FAQ: What To Expect When Working With Us

At Lichelle Silvestry Interiors, we take a holistic and highly personalized approach, crafting cohesive, timeless interiors that reflect your individual lifestyle and aesthetic. With deep expertise and a sharp eye for detail, we help clients avoid costly missteps, identify strategic design opportunities, and create spaces that elevate the everyday.

Our trusted network of artisans and exclusive brands reflects a longstanding commitment to quality and craftsmanship.

Whether you're based in Paris or managing your residence from abroad, our streamlined process ensures clear communication, meticulous project oversight, and a seamless experience from concept to completion.

Every project begins with a discovery call, where we take the time to understand your vision, needs, and goals. We then offer a complimentary one-hour site visit to evaluate the space and its potential. From there, we prepare a detailed design proposal outlining the scope of work, projected timeline, and preliminary investment giving you a clear and thoughtful foundation before we begin.

Our aesthetic is rooted in timelessness, understated elegance, and thoughtful restraint. We design interiors that are refined yet livable, balancing classic architectural detail with natural textures, layered materials, and carefully curated pieces. Our work is not guided by trends, but by a respect for context, craftsmanship, and the way our clients truly live. The result is a space that feels effortless, elevated, and deeply personal.

Our fee structure is thoughtfully tailored to each project. Depending on the scope and complexity, we may propose a combination of a flat design fee and hourly billing. Before any work begins, we conduct a thorough review of your project and present a detailed proposal outlining services, timelines, and associated costs. This ensures full transparency and aligns our approach with the specific needs and ambitions of your space.

While we do not serve as a project manager, we maintain a close collaboration with your general contractor and architect to ensure your vision is realized with precision. Throughout the renovation, we offer expert consultations, conduct regular site visits, and verify that construction faithfully reflects the design intent. We provide your contractor with comprehensive materials, specifications, and technical reviews, while carefully monitoring schedules to facilitate a seamless and efficient process.

Our turnkey service ensures your home is fully prepared for living — beautifully furnished, thoughtfully equipped, and effortlessly functional. From elegant linens and kitchenware to everyday essentials and finishing touches, we handle every detail so that you can arrive to a space that feels complete, considered, and entirely yours.

For a seamless experience, all furnishings and accessories are received and stored at a trusted local warehouse. We then coordinate deliveries and oversee the full installation process ensuring each piece is placed according the design and every detail is executed to the highest standard.

Yes. While our studio is based in Paris, we thoughtfully consider select projects beyond the city. We've successfully completed residences in Deauville, Versailles, and Saint-Germain-en-Laye, as well as internationally. Each commission is evaluated on a case-by-case basis, with careful consideration given to scope, location, and alignment with our design approach.

For us, Parisian interior design is an approach rooted in architecture, proportion, light, and history. In a Paris apartment, the starting point is often the existing character of the space — moldings, parquet floors, marble fireplaces, tall windows, and the natural rhythm of the rooms.

A refined Parisian interior does not feel overly decorated. It feels layered, collected, and deeply connected to the architecture. Our work begins with understanding what is already beautiful, then enhancing it with comfort, craftsmanship, thoughtful materials, and a sense of elegance.

French interiors feel timeless because they are built on permanence rather than trends. Natural materials such as oak, stone, marble, linen, wool, plaster, and beautifully made finishes create interiors that improve with age.

In Parisian homes, timelessness also comes from respecting original architectural details — parquet flooring, wall paneling, fireplaces, cornices, and historic proportions. When these elements are preserved and paired with modern comfort, the result is a home that feels elegant, authentic, and enduring.

A Haussmann apartment is one of the most recognizable forms of Parisian architecture. High ceilings, tall windows, decorative moldings, herringbone or chevron parquet floors, marble fireplaces, paneled doors, and a graceful sequence of rooms typically define it.

These architectural elements give Haussmann apartments their sense of refinement and rhythm. The design challenge is to preserve their historic beauty while adapting them to contemporary living — with better flow, discreet storage, comfortable lighting, and interiors that feel both classic and livable.

Decoration focuses mainly on furnishings, fabrics, colors, objects, and the final atmosphere of a room. Interior design looks more deeply at how a home works: the layout, circulation, proportions, light, storage, materials, and the relationship between one space and another.

In a Parisian interior, the most successful result usually comes from both. The architecture and layout provide the foundation, while decoration brings warmth, personality, comfort, and beauty to daily life.

The best materials for a timeless Parisian interior are natural, tactile, and enduring. Oak flooring, marble, limestone, linen, wool, bronze, plaster, lacquer, antique mirror, and hand-finished surfaces all bring depth and character to a home.

These materials work beautifully in Paris apartments because they complement historic architecture while adding warmth and modern comfort. Rather than following trends, they create a sense of permanence and depth.