La Casa de Serralves, an iconic Art Deco house visited during a Porto tour in 2025.
SUGGEST A PRIVATE TOUR
If you are interested in a custom tour, whether private with your team or as a group with fellow interior designers, we can create a tailored 2- or 3-day experience. The program can include exclusive workshop visits to furniture makers and millworkers, decorative craftsmen, and emerging artisans, as well as visits to art galleries, special exhibitions, and more. We provide a fully inclusive offer with hotels, restaurants, and local transport.
HISTORY OF PRIVATE TOURS
2025 – Specialty finishes for millwork design, Paris.
With 2 English designers, we visited 10 decorative artisans directly in their Parisian workshops to discover their exceptional savoir-faire and specialty finishes applicable to master dressing rooms, kitchens, and bespoke millwork.
We explored straw marquetry, traditional lacquer with gold and mother-of-pearl, pewter countertops, feather marquetry, parchment, shagreen, upholstery, leaded and eglomisé glass, engraved and gilded glass, and brass component engineering for frames, pivot hinges, and handles.
The tour also included a meeting with a renowned artist specialized in decorative painting.
2025 – Workshop visits in Porto, Portugal.
During 2 intensive tours in the Porto region, one of the largest furniture manufacturing cluster in the World, we visited and assessed 22 furniture workshops. These visits provided an in-depth understanding of Portuguese furniture making and highlighted a wide range of savoir-faire applicable to high-end residential projects.
The program included workshops specializing in wood, marble, brass and cast bronze, upholstery, fiberglass and liquid finishes, and mixed-material furniture, offering a comprehensive view of the local craft and production techniques for creating both high-end and budget-friendly furniture pieces.
2025 – Artisans d’Excellence exhibition, Palais de la Porte Dorée, Paris.
Together with 2 English designers, we explored the Artisans d’Excellence exhibition, where 45 decorative artisans showcased their craft. Our focus was on creators whose savoir-faire applies to millwork and wall paneling.
We discovered marble marquetry, gilded décors, hand-embroidered panels, glass marquetry, leather applications, feather marquetry, lacquer with eggshell, sandblasted glass, and heliogravure.
2025 – Visiting 6 millwork workshops in the Paris region.
Accompanying an English client, we toured 6 millwork workshops specialized in luxury residential projects across the USA, Switzerland, and Asia.
These visits included workshops focused on French boiseries, interior doors, master dressing rooms, kitchens, and complex architectural millwork.
2024 – Visiting 6 millwork workshops in the Nantes region.
With an English client, we visited 6 millwork workshops working on prestigious projects such as private residences, super-yachts, five-star hotels, and luxury retail spaces.
OUR SERVICES
FF&E PROCUREMENT
We manage every procurement step of your FF&E items, both off-the-shelf and custom with French and European makers for your interior design projects in France and abroad.
FURNITURE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
We oversee all furniture-related aspects of your project, ensuring each piece is developed, coordinated and delivered with precision.
SOURCING
We source exquisite furniture, decorative items and specialty finishes, helping you create unique interiors and develop one-of-a-kind pieces for your projects in France and abroad.
PROCUREMENT TOURS
We organize private and group procurement tours in France and Europe to visit furniture makers, emerging artisans, and specialty craftsmen in their workshops, inspiring the creation of unique interiors, furniture, and FF&E.