Malibu Retreat
A remote-design weekend house above Point Dume — planned by the studio, installed by the clients, finished with a styling visit.
The brief
Out-of-state clients with a Malibu weekend house they could rarely visit. They wanted the studio eye but the freedom (and budget) of doing the install themselves. Proof that e-design can carry a whole home.
The move
We delivered a complete, shoppable plan room by room — palettes, to-scale layouts, product lists, and renders — and the clients installed it over two trips. We flew out once at the end to style the last layer and set the photographs.
The result
A whole weekend house, designed remotely, that reads as collected as anything we install ourselves.
Living room · before & after.
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Walk it, room by room.
Malibu Retreat — the rooms
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A bleached, salt-and-sun palette of plaster, rattan, and washed oak.
Indoor-out furnishing that takes the marine air and the kids.
Terracotta and white oak, kept simple for a house used in bursts.
A linen-soft room for the weekend crowd, planned to the inch from afar.
What it’s made of.
“We were nervous designing a whole house over email. It looks like they were standing in the room. We tell everyone.”Malibu Retreat · 2024
Composed as a E-Design (Remote Room Plans) engagement. Considering something similar? Start a project →
Renderings, moodboards, material composites, and styled photography shown are illustrative. Final materials, finishes, and pieces vary with availability, lead times, and selections; colors render differently across screens and in person.