About

A woman with long red hair in a teal lace dress is standing indoors, smiling, while holding a white box with what appears to be documents or papers inside. She is positioned in front of a white wall with decorative molding, next to a dresser with white and black accents, topped with two white lamps and a small mirror. There is a beige and white area rug and floral curtains on the window to her left.

An inherited instinct, honed across a decade spent living across the European continent and inhabiting its old-world traditions, led naturally to a design style characterized by classical, traditional silhouettes, pattern deployed with confidence, and colour handled without hesitation.

Time spent wandering cobbled streets, passing through world-renowned antique markets, and touring centuries-old country houses — one of them, eventually, home — became her real design education.

Long before turning her full attention to interiors, Deirdre spent a decade as a leading creative director and educator. A distinctive taste for design has run through her work from the very beginning.

Canadian by birth, she's now settled into a historic 1875 villa in the Swiss countryside — by way of the American South, a marriage to a German, and London's Chelsea.

Deirdre adores clients with a maximalist sensibility — those who share her own love of pattern, colour, and English country house style.

Switzerland has become an integral part of the studio's story too. Originally drawn there by a shared love of skiing with her husband, it led to a second design specialty:

Swiss ski chalets, particularly for international clientele, designed to hold the kind of memories a family creates, season after season.