High-end furniture sourcing and FF&E design for residences in Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Malibu, and Los Angeles. Furniture is not selected after the room is finished. It is designed into the room from the first schematic.
Furniture and furnishing budgets for residential projects in Beverly Hills, Bel Air, and Malibu typically range from $500,000 to $2M+ for a full-home installation, depending on square footage, custom fabrication, and art acquisition. Design fees are scoped per project and set out in writing.
Interior design encompasses the full scope of a residential project: space planning, material selection, millwork, lighting, and architectural coordination. Furniture styling is the furnishing, textile, art, and accessory layer that completes the designed space. In Joelle's practice, furniture styling is part of the full-service interior design engagement.
Yes. Vintage and antique sourcing is integral to the practice. Rooms that feel collected require pieces from different periods and provenances. Joelle sources from dealers, auction houses, and private collections internationally. Vintage pieces are restored and reupholstered as needed before installation.
Both. I assess what is worth keeping, pieces with genuine quality, scale, or provenance, and work those into the new composition. Everything else is replaced with intention. I do not stage around pieces that undermine the room.
I work with trade-only vendors, ateliers, and makers across Los Angeles, New York, and Europe. Many pieces in my projects are custom-fabricated or sourced through relationships I have built over 15+ years working with discerning clients. Procurement access is part of what you hire me for.
Project fees are scoped to the engagement. A focused styling project, one or two rooms with existing architecture, is structured differently than a full-house furnishing following a gut renovation. Design fees and procurement are discussed at the initial consultation. Design fees are scoped per project and set out in writing before any scope is confirmed.
Furniture styling is typically part of a larger interior design engagement. Select furnishing-only projects are considered for clients in Beverly Hills, Bel Air, and Malibu who have completed construction and need full-home furnishing and styling. A consultation is the first step.
Yes. I work nationally and internationally, with clients in Miami, Miami Beach, and New York. Travel and site visits are built into the project scope as needed.
FF&E stands for Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment. In high-end residential design, it refers to every moveable piece in the home: furniture, lighting fixtures, window treatments, rugs, art, and decorative accessories. FF&E design means specifying these elements as a cohesive whole, not as individual purchases.
B&B Italia, Minotti, Flexform, Cassina, Poliform for case goods; Visual Comfort, Apparatus, and Kelly Wearstler for lighting; custom millwork and upholstery from longstanding LA and European workrooms. Specification is driven by the room, not brand loyalty.
Plan on 10 to 16 weeks for made-to-order upholstery and 12 to 20 weeks for custom tables, cabinets, and beds. Pieces made in Europe run 16 to 26 weeks once ocean freight is included, and hand-knotted rugs take four to seven months. Supplying your own fabric, approving finish samples, and warehouse receiving all add time. The way to protect a move-in date is to order while construction is still underway, so the house can be installed at one time.