About the studio

Considered interiors, delivered with care

We design interiors that are calm to live in and built to last — rooms planned around daylight, materials chosen to age well, and detailing that still holds up years after handover.

Modern interior featuring a wooden console table with three blue stools topped with pale pink cushions underneath, three black sculptural vases on the table, and two framed minimalist portraits of a face with closed eyes and dark hair on a pink background hanging above, illuminated by two wall sconces on each side.
About the studio

Considered interiors, delivered with care

We design interiors that are calm to live in and built to last — rooms planned around daylight, materials chosen to age well, and detailing that still holds up years after handover.

Senior designers on every project. You work directly with the people drawing your scheme, not a rotating team.
Trade discounts passed on in full. We take no commission on anything we specify.
Clear communication. Plain-English updates at every stage — you're never left wondering.

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Considered interiors, delivered with care
Our Clients
15+
Years in practice
98%
Client satisfaction
180+
Spaces completed
12
Projects a year

About the studio

We design private homes with a long view: rooms that hold up to daily use, and materials that improve as they age.

Founded in 2011, Marele works across full-house renovation, new-build interiors and listed properties. Each project is led end to end by a principal designer, from first site study to the final placement of a lamp.

Disciplines

Interior design

Interior architecture

FF&E and procurement

Art direction

Est. 2011 — 41 completed homes

Meet The Founder

Built on materials, daylight and patience

Our founder believes a house should feel resolved rather than decorated. Built on years of work on period and new-build interiors, the studio was founded to give clients considered design and a calm, well-run project.

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Aaron Marele
London, United Kingdom
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Three young professionals smiling and conversing casually in a bright office with large windows; one man wears a brown blazer, and two women wear black and gray sweaters.
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Watch our studio story
Learn more about the vision, values, and mission.

Meet The Founder

Built on materials, daylight and patience

Built on materials, daylight and patience

Portrait of a smiling professional man in a gray suit
Aaron Marele
London, United Kingdom

Our founder believes a house should feel resolved rather than decorated. Built on years of work on period and new-build interiors, the studio was founded to give clients considered design and a calm, well-run project.

Portrait of a smiling professional man in a gray suit
Aaron Marele
London, United Kingdom
How It Works

A clear path from first visit to handover

Modern desert living room with a curved brown sofa, round glass coffee table with decorative vases and books, large floor-to-ceiling windows showing a view of desert vegetation and rocky hills at sunset, and neutral color tones.
Spacious modern desert living room with high wooden ceiling, large windows showing desert landscape and mountains, minimalistic beige sofas, circular wooden coffee table on area rug, wooden dining table with chairs, abstract sculptures, and a built-in fireplace.
1
First visit
Tell us about the rooms. We walk the house, listen, and set out the options honestly — at no cost.
2
Transparent fee quote
You get a clear, written estimate up front — so you know exactly what to expect before committing.
3
Design and drawings
We survey, replan, and produce drawings and schedules your builder can price accurately.
4
Build and handover
We coordinate the trades, track every delivery, and stay on site until the last shelf is hung.
1
First visit
Tell us about the rooms. We walk the house, listen, and set out the options honestly — at no cost.
2
Transparent fee quote
You get a clear, written estimate up front — so you know exactly what to expect before committing.
3
Design and drawings
We survey, replan, and produce drawings and schedules your builder can price accurately.
4
Build and handover
We coordinate the trades, track every delivery, and stay on site until the last shelf is hung.
How It Works

A clear path from first visit to handover

1

First visit

Tell us about the rooms. We walk the house, listen, and set out the options honestly — at no cost.

2

Transparent fee quote

You get a clear, written estimate up front — so you know exactly what to expect before committing.

3

Design and drawings

We survey, replan, and produce drawings and schedules your builder can price accurately.

4

Build and handover

We coordinate the trades, track every delivery, and stay on site until the last shelf is hung.

