• N° 01 · Interior architecture and design
  • Homes · Hotels · Shops
  • Paddington, Sydney

Quiet rooms,made tolast.

Fig. 1Calacatta Viola, honed. Kitchen island, Linden House.

Homes and small hotels, designed around light, proportion and a short list of honest materials.

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Selected work

Rooms westill visit.

Six projects from recent years. Drag, or use the arrows.

N° 01

Linden House

Kitchen and library · Woollahra · 2025

N° 02

The Wharf Rooms

Hotel, fourteen keys · Hobart · 2024

N° 03

Maison Vane

Fragrance shop · Surry Hills · 2024

N° 04

Hill Street

Whole apartment · Potts Point · 2023

N° 05

Casa Nera

Dining room · Mornington · 2023

N° 06

Bellwood

Country house · Bowral · 2022

The practice

Four wayswe work.

Most clients begin with one room. Many return for the house.

Fig. 2Travertine, unfilled. Hallway, Casa Nera.
  1. i.

    Interior architecture

    Plans, elevations and every junction, drawn to the millimetre.

    Whole homes · nine to fourteen months
  2. ii.

    Furniture and joinery

    Pieces made for one room, by makers we have known for years.

    Made in Sydney · twelve to sixteen weeks
  3. iii.

    Art and objects

    A small, considered collection: found, framed and hung.

    By commission
  4. iv.

    Dressing the rooms

    The last tenth: linen, flowers, books and lamplight.

    Two days on site

The library

A short list ofhonest materials.

Stone, wood, cloth and metal we know by hand. Six, used well.

  • Calacatta Viola

    Marble · honed

  • Roman travertine

    Stone · unfilled

  • Smoked oak

    Timber · oiled

  • Belgian linen

    Cloth · stonewashed

  • Limewash

    Plaster · chalk

  • Unlacquered brass

    Metal · brushed

The studio's one rule

Fewer things,better made.

Approach

From first visitto the keys.

One designer leads your project from the first visit to the last cushion.

  1. Listen

    We visit, measure and ask how you live.

    Two weeks
  2. Draw

    Plans, a material board and a model you can hold.

    Six weeks
  3. Make

    Builders and makers, visited every week.

    As long as it takes
  4. Live

    We dress the rooms, then hand you the keys.

    One day

Notices

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They took out more than they put in, and the house has never felt larger.

A client, WoollahraReplace with a real client's words, with their permission

In print · placeholder titles

  • The Long Room
  • Habitat
  • Maison & Mood
  • Interior Annual
  • Quiet House

Fees

Three waysto begin.

Every fee is agreed in writing before we draw a line.

i.

Consultation

Two hours in your home, with a written note after.

$650Once, credited to a project

Book

ii.

A single room

Design, drawings, sourcing and installation for one room.

From $24,000Fixed fee, plus furniture at trade

Enquire

iii.

The whole house

Interior architecture through to the last cushion.

12%Of the build cost

Enquire

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Questions

Beforeyou ask.

Do you work outside Sydney?

Yes, across Australia and now and then abroad. Travel is charged at cost.

How early should we call?

Six months before you hope to start building. Earlier is always better.

Can you work with our architect?

Often. We begin where their drawings end, or alongside them from the start.

Do you mark up furniture?

No. We pass the trade discount on in full. Our fee is our only margin.

What does a first meeting cost?

A phone call costs nothing. The in-home consultation is $650, credited against a project.

Enquiries

Begin witha conversation.

Studio
14 Glenmore Road, Paddington (placeholder)
Write
hello@orsel.example
Visit
By appointment, Tuesday to Saturday