Rooms that feel like they were always yours.
Nook designs warm, unfussy homes with natural materials, honest craftsmanship and a little terracotta. Full homes, single rooms and kitchens across the Pacific Northwest.
- Homes finished
- 212
- Years in practice
- 12
- Average project
- 14 wks
- Room Notes
- Northern Home
- Linen & Lime
- The Plan Weekly
- Casa Aperta
- Form Journal
Drag the line. See what fourteen weeks can do.
The Alder Street flat was all grey laminate and cold light. We warmed the floor, lowered the furniture and let the windows lead.
- Oak-look floor replaced with engineered white oak
- Built-in low bench under the windows, 4.2 m long
- Three-layer lighting plan with dimmers on every circuit
Services, from one corner to the whole house
Full-home design
From floor plan to the last cushion: layout, finishes, lighting, furniture and styling, managed end to end.
Single-room refresh
One room, rethought in six weeks. Ideal for the living room that never quite came together.
Kitchen & bath
Cabinetry, tile, fixtures and lighting drawings ready for your contractor — or ours.
Recent projects
Each project starts with how you actually live: where the post lands, who reads in bed, where the dog sleeps.
Four steps, no surprises
- 01
Consult
We visit, measure, listen and photograph. You get a written brief within a week.
- 02
Concept
Plans, a moodboard and a material palette you can touch, presented in our studio.
- 03
Detail
Drawings, lighting, joinery and a costed schedule for every item and finish.
- 04
Install
We manage trades and deliveries, then style the rooms down to the books.
“They found a dining room in a house we had lived in for nine years. Every evening now ends around that table.”
Notes from the studio
Why every room needs one terracotta thing
A single warm, earthy note makes greys feel intentional and whites feel lived in.
The 60-30-10 rule, loosened
A classic proportion rule for colour — and when to break it on purpose.
Lighting a room in three layers
Ambient, task and accent: how we plan lighting before we pick a single sofa.
Tell us about the room you avoid.
A 45-minute consultation, at your place or ours, costs $180 and is credited against any design package you book within 60 days.