Poor layout
Rooms furnished, never planned. Circulation fights the furniture.
Full-service interior design · 2026 intake
Spaces composed around the way you live
We design homes the slow way — beginning with your rituals, your light and your belongings, then composing layout, materials and atmosphere around them.
18 yrsof practice
134homes composed
6 wksto first concept
Project no. 118
Maison Ivry
Paris · 210 m² · 2025The quiet problem
Most homes are decorated. Very few are designed.
Decoration is applied to a room. Design begins underneath it — in how you move, where light lands, and what you actually keep.
Bad lighting
One bright source overhead, flattening every surface.
No identity
A catalogue of nice objects with no thread between them.
The transformation
The same room, re-composed
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01
Flow
Plans redrawn around movement and sightlines.
02
Light
Daylight, ambient, task and glow.
03
Storage
Joinery designed to disappear.
04
Materials
Stone, oak, linen and brass chosen to age well.
Our signature process
Five movements, one composition
Discovery
A long conversation, a site survey and a study of how you live.
Concept
Direction, moodboards and first spatial sketches.
Planning
Technical drawings, joinery details and specifications.
Installation
Trades coordinated, deliveries received and site visited.
Styling
Objects, textiles, art and the handover day.
Featured project
Maison Ivry — a family house, quieted
Location
Paris, 11e
Surface
210 m²
Scope
Full renovation
Duration
11 months
Challenge
A dark, over-partitioned apartment.
Solution
Two walls removed and a spine of oak joinery.
Result
More daylight and a family that finally eats together.
Material experience
Chosen by hand, not by screen
Every project begins with a physical sample box. You live with the stone and linen before anything is specified.
Stone
Honed travertine, unsealed edges
Wood
Rift-sawn white oak, soap finish
Fabric
Heavy Belgian linen, undyed
Brass
Unlacquered — meant to patina
Elise
Founder & lead designerMeet the designer
Elise Marchand
I grew up in a house where nothing matched and everything belonged. That contradiction became the studio’s whole method.
“A home should feel composed, never decorated.”
2008Trained at ENSAD, Paris.
2012Six years with a Milanese studio.
2018Atelier Noma founded.
2024AD France — Studio to Watch.
Engagements
Three ways to begin
Consultation
€1,400
A full studio day in your home, followed by a direction document.
— Half-day site visit
— Direction document
— Sourcing shortlist
— Two weeks of email support
Enquire →Composition
€9,800
The full design dossier for a whole home.
— Measured plans & elevations
— Moodboards & material box
— Lighting & electrical plan
— Furniture list
— Three revision rounds
Enquire →Atelier
From €26,000
Everything in Composition, plus the build.
— Full project management
— Weekly site visits
— Custom joinery design
— Installation & styling day
Enquire →Client stories
“We asked for a renovation and were given a way of living we did not know how to describe.”
Camille & Théo Bertrand
Maison Ivry · Paris
Questions
Before you write to us
How long does a full home design take?
Most full-home projects take between eight and twelve months.
Do you work outside Paris?
Yes. We work across Europe and selected international locations.
Can we keep our own furniture?
Absolutely. Existing pieces often become the starting point.
What does the material box include?
Stone, wood, fabric, paint and metal samples selected for your project.
How do payments work?
Projects are billed in clear stages tied to milestones.
Begin
Let’s make your first drawing
We take four homes each season. Tell us about yours and we will send a designer’s note within the week.
sketchbook, samples & a handwritten note — posted, not emailed
