Studio Ember

Francesca helped us decorate our 60s townhouse house in Henley and we couldn’t be happier. From redesigning and managing building work on an upstairs bathroom that required a full renovation, to sourcing lamps, cushions and other pieces to round out our existing furniture in the living room and bedrooms, she was always on point. Her managing of every stage of the process was as smooth and efficient as possible, no small feat in this era of supply chain issues and labour shortages - it really took the stress out of the job. We especially appreciate that she really understood the brief and our aesthetic while also pushing us to try things we couldn’t have thought of ourselves. The space still feels like ours - but better - and visitors now always remark on how beautiful the house feels. Thanks, Studio Ember!

Using this company has made me more happy. The service is second to none and everyone who has seen my house has been completely wow’d.

Working with Studio Ember has been fantastic. I knew what I wanted but no idea how to bring that to life. Francesca understood the brief and when she showed me the first images I was blown away. Francesca was very flexible with timings and always on hand to answer any questions I had. Our new living room is amazing. I couldn’t be happier.

Francesca was absolutely amazing and I’m so glad that we were recommended to work with her.Her vision and style gave us exactly what we wanted, but in a way that really elevated our ideas, even when they were overwhelming and confusing! Francesca was able to give us a space which was really stylish, suited our taste and also remains practical and easy to live with. She really was fabulous and so patient. It was particularly great to be given options at different price points so that we could choose accordingly.Thanks so much for your brilliant brain Francesca!

Fantastic eye for detail. Totally understood us and our lifestyle. Francesca was able to match design with our personalities and the functionality of our family life. Really enjoyable process. Couldn’t recommend enough!

Had a really good experience with Francesca at Studio Ember, she turned my house into a home!

I recently commissioned Francesca for a two hour design consultation to help inspire the design in three of the downstairs rooms in the house we recently moved into. From the first email, Francesca worked to build rapport and understand how we live, the things we cherish and what we’d like our home to feel like, and by the time we met in person I felt she already had a strong sense of design direction!The consultation itself was really fun, collaborative and creative. Francesca has proposed ideas I’d have never come up with, but also given me confidence to push ahead with things I was tentative about.The design report that followed a couple of days later has become my bible for online and in person shopping trips, and as I continue to bring the rooms to life over the next few months, it’s Francesca I have to thank for that extra design magic that’s already emerging. I’ll definitely be engaging Francesca again for the rest of the house!

I'm so lucky to have found Chess for much needed interior design help for my new kitchen and existing downstairs living room, hallway and bathroom. She has done the most amazing job helping to transform my home into somewhere I can enjoy living as well as being so very patient and organised. I'll be asking for help with the upstairs rooms too next year! Thank you Chess!!

Professional and talented interior designer.We moved into a military house and could not see past the depressing interior - I actually regretted moving once I saw the state of it. Luckily for us, Chess came to the rescue! We were totally overwhelmed and at a loss with where to start but she very patiently guided us through the process of decorating the whole house - both the design side and the practicalities. I honestly don't know where we'd be had she not done such an amazing job of transforming the place into somewhere we now genuinely love living. As well as having an inspired eye for design, she is extremely proactive and an exceptional project manager - her commitment to providing her clients with the best service was evident from the first consultation right down to selecting accessories for each room. I couldn't recommend Chess enough, would give more than 5 stars if possible!

Our house is a new build and we really struggled to give it any character... until Chess arrived! She completely opened up our eyes to how we could make our new and modern living room get some personality. She introduced different textures, worked with our select few, preferred colours and she even managed to make it all work around my Grandma's old armchair which previoulsy stood out like a sore thumb.Our living room was also a space for the children's toys and play area and we needed help combing these two uses. Chess helped us separate the space so we now feel like we have a grown up area alongside a space for all the kids tut - which now all has it's own place - dreamy!