Cohesive interiors designed to evolve with you… over time.
Working together…
We begin with The Cohesive Home Design Plan. From there, you move at your own pace, bringing me in for targeted design support whenever you need clarity.
The Cohesive Home Design Plan
Your North Star for a timeless, personal home—room to room, year to year.
Whole-home direction for flow, colour, materials, lighting and key pieces, plus two anchor room schemes to show it in action.
Sourcing and Procurement
A tailored sourcing, sampling and purchasing service, built around an anchor scheme to keep every selection aligned so your investment pieces land beautifully, work together, and earn their place in the room.
Implementation Support Retainer
Targeted design support during works: trade liaison, scope guidance, decision-making, problem-solving, materials options, styling and additional visuals when needed.
Selected Work
Shiplake, Oxfordshire
Pirbright, Surrey
Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
Client Reviews
Francesca has an innate empathy for the design and space she is helping you create. When a lot is going on and it's easy to get lost in it, you need that voice that helps you stand back and see what's important or to guide you on what's best for you. It's essentially design therapy and she's really good at it.
David, London
Francesca helped us decorate our 60s townhouse house in Henley and we couldn’t be happier. Her managing of every stage of the process was as smooth and efficient as possible - 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!
Kathryn, Henley-on-Thames
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 previously stood out like a sore thumb.
Samantha, High-Barnett
Our Approach
Studio Ember helps you make the right design investments so your home feels cohesive, personal and effortless to live in, whether you’re renovating all at once or in thoughtful stages. I create flow, thoughtful sight-lines and a clear design direction that elevates your everyday experience at home, then translate it into a personalised design playbook you can return to again and again as decisions arise.
When you want a designer in your corner, you can bring me in for targeted support with sourcing, purchasing and renovation decision-making, exactly where it adds the most value.
Based in Henley-on-Thames, I work across Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Surrey.