ombrelle

Ombrelle Interiors — Lisbon

Rooms thatsoften withuse.

Interiors for homes, studios and small hotels. We draw every room, every joint and most of the furniture, then stay until the last shelf is oiled.

See the rooms
Living room at dusk with a green sofa, rust cushions and an oval oak table by the balcony doorsInteriors · Lisbon
Living room, Casa do Arco

Homes · Studios · Small hotels

We draw every room, every joint and most of the furniture. Then we stay until the last shelf is oiled.

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White reading corner with a wire lounge chair and open shelvingReading corner
Rooms drawn
140+
Workshops
3
Since
2016

What we do

Light, hand and material.

We think of a room as a long conversation between light, hand and material. Our job is to set the terms, then step back.

  1. 01

    Whole interiors

    Layout, lighting, finishes and furniture for a home or workplace, drawn as one piece.

  2. 02

    Joinery & furniture

    Kitchens, libraries, beds and tables, made with three workshops we have known for a decade.

  3. 03

    Material direction

    A palette, a sample box and a short book of details for architects and owners who build their own.

Rooms

Six rooms, three homes.

Material palette

Six materials, made to age together.

Each project gets a sample box before a single drawing is final. These six appear in almost every one.

Process

Four steps, no surprises.

Our full process
  1. 012–3 weeks

    Listen

    We visit, measure and watch how the rooms are used at different hours. You tell us what to keep.

  2. 026–10 weeks

    Draw

    Plans, elevations and a sample box of every material. One clear scheme, not three to choose from.

  3. 033–9 months

    Make

    Our workshops build the joinery and furniture while trades finish the shell. We are on site weekly.

  4. 04First year

    Live

    We return after a season to adjust lighting, oil the timber and see what the rooms need next.

Bedroom at golden hour with a leather bench at the foot of the bedEscada House · Porto

“Every room has one thing you want to touch. Two years on, the house is quieter than the day we moved in, in the best way.”

Joana FariaOwner, Escada House, Porto

Questions

Before you write.

Short answers to what most people ask in their first letter.

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01Do you take on interiors without the architecture?

Yes. About half of our interiors work is for buildings designed by others, or for owners renovating an existing home. We work happily alongside another architect.

02What is the smallest project you accept?

A single room with joinery, such as a kitchen or a library, usually from €40,000 including making. Material direction alone starts as a fixed fee.

03How are your fees structured?

A fixed fee for listening and drawing, agreed before we begin, then a percentage of the making budget for supervision. No mark-up on furniture or materials.

04Can we reuse furniture we already own?

Always. We start with an inventory of what you love and draw around it. Restoring an old table is often the best piece in the room.

05Do you work outside Portugal?

Yes, in Spain and southern France, and occasionally further. Our workshops ship joinery, and we plan site visits in longer blocks.

06How long until we can move in?

For a whole home, plan on eight to fourteen months from first visit. A single room can be finished in three to four.

Enquire

Tell us about the room.

Send a few photographs, a rough plan and how you live. We answer within a week, and the first visit is on us.

Start an enquirystudio@ombrelle.example
White kitchen with an island and glass pendants on a dark tiled floor

Reply time

Within a week