INTERIOR DESIGN SERVICES
Studio Thomas offers a full-service approach to interior architecture and interior design, guiding you through every phase of your project. From new construction and large-scale renovations to mid-scale remodels and curated furnishings, we provide comprehensive design services and styling tailored to reflect your lifestyle. The Studio Thomas designers have over a decade of experience with interior architecture, interior design, custom furniture design, sourcing unique finds and art, complex CAD elevations, renderings, and project management. Our team oversees every detail including architectural planning, finish selections, and installation while collaborating seamlessly with builders and tradesmen.
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PROJECT PHASES
Our projects progress through six major phases: onboarding, schematic design, design development, processing, installation, and customer service.
ONBOARDING
We begin with an in-depth client intake to understand you and your vision, establish budgets, and begin the relationship with your builder and architect to align expectations.
SCHEMATIC DESIGN
We develop initial concepts, refine layouts, and select architectural details, finishes, and materials, providing renderings to bring your home’s vision to life.
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
Our team finalizes selections, creates full-scope CAD drawings, and coordinates vendor bids, ensuring every design detail is tailored to your lifestyle.
PROCESSING
We oversee site visits, collaborate with tradesmen, and manage installations, transforming your space from structural framing to beautifully-finished interiors.
INSTALLATION
Custom furniture, lighting, and art are meticulously installed with our team managing every detail to ensure a seamless, hands-off experience for you.
CUSTOMER SERVICE
As you settle into your home, we remain available for any final touches, offering guidance on preserving and maintaining your furnishings and managing any issues that may arise.
CLIENT EXPERIENCE
Designing your home is about more than aesthetics—it’s about creating a space reflective of your lifestyle, values, and how you want to live. At Studio Thomas, we take the time to understand you, ensuring every detail feels intentional and personal.
Our process begins with a design charrette, a collaborative session where we refine your vision and establish the foundation for your home. As we guide you through each design phase, we present curated selections of furnishings, lighting, and materials, making the process seamless and inspiring.
From interior architecture to custom furniture, we work closely with your architect and builder to craft a home that is not only timeless but distinctly yours—all while simplifying the journey so you can enjoy the experience.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
After more than a decade in the luxury interior design space, Kristen Thomas crafted a unique process in designing environments for clients and instilled this approach into her design team. Her methodology merges three pillars: classic interior design principles (the hand), artistic perspective (the eye), and emotional design (the heart) to create timeless interior spaces that impact your wellbeing and feel like you.
III PILLARS
PRINCIPLES
The hand: Our principles are tried and true, classic interior design styles and approaches that never age. This foundation of curves, lines, millwork, materials and patina, scale, and history are all integrated into how we design our projects.
PERSPECTIVE
The eye: Our artistic perspective is the vision of the environment, flow and movement in layouts, balance and tension between materials, the shape and composition of furniture and pieces, flooring design and how elements are incorporated.
EMOTION
The heart: Emotional design first considers how you want to feel in a space in order to determine how to design. Emotional design involves physical feelings of materials, color theory, organization, wabi sabi's "wisdom in natural simplicity," hygge's comfort and coziness, acoustics, and overall well-being and mood in an environment.
V LAYERS
Studio Thomas's five layers of design are the shell of the room, foundation furniture, accent pieces + unique finds, lifestyle items, and hygge (comfort). These layers are our building blocks as a project progresses, and each layer adds a different type of depth, speaking to who will be living in the space and adding originality. Combined, they create the essence and fullness of the room, touching on our III design pillars: principles, perspective, and emotion.
VI ELEMENTS
Our six elements of design are stone, wood, metal, glass, texture, and life (plants). These are key elements in each environment we design, and when one is missing a space feels imbalanced. Tension is a major component in our design process - old and new, smooth and textured, edgy and cozy, masculine and feminine. This is what we believe keeps our design eye and our projects fresh, innovative, and creative while staying timeless, classic, and comfortable.