Interior designer in Marbella
Marbella houses are rarely a blank page. Most come with a layout built for a different decade, dark interior cores and finishes chosen for a show flat. We re-plan them for how the house is actually lived in, then run the work on the ground so owners abroad are not managing trades from another country.
What we do on a Marbella project
The starting point is a measured survey and an honest read of the plan: where light lands through the day, where circulation is wasted, where storage is missing. From there we produce revised layouts, lighting and electrical plans, joinery details and a material schedule a builder can price.
We then take the project through delivery — tendering and appointing contractors, coordinating the documentation the works require, supervising site, and handling procurement, deliveries and final installation.
One studio holds all of it. You are not coordinating a designer, a builder, a furniture supplier and a project manager who have never worked together.
Houses and apartments we are usually asked about
Golden Mile and Nueva Andalucía apartments where the request is to open the kitchen, add storage and lift the finishes without touching structure.
Detached villas in and around Marbella where a full renovation is the right answer: services replaced, bathrooms rebuilt, garden and interior properly connected.
Recently bought holiday homes that need to be liveable for the next season — layout corrected, furniture procured, installed and styled before the family arrives.
Scandinavian planning, Mediterranean house
The studio works between Stockholm and the Costa del Sol, so the discipline we bring is Northern European: measured drawings, specified materials, one decision at a time, nothing bought before it is planned.
What that produces here is not a cold Nordic interior. Marbella light is strong and the house is lived in outdoors, so the palette stays warm — stone, oak, lime plaster, linen — and sightlines are planned towards terrace and garden.
Working with owners who are not in Spain
We act as the client's presence on site. Decisions are put to you in batches with samples and drawings rather than one question at a time, and progress is reported with photographs on an agreed rhythm.
Reporting is in English, Swedish or Spanish, and the same person stays with the project from first drawing to installation. Most of our clients are Scandinavian, Dutch, German and British owners buying or renovating on the coast.
What it costs and how long it takes
Design work is quoted against your specific scope after the first site visit. Construction is priced by tender, so you see the contractors' own figures rather than an internal estimate with a margin buried in it.
The programme is agreed before work starts, and the two things that usually move it are permits and lead times on furniture and joinery. We flag both early rather than at the end.
- Areas covered
- Marbella, Benahavís, Estepona, Mijas, Sotogrande
- Scope
- Design and drawings, procurement, contractor coordination, site supervision, delivery and installation
- Languages
- English, Swedish, Spanish
- Typical clients
- Scandinavian, Dutch, German and British owners
- First response
- Within two working days
How we work
The process, step by step.
Consultation and site visit
We walk the property, discuss how you plan to use it, and agree what the project needs to achieve.
Concept and drawings
Revised layouts, material samples, lighting plans and renders of the key rooms for approval.
Budget and tender
The scope is priced, contractors are tendered and appointed, and the programme is agreed before work starts.
Site supervision
We attend site, check work against the drawings, resolve queries with the trades and report progress.
Procurement and installation
Furniture, joinery and lighting are ordered, tracked, delivered and installed, then the house is styled and handed over.
Project examples
Three case studies from Marbella and the coast immediately west of it. Each records the brief, the constraints and how the work was delivered.
Questions
Frequently asked
- What does an interior designer in Marbella actually do on a project like mine?
- On our commissions: measured survey, revised layouts, lighting and electrical plans, joinery drawings and a material schedule a builder can price — then tendering, contractor coordination, site supervision, procurement, delivery and installation.
- Do you work on houses that are already furnished?
- Yes. Some Marbella commissions are full renovations, others are a re-plan of two or three rooms plus new furniture. We scope the work around what the house actually needs.
- Can you manage the project while I am abroad?
- That is how most of our Marbella projects run. We appoint and supervise the contractors, attend site, check work against the drawings and send scheduled photo reports.
- How is the work priced?
- Design work is quoted for your specific scope after the first site visit, and construction is priced by tender so you see the contractors' figures. We tell you before you commit which parts are fixed and which depend on choices still open.
- How long does a Marbella renovation take?
- It depends on scope, permits and lead times on furniture and joinery, so we set the programme with you before work starts rather than quoting a number up front — and we tell you early if a delivery date is putting the programme at risk.
- Do you handle building permits in Marbella?
- We prepare and coordinate the documentation the works require and liaise with the technical professionals who submit it. Timelines depend on the municipality and the scope of works.
- What languages do you work in?
- English, Swedish and Spanish — with a single point of contact for the whole commission.
Tell us about your Marbella property.
Send the address or listing, a floor plan if you have one, and how you plan to use the house. We reply within two working days with a first view on scope, timeline and a realistic budget range.