Yaara Design Studio

Before & After

Transformations

The honest part of the work. Drag each handle — or use the arrow keys — to move between the room we found and the room we handed back.

Completed living room with cream limewash walls, linen sectional, woven rugs and sculptural ceramicsBeforeAfter

The Living Room, Reimagined

Kilimani, Nairobi

The shell was sound but silent — grey plaster, cold tiles, nowhere to sit. We warmed every surface in limewash, laid a woven floor, and built the room around one long, low sofa so the family finally had somewhere to land at the end of a day.

Redesigned dining room with solid oak table, rush-seat chairs, woven pendant and sand plaster wallsBeforeAfter

From Dark Formal Room to Gathering Table

Karen, Nairobi

Heavy varnished furniture and a fluorescent tube had made this room a place nobody lingered. We stripped it back to light: sand-toned plaster, a solid oak table, rush-seat chairs and a single woven pendant that gives the whole room its centre.

Completed primary bedroom with upholstered linen bed, plaster walls, woven pendants and sisal rugBeforeAfter

A Bedroom That Finally Rests

Lavington, Nairobi

Damp-marked walls, a bare frame and mismatched curtains. We resolved the damp, softened the walls in warm plaster, and layered linen, clay tones and woven pendants until the room felt like the quietest place in the house.

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Bare unrenovated living room with grey plaster walls, dated tiles and exposed wiringBefore
Completed living room with cream limewash walls, linen sectional, woven rugs and sculptural ceramicsAfter

The Living Room, Reimagined

The shell was sound but silent — grey plaster, cold tiles, nowhere to sit. We warmed every surface in limewash, laid a woven floor, and built the room around one long, low sofa so the family finally had somewhere to land at the end of a day.

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