Retrouvius Guide to Garden Offices
Ideas for incorporating salvaged & reclaimed materials in your garden office design.
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Retrouvius Design on Site
This five storey London home requires a distinct and radically approach… here our design team share their progress… and process from onsite.
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Design Inspiration: Childrens’ Bedrooms
Its possible to achieve a lot in a small space. Box beds are particular favourites when the plan is tight and frees up space for a desk and increases floor area for playing.…
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Reuse Inspiration | Boot Rooms
Materials that work well both inside and outside are ideal – salvaged brick, fossil limestone and old malting tiles have all been put to reuse in our projects over the years.
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Creating a Kitchen Island from Ex-Museum Display Cases
Interior design inspiration from the RETROUVIUS Design Studio. Stories of salvage run deeper than the finished image…
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Design Inspiration for Reclaimed Pine Cheeseboards
Interior design inspiration from our studio. These reclaimed pine boards were once used for maturing rounds of cheese…
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Home of Steve Lazarides Featured in House and Garden | Nov 24 Issue.
A glimpse into the vibrant home of photographer, collector & curator Steve Lazarides and his family, designed by RETROUVIUS.
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RETROUVIUS Design On Site in Dorset
RETROUVIUS Design is in the process of rejuvenating a traditional stone cottage in Dorset…
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Making Functional Objects Non-functional | Artist Michael Samuels
My go-to medium has been 1960s and 70s furniture for a long time, reconstructing and deconstructing. From experience the less I do the better and I always like my medium to be…
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Dive into the Mesmerising World of Blott Kerr-Wilson
“There’s a deep crossover in mine and Maria’s philosophies when it comes to reuse… we both take something that people discard and turn it into something that’s valued and beautiful.”
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Utility Room Inspiration Using Reclaimed Materials
Salvaged elements bring originality and much-needed character to utility spaces – in every job that must be done, why not bring an element of fun!
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Kitchen Inspiration for Reclaimed Iroko
A dose of inspiration from some of the kitchens we’ve designed, showcasing the various ways that reclaimed iroko could be incorporated into your project.
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Design Archive: A Hampstead Home with Cheeky Elements
In 2007 Retrouvius worked with activist & Coco de Mer founder Sam Roddick on the transformation of her Victorian townhouse.
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Tennis Court House – A collaboration by Retrouvius & Archio
Incorporating salvaged materials, this new build home resides in a once-neglected corner of a country garden in Oxfordshire.
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Inside Our Cosiest Box Bedroom Creations
As the bite of January sets in our design team finds joy in reminiscing about the snug and intimate bedrooms we’ve crafted with salvaged materials.
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Reinvigorating a Symphony of Salvage in Chelsea
This revisit wasn’t just a renovation; it encapsulated the narrative of a home evolving gracefully, where design seamlessly intertwines with the stories of its inhabitants.
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Retrouvius Featured by Milk Decoration | November 2023
Featured in the November 2023 issue of Milk Decoration. One of our favourite details from this London home was the bespoke washstand in the bathroom which we made from panels of copper…
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Inspiration for Re-using Reclaimed Geometric Timber Panels
These fabulous hand-carved panels were salvaged from an iconic venue in Camden, with an abundance of re-use potential from headboards to wall cladding.
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Retrouvius Design Studio’s Parisian Project in Elle Decor
“Through simplicity and reuse, we were able to put the apartment back into its most beautiful form.”
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Transformation of Umbrian Farmhouse
Retrouvius’ engagement with the interior of Umbrian Farmhouse is a mere moment in its rich history…
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Stories of Salvage and Materiality at The George in Rye
Throughout The George in Rye, you’ll find an array of reclaimed and salvaged materials. It’s in the story of their origins that the design really comes to life.
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Our Favourite Bedrooms of The George in Rye
With 41 individually-designed bedrooms to choose from, it was no easy task (but lots of fun!) to pair our design team with their perfect room when we took a trip to The George.…
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Umbrian Farmhouse in House & Garden | Sept 2023
With views for miles across the Umbrian hills, this once-dilapidated farmhouse was totally re-configured and lovingly restored to create a 7-bedroom retreat…
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Retrouvius on the Elle Decor A-List 2023
We’re delighted that Retrouvius has been selected for the Elle Decor A-list 2023. Our warmest thanks go to Asad Syrkett and his fantastic team for including us once again…
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