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Every layout starts with a tape measure and a floor plan. A sofa that looks right online can close off a walkway you use every day.
Interior design & furniture · Portland, OR
Calm rooms, honest materials, and furniture you keep.
We plan, style, and furnish homes across the Pacific Northwest. Fewer pieces, better materials, and no pressure to buy anything you do not need.
How we work
Three rules we do not bend
Interior design has a lot of theatre around it. We would rather tell you what a room actually needs, even when that is less than you expected.
Materials that age well
Solid timber, wool, linen, stone. We favour finishes that can be repaired or refinished instead of replaced when they wear.
Honest budgets
You will hear where a budget is realistic and where it is not. Every price on this site is a sample, and it is labelled that way.
Featured collections
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Four directions, one palette
Each collection groups furniture, textiles, and lighting that already share a temperature, so pieces can move between rooms.
Shop by room
Room inspiration
Start with the room you actually use
Practical notes on clearances, lighting, and layout for six common spaces.
Design services
Service details
Four ways to work with us
Fees shown are samples for this demonstration site. A real quotation is always written, itemised, and agreed before work starts.
Materials & craft
What each material does after two years
Showroom lighting makes everything look perfect. What matters is how a surface behaves once a family has lived on it for a while.
We keep notes on every material we specify, and we will tell you which ones need maintenance and which ones simply wait.
Solid oakMarks show, but can be sanded and re-oiled. Best for tables and shelving used daily.
Washed linenSoftens and creases with washing. Slipcovers are the practical way to use it on sofas.
TravertinePorous and heavy. Beautiful, but needs coasters and quick wipe-ups for oil and citrus.
Wool boucléHardwearing but pills slightly at first. Vacuum gently rather than brushing it.
Design tips
All design tips
Guides written from project experience
No listicles. Each guide is a method we use on real rooms, with the measurements included.
A small studio with a long attention span
Modern Home Interiors is a two-room studio in Portland, Oregon. We take on a limited number of projects so each one gets measured, drawn, and lived with before anything is ordered.
Our story
We started with one badly planned living room
The studio grew out of a simple frustration: most people do not need a complete renovation, they need someone to tell them which three things to change.
Eleven years on, that is still the work. We measure the room, read how you actually use it, and then make a short list — usually shorter than people expect.
We work with local makers where we can, we specify materials that can be repaired, and we put everything in writing before a single order is placed.
What we believe
Four things worth saying plainly
Slow is usually cheaper
Living with a gap in a room for a month often saves you from buying a placeholder you replace within a year.
Your existing pieces count
We start with what you own. Reupholstering or moving a piece is often better than adding another one.
Written, not implied
Scope, fee, lead times, and what is excluded are agreed in writing before work begins.
No invented credibility
We do not publish reviews we have not collected, awards we have not won, or numbers we cannot stand behind.
Where we work
Portland, Oregon
Most projects are within an hour of the studio, with occasional work across the Pacific Northwest. Remote consultations are available if you can send measurements and photographs.
Studio1842 Alderwood Lane, Suite 210
Portland, OR 97209, United States
Portland, OR 97209, United States
Phone(503) 555-0182
The process
Book a consultation
Three steps, no surprises
01 ConsultA 90-minute conversation about one room, with honest advice you can act on yourself.
02 PlanA measured layout, a material direction, and a shortlist with real trade-offs at different prices.
03 FurnishOrders, delivery, assembly, and a final styling day once the pieces are in the room.
Furniture & objects
A sample catalogue of twelve pieces we would specify in a project. Prices, lead times, and availability are samples — this site does not take orders or payments.
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Pairs well with
Other pieces in the same palette
Design services
Four ways to work with the studio, from a single conversation to full space planning. Fees below are samples for this demonstration site.
How a project runs
From first call to final styling day
1. First call
Twenty minutes to understand the room, the budget, and the timing. Free, and there is no pitch at the end.
2. Measure
We visit, or you send a floor plan and photographs if you are remote. Room dimensions are checked twice.
3. Proposal
A written document: layouts, material direction, shortlist, fees, and what is explicitly not included.
4. Install
Delivery booked, assembly handled, and one styling day at the end so the room is finished, not nearly finished.
Sample fees, sample scope. A real quotation is itemised and agreed in writing before any work begins. Nothing on this page is an offer or a contract.
Not sure which one fits?
Send a short note about the room and we will tell you honestly whether a consultation is enough.
Ask a questionRoom inspiration
Six spaces, each with the practical notes that matter more than the photograph: clearances, lighting height, and what to leave out.
Design tips
Methods we use on real projects — measurements, material behaviour, and the order to do things in. Written to be used, not bookmarked.
Keep reading
All tips
More design tips
Tell us about the room
A short note is enough: the room, roughly what is not working, and your timing. We reply within two working days, Monday to Friday.
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Studio details
Address1842 Alderwood Lane, Suite 210
Portland, OR 97209
United States
Portland, OR 97209
United States
Phone(503) 555-0182
Opening hoursMon–Fri, 9am–5pm Pacific
VisitsStudio visits by appointment only
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