Next in the hotel interior design series, we’re looking at the world of boutique hotels: examining what a boutique hotel is, the differences between boutique and small luxury hotels, and how exceptional interior design can elevate the entire brand to create a successful hotel business. 

We catch up with Verity, the award-winning studios’ founder to ask her what we all want to know about designing houses and hotels.

A symbiotic historic connection between fashion and interior design has made for an intriguing interface for decades. At WOOLF we often look at the body of work of fashion designers to inspire our work; we see the magic that happens when these two worlds collide. Read on for our top picks of hotels designed by the world’s top fashion designers…

When it comes to making a property more sustainable, whether it’s a historic listed building or a modern home, there are a multitude of differences you can make inside and out. Here are a few of the ways we make our interior design projects more sustainable, with a few simple switches, without changing the architecture or worrying about planning permissions.

Incorporating historic design into your home is the perfect way to embrace a building’s character, create a conversation piece and ensure cohesion throughout your interior design. When creating original and authentic design, looking into historical archives will banish the pastiche. Thankfully, the UK has a treasure trove of suppliers and a wealth of historical archives just waiting to be tapped into…

WOOLF Interior Architecture and Interior Design originated in West London with their first Notting Hill studio opening its doors in 2009. The practice expanded in 2019 with the addition of their Somerset studio in Lansdown, Bath. “We create completely unique, client-focused, residential interiors, valued by our Clients for their luxurious, individual, beautifully tailored interior design. The practice has over 25 years of industry expertise, sensitively designing both contemporary and historic residential interiors.”

How do I work with an interior architect or interior designer.

‘Interior architecture is all about understanding buildings, interior space planning and detail. Interior design understands the intricate colour texture and finish of a space’. At WOOLF, we take an integrated approach from the early stages of concept and space planning through to the sourcing of furniture and dressing. ‘Design should respond to the client, the architecture, the history of a building and the location.’

The essential guide to instructing an Interior Designer or Interior Architect. There is an increasing demand for a ‘one-stop’ shop when it comes to projects which necessitate interior design and interior architectural refurbishment work. Instead of clients having to instruct separate practices, WOOLF is a combined practice that deals with both interior design and interior architecture services.

A well-trained experienced professional interior designer or interior architect will always design to a given budget. At the outset of any new project WOOLF Interior Design & Interior Architecture, will assess the cost of a project using a few key skills. It is not a mystery. This is technique is both an art and a science, that is based upon years of experience and plain old mathematics.

Woolf attended the Dubai Design Week - Expo. Keeping abreast and broadening our reach in the international interior design community. WOOLF look at the most innovative interior suppliers from around the globe. WOOLF Interior Design & Interior Architecture has many years of experience designing and consulting for prestigious hotels in the UK and internationally.

As both a Bath and a London based Interior Design Practice, WOOLF Interior Design & Interior Architecture are endlessly influenced and inspired by garden design and the interface that exists between outdoor and indoor spaces. We thoroughly enjoy our collaborations with garden designers and landscape architects, as they ensure that the overall design and aesthetic of a home reaches its fullest potential.

As accredited historic interior designers, many of our projects seek to resolve planning and listed building requirements, for the refurbishment of historic and listed properties. WOOLF Interior Design & Interior Architecture have years of expertise, sensitively designing every aspect of residential and commercial interiors for traditional and historic buildings, in London and the West Country.

WOOLF Interior Design & Interior Architecture have years of expertise, sensitively designing every aspect of residential and commercial interiors for traditional and historic buildings, in the UK and internationally. We have acquired years of specialist skills designing for Grade I or II Listed buildings, including Regency and Georgian homes and hotels.

WOOLF Interior Design & Interior Architecture have years of expertise, sensitively designing every aspect of residential and commercial interiors for traditional and historic buildings. We are acknowledged for our specialist skills designing for Grade I or II Listed buildings, including, Georgian and Victorian interiors.

Georgian houses are beautiful and graceful. Woolf Interior Design and Interior Architecture is an accredited Interior Design Practice specialising in Historic, Period and Listed buildings. When redesigning a Georgian home we enhance and retain the aesthetic unique to an historic home that is especially valued, such as wonky floorboards and timber sash windows, fireplaces, panelling, plasterwork, cornices, original doors, shutters and balusters. We aim to make these fabulous heritage assets fit for modern living and offer these grand and unique spaces a new lease of life.