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Interior design studio, Fitzroy

Kitchens, living rooms and cafés

140Rooms finished since 2014

Warm, quiet rooms for homes and small cafés in Fitzroy, Fitzroy North, Collingwood and Brunswick East.

How a room comes together

Wren House is an interior design studio in Fitzroy, making kitchens, living rooms and small cafés that stay warm in winter and calm all year.

We start at your kitchen table with how you cook, eat and sit, then draw, source and install the room ourselves.

See our rooms
A finished living room in daylight: a grey sofa, a timber coffee table and two leather ottomans under a long clerestory window, plants by the garden glass
Kitchens41 A spotted gum island and stone bench under three glass pendants in a bright kitchen Rae StreetFitzroy North, 2025 Living rooms63 A bright living room with a brick fireplace, two timber armchairs and a pale sofa Delbridge StreetFitzroy North, 2024 Cafés9 A café counter clad in pale timber boards with plants and sun across the floor Little RuthBrunswick East, 2023
Two hands hold fabric, stone and paint samples over a pale table

Finishes schedule · Rae Street Kitchen

Every material in your hand before it’s ordered

Seven of 23 lines in the finishes schedule we gave the joiner, January 2025.

SurfaceMaterialFinish
BenchtopArabescato marble, 20 mmHoned, sealed
IslandSpotted gum veneerMatt oil
SplashbackHandmade zellige, 100 mmOff-white, lime grout
ShelvesSpotted gum, 32 mmMatt oil
FloorVictorian ash, 180 mm boardsNatural oil
HandlesSolid brass bar, 160 mmUnlacquered
WallsLime washWarm white
The full schedule

Café · Hollis, Collingwood

Street
Smith Street
Counter
Hoop pine plywood
Opened
June 2025
A bright café with white timber chairs, planted tables and a long bench at the window

38 seats, fitted in six weeks

We fit cafés while they’re shut for winter: a plywood counter to lean on, window benches and soft light at four o’clock.

Talk to us about a café
Rae Street Kitchen in isometric: the 6.4 metre bench run under the window, the 2.8 metre island with three stools on the garden side 6.4 m BENCH RUN ISLAND 2.8 m
IsometricRae Street Kitchen, drawn at the first visit

How we work

How a room comes together

  1. 01Kitchen table visitWeek 1We measure, photograph and listen.
  2. 02Concept and samplesWeek 5A plan, a palette and real samples to hold.
  3. 03Drawings and scheduleWeek 9Joinery drawn, every finish written down.
  4. 04InstallWeeks 14–18We run the trades and style the room.

From the studio

We design for a wet Tuesday in July, not for the photos.

Nell OkaforLead designer, Wren House

Late sun throws long chair shadows across a pale timber floor beside the dining table

The studio · Gertrude Street, Fitzroy

A finished living room in soft daylight: a pale linen sofa with a knitted throw, two turned timber side tables and plants by the window

40Makers in the sample library

2Melbourne workshops

9Cafés fitted

5People in the studio

Services

One studio from the first visit to the last cushion

Tall windows throw long afternoon shadows across a timber floor, a table and chairs

Every room starts with tea at your kitchen table

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