shades

The house’s fifth room, and its busiest. We rebuilt it around the original tile, added shade that moves with the afternoon, and a table long enough for the whole street.

Kept
The 1926 terracotta tile
Added
A timber pergola with linen shades
Sourced
A weathered oak table, twelve feet long
05

05 The Bedroom

The bedroom: an oak bed made up in linen, and a bouclé reading chair beside a tall window that looks out at dry hills

The quietest room in the house, on purpose. Limewashed walls, blackout linen, nothing above the bed, and a reading chair by the only window that looks at the hills.

Kept
The original casement windows
Added
Limewash in a pale clay
Sourced
A reading chair, re-covered in bouclé

“Elena doesn’t just decorate. She listens until she understands how you live, then designs a space that feels like it was always yours.”

Maren & Luca Reeves, who live here

Offerings

Start with one room, or the whole house

A Consultation

For a room that almost works

  • Two hours in your home, with Elena
  • A written plan: what to change first, and what to leave
  • A sourcing list with makers and prices
  • One follow-up call

One visit; the plan within a week

One Room

For the room you use most

  • A concept and a material board
  • A measured plan and lighting layout
  • Sourcing, ordering and tracking
  • Installation day, styled to finish

Six to ten weeks

The Whole Home

For a house you plan to stay in

  • Everything in One Room, for every room
  • Coordination with your contractor
  • Art, textiles and final styling
  • A walk-through a season after move-in

Four to eight months

The Studio

Elena Voss, founder and lead designer

Elena Voss, smiling, in a linen shirt, standing by a window beneath a plaster arch in her studio

Elena trained as an architect before she moved into interiors, and it shows in how she starts: with the plan, the light, and the way a household moves through its day. Twelve years in, the studio still takes on only a few homes at a time, and every client has come by referral.

  1. Listen

    Every project begins with a conversation, not about furniture, but about how you live and what home means to you.

  2. Curate

    Materials, textures and pieces that fit your story: natural, intentional, and built to last decades, not seasons.

  3. Evoke

    The finished space is more than a room. It is a feeling: calm, grounded, and completely yours.

Materials

The finish schedule

Every surface in the Reeves house, room by room.

Room Floor Walls Textiles Light
01 Entry Original terracotta tile Lime plaster, warm white None Rattan pendant
02 Living room Original oak, oiled Lime plaster, warm white Linen, jute Stoneware table lamp
03 Kitchen Oak Plaster hood, zellige Linen slipcovers, leather Strip lights under the shelves
04 Terrace Original terracotta tile Limewashed stucco Linen shades Path lights in the planting
05 Bedroom Oak Limewash, pale clay Bouclé, blackout linen Plaster wall lights
Natural linen, aged wood grain and a beeswax candle in afternoon light
Linen and oak from the living room.

Begin

Plan your rooms

Tell us which rooms you are thinking about. Elena reads every inquiry herself and replies within two working days.

Which rooms?