Your Questions, Answered
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We work with private clients and families, often managing multiple residences across different countries. Projects frequently involve complex architectural contexts and require close coordination with architects, family offices, and advisors, always handled with discretion and clarity.
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Our work focuses on private residences—apartments, houses, villas, and secondary homes. We also get involved in hospitality projects. Each project is approached as a complete interior, from spatial composition and material choices to furniture, lighting, and final styling.
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Our interiors are structured, layered, and restrained. Rather than following trends, we develop spaces that feel balanced and enduring, where architecture, furniture, and objects are composed to create atmosphere and ease.
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Yes. While our work has a recognisable sensibility, it is always shaped by place. Parisian apartments, Mediterranean houses, London residences, and Middle Eastern projects each inform the language of the interior, without diluting its coherence.
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Art is considered part of the overall composition of a room. Whether clients own a collection or not, we select works for their presence and dialogue with the space, often combining contemporary pieces with historical or vernacular elements.
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Yes. Beyond individual acquisitions, we assist clients with collection building, commissions, placement across multiple residences, and long-term coherence, offering continuity and clarity over time.
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Interior projects are billed through a fixed design fee covering concept and development, followed by a monthly retainer during execution. A 12% fee on FF&E applies, covering sourcing, procurement, coordination, and installation.
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Lestaudin applies a transparent, sliding fee structure:
• 10% on amounts from 0 to 500,000 (any currency)
• 8% from 500,001 to 1,000,000
• 5% on any sum above
This structure guarantees transparency and alignment in art advisory and private transactions.
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Yes. Projects currently span Paris, London, the Côte d’Azur, Italy, and the Middle East. We are experienced in coordinating international teams, logistics, shipping, and on-site installations across multiple jurisdictions.
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A successful interior feels natural, composed, and lived-in. It should age gracefully, accommodate change, and support the rhythms of daily life—remaining elegant without ever feeling static.