No surprises: you receive a clear, written fee estimate before any work begins.

The studio

Who you work with

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Céline Marele
Founder, Principal Designer
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Idris Bello
Design Director
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Rosa Kwan
Studio Manager
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Henrik Sund
Head of Interior Architecture
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Priya Ramanathan
Senior Designer, FF&E
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Léa Bonnet
Designer
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Tomasz Wilk
Procurement Lead
Join Our Team

Join the studio

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Céline Marele
Founder, Principal Designer
Founded the studio in 2011. Leads every project from the first site study to handover, and still draws the joinery herself.
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Idris Bello
Design Director
Runs the design floor — concept, palette, and the drawings that make a builder's job straightforward.
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Rosa Kwan
Studio Manager
Keeps twelve houses a year moving: programme, budgets, and the trades who actually build them.
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Henrik Sund
Head of Interior Architecture
Replans walls, light and circulation, and handles consents on listed buildings.
Smiling woman with curly hair wearing pearl earrings, a gold necklace, black top, and brown blazer.
Céline Marele
Founder, Principal Designer
Founder, Principal Designer
Smiling young man with short black hair wearing a black blazer and shirt against gray background.
Idris Bello
Design Director
Founder, Principal Designer
Smiling woman with long dark hair wearing a teal blazer and black shirt against a gray background.
Rosa Kwan
Studio Manager
Founder, Principal Designer
Young woman with a mauve hijab wearing a cream blazer and white shirt smiling against gray background.
Priya Ramanathan
Senior Designer, FF&E
Smiling man with curly hair wearing a light blue button-up shirt against a gray background.
Léa Bonnet
Designer
Confident woman with braided hair wearing a navy blazer and white blouse, against a gray background.
Tomasz Wilk
Procurement Lead
Smiling woman with curly hair wearing pearl earrings, a gold necklace, black top, and brown blazer.

Céline Marele

Founder, Principal Designer
Smiling young man with short black hair wearing a black blazer and shirt against gray background.

Idris Bello

Studio Manager
Smiling woman with long dark hair wearing a teal blazer and black shirt against a gray background.

Rosa Kwan

Studio Manager
Smiling man with short hair and beard wearing a gray blazer and white shirt against a gray background.

