Interior Designer in Oxford

Designing for Oxford homes

Oxford homes come with character, and with quirks. Tall Victorian villas in North Oxford and Summertown have generous ceilings and fine original details, but often a kitchen that was never meant to be the heart of the house. Terraced cottages in Jericho and around the city centre are full of charm, yet narrow rooms and limited daylight mean every choice of colour, lighting and furniture has to earn its place. Further out, in Headington, Marston and Botley, 1930s and post-war family homes tend to have good bones that respond brilliantly to a joined-up redesign.

Alana’s approach is the same wherever the house is: start with how you live, then design around it. In Oxford that often means opening up a kitchen-diner so the family actually uses it, layering lighting to make the most of north-facing rooms, and introducing bold artwork and natural materials so a period house feels personal rather than like a museum piece.

Inside and out, as one design

Because Alana designs gardens as well as interiors, the room that opens onto your garden and the garden itself are planned together. Same palette, same materials, one coherent feel. In the city that might be a courtyard with a fire pit and built-in seating, a terrace you step straight out onto from the kitchen, or a planted border that frames the view from the sofa.

What working together looks like

1. A home visit in Oxford. Alana comes to you, walks the space and listens.
2. Concept and plan. Mood boards, palettes, layouts and lighting.
3. Sourcing and styling. Furniture, art and finishing touches, sourced and placed.
4. Handover. A finished space that feels like yours.