Henrik Sund

Head of Interior Architecture
clients

Trusted by the people who live there

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They took out three walls and the house somehow feels older, not newer. That was exactly the brief, and I never expected anyone to actually hit it.
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Marcus B.
Full house renovation, Chelsea
Portrait of Marcus B., a Marele client
Marcus B.
Full house renovation, Chelsea
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They asked how we make coffee before they asked what style we liked. A year on, the kitchen still works exactly the way they said it would.
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Patricia H.
Kitchen and joinery, Bloomsbury
Portrait of Patricia H., a Marele client
Patricia H.
Kitchen and joinery, Bloomsbury
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Budget held, dates held, and they argued with me about the right things. I have never had that on a build before.
Portrait of Daniel K., a Marele client
Daniel K.
New build interiors, Oxfordshire
Portrait of Daniel K., a Marele client
Daniel K.
New build interiors, Oxfordshire
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The consent process could have taken a year. They had drawings the conservation officer actually liked, and we were on site in four months.
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James P.
Listed apartment, Marylebone
Portrait of James P., a Marele client
James P.
Listed apartment, Marylebone
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We had lived with the rooms half-finished for two years. They resolved them in six weeks, mostly with things we already owned.
Portrait of Maria S., a Marele client
Maria S.
Styling and FF&E, Belsize Park
Portrait of Maria S., a Marele client
Maria S.
Styling and FF&E, Belsize Park
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Two years on the restaurant still photographs beautifully and nothing has worn badly. In hospitality that is genuinely rare.
Portrait of Thomas W., a Marele client
Thomas W.
Small hotel, Puglia
Portrait of Thomas W., a Marele client
Thomas W.
Small hotel, Puglia
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Nothing about the house feels decorated. It feels resolved — like it had always been this way and we simply uncovered it.
Portrait of Karen D., a Marele client
Karen D.
Whole home, Primrose Hill
Portrait of Karen D., a Marele client
Karen D.
Whole home, Primrose Hill
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They handled every trade, every delivery, every delay. We moved back into a finished house, not a punch list.
Portrait of Robert M., a Marele client
Robert M.
Renovation, Belsize Mews
Portrait of Robert M., a Marele client
Robert M.
Renovation, Belsize Mews
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They took out three walls and the house somehow feels older, not newer. That was exactly the brief, and I never expected anyone to actually hit it.
Portrait of Marcus B., a Marele client
Marcus B.
Full house renovation, Chelsea
Portrait of Marcus B., a Marele client
Marcus B.
Full house renovation, Chelsea
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They asked how we make coffee before they asked what style we liked. A year on, the kitchen still works exactly the way they said it would.
Portrait of Patricia H., a Marele client
Patricia H.
Kitchen and joinery, Bloomsbury
Portrait of Patricia H., a Marele client
Patricia H.
Kitchen and joinery, Bloomsbury
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Budget held, dates held, and they argued with me about the right things. I have never had that on a build before.
Portrait of Daniel K., a Marele client
Daniel K.
New build interiors, Oxfordshire
Portrait of Daniel K., a Marele client
Daniel K.
New build interiors, Oxfordshire
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The consent process could have taken a year. They had drawings the conservation officer actually liked, and we were on site in four months.
Portrait of James P., a Marele client
James P.
Listed apartment, Marylebone
Portrait of James P., a Marele client
James P.
Listed apartment, Marylebone
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We had lived with the rooms half-finished for two years. They resolved them in six weeks, mostly with things we already owned.
Portrait of Maria S., a Marele client
Maria S.
Styling and FF&E, Belsize Park
Portrait of Maria S., a Marele client
Maria S.
Styling and FF&E, Belsize Park
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Two years on the restaurant still photographs beautifully and nothing has worn badly. In hospitality that is genuinely rare.
Portrait of Thomas W., a Marele client
Thomas W.
Small hotel, Puglia
Portrait of Thomas W., a Marele client
Thomas W.
Small hotel, Puglia
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Nothing about the house feels decorated. It feels resolved — like it had always been this way and we simply uncovered it.
Portrait of Karen D., a Marele client
Karen D.
Whole home, Primrose Hill
Portrait of Karen D., a Marele client
Karen D.
Whole home, Primrose Hill
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They handled every trade, every delivery, every delay. We moved back into a finished house, not a punch list.
Portrait of Robert M., a Marele client
Robert M.
Renovation, Belsize Mews
Portrait of Robert M., a Marele client
Robert M.
Renovation, Belsize Mews
Portrait of Marcus B., a Marele client
Marcus B.
Full house renovation, Chelsea
They took out three walls and the house somehow feels older, not newer. That was exactly the brief, and I never expected anyone to actually hit it.
Portrait of Marcus B., a Marele client
Marcus B.
Full house renovation, Chelsea
Portrait of Patricia H., a Marele client
Patricia H.
Kitchen and joinery, Bloomsbury
They asked how we make coffee before they asked what style we liked. A year on, the kitchen still works exactly the way they said it would.
Portrait of Patricia H., a Marele client
Patricia H.
Kitchen and joinery, Bloomsbury
Portrait of Daniel K., a Marele client
Daniel K.
New build interiors, Oxfordshire
Budget held, dates held, and they argued with me about the right things. I have never had that on a build before.
Portrait of Daniel K., a Marele client
Daniel K.
New build interiors, Oxfordshire
Portrait of James P., a Marele client
James P.
Listed apartment, Marylebone
The consent process could have taken a year. They had drawings the conservation officer actually liked, and we were on site in four months.
Portrait of James P., a Marele client
James P.
Listed apartment, Marylebone
Portrait of Marcus B., a Marele client
Marcus B.
Full house renovation, Chelsea
They took out three walls and the house somehow feels older, not newer. That was exactly the brief, and I never expected anyone to actually hit it.
Portrait of Marcus B., a Marele client
Marcus B.
Full house renovation, Chelsea
Portrait of Patricia H., a Marele client
Patricia H.
Kitchen and joinery, Bloomsbury
They asked how we make coffee before they asked what style we liked. A year on, the kitchen still works exactly the way they said it would.
Portrait of Patricia H., a Marele client
Patricia H.
Kitchen and joinery, Bloomsbury
Portrait of Daniel K., a Marele client
Daniel K.
New build interiors, Oxfordshire
Budget held, dates held, and they argued with me about the right things. I have never had that on a build before.
Portrait of Daniel K., a Marele client
Daniel K.
New build interiors, Oxfordshire
Portrait of James P., a Marele client
James P.
Listed apartment, Marylebone
The consent process could have taken a year. They had drawings the conservation officer actually liked, and we were on site in four months.
Portrait of James P., a Marele client
James P.
Listed apartment, Marylebone
Portrait of Maria S., a Marele client
Maria S.
Styling and FF&E, Belsize Park
We had lived with the rooms half-finished for two years. They resolved them in six weeks, mostly with things we already owned.
Portrait of Maria S., a Marele client
Maria S.
Styling and FF&E, Belsize Park
Portrait of Thomas W., a Marele client
Thomas W.
Small hotel, Puglia
Two years on the restaurant still photographs beautifully and nothing has worn badly. In hospitality that is genuinely rare.
Portrait of Thomas W., a Marele client
Thomas W.
Small hotel, Puglia
Portrait of Karen D., a Marele client
Karen D.
Whole home, Primrose Hill
Nothing about the house feels decorated. It feels resolved — like it had always been this way and we simply uncovered it.
Portrait of Karen D., a Marele client
Karen D.
Whole home, Primrose Hill
Portrait of Robert M., a Marele client
Robert M.
Renovation, Belsize Mews
They handled every trade, every delivery, every delay. We moved back into a finished house, not a punch list.
Portrait of Robert M., a Marele client
Robert M.
Renovation, Belsize Mews
Portrait of Maria S., a Marele client
Maria S.
Styling and FF&E, Belsize Park
We had lived with the rooms half-finished for two years. They resolved them in six weeks, mostly with things we already owned.
Portrait of Maria S., a Marele client
Maria S.
Styling and FF&E, Belsize Park
Portrait of Thomas W., a Marele client
Thomas W.
Small hotel, Puglia
Two years on the restaurant still photographs beautifully and nothing has worn badly. In hospitality that is genuinely rare.
Portrait of Thomas W., a Marele client
Thomas W.
Small hotel, Puglia
Portrait of Karen D., a Marele client
Karen D.
Whole home, Primrose Hill
Nothing about the house feels decorated. It feels resolved — like it had always been this way and we simply uncovered it.
Portrait of Karen D., a Marele client
Karen D.
Whole home, Primrose Hill
Portrait of Robert M., a Marele client
Robert M.
Renovation, Belsize Mews
They handled every trade, every delivery, every delay. We moved back into a finished house, not a punch list.
Portrait of Robert M., a Marele client
Robert M.
Renovation, Belsize Mews
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Send us the rough shape of it — rooms, timing, and what isn't working. We'll come back with whether we're the right studio for it, honestly.

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Start a project

Tell us about the house

Send us the rough shape of it — rooms, timing, and what isn't working. We'll come back with whether we're the right studio for it, honestly.

Book a consultation

Call +44 20 7946 0182

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Marele is a London interior design studio working across full-house renovation, new-build interiors and listed properties — with the resources of a large practice and the care of a small one.

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