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Studio Renée Interior Designer with a passion for details that define you! Let's schedule a free consult and chat about your needs! Open by appointment only.

Studio Renée is a full-service residential and commercial design firm that assists clients with a wide range of challenges, including CAD drawings, the selection of architectural details, products and finishes, and collaboration with contractors.

Part designer, part referee. We take both jobs seriously.📷 Emily Kennedy PhotographyNow booking 2027 projects. We take o...
10/31/2026

Part designer, part referee. We take both jobs seriously.

📷 Emily Kennedy Photography

Now booking 2027 projects. We take on a limited number each year, so if you’re planning one, reach out at studiorenee.co.

Unpopular opinion from a design firm: some rooms should barely be designed.In a house like this, the view is the archite...
10/30/2026

Unpopular opinion from a design firm: some rooms should barely be designed.

In a house like this, the view is the architecture. Glass floor to ceiling, the valley out every window. Our job was to not compete with it...

Low furniture. A quiet palette. A covered deck that pulls the living room straight outside. Nothing in here is fighting the window for attention.

Restraint is a skill. It's also the hardest one to sell.

Want a home that works with where it sits? Visit studiorenee.co to start your project.

📷 Christina Whittlesey Photography

Homeowners: if your builder does these, keep him. Builders: send this to the client who thinks you’re being difficult.No...
10/29/2026

Homeowners: if your builder does these, keep him. Builders: send this to the client who thinks you’re being difficult.

Now booking 2027 projects. We take on a limited number each year, so if you’re planning one, reach out at studiorenee.co.

Soapstone, wrapped down the end of the island.It's soft. It scratches. It darkens where your hands land most. That's exa...
10/28/2026

Soapstone, wrapped down the end of the island.

It's soft. It scratches. It darkens where your hands land most. That's exactly why I specified it.

Timeless isn't a safe color. It's a material that records the life lived on it and looks better for it ten years in.

Questions about soapstone in a working kitchen? Ask below, I'll answer every one.

📷 Christina Whittlesey Photography

The selections sheet is the most stressful document in a remodel, and nobody warns you. Number 4 is the one we hear in a...
10/27/2026

The selections sheet is the most stressful document in a remodel, and nobody warns you. Number 4 is the one we hear in almost every first meeting.

Which one got you? Or send it to the person you’re making all these decisions with.

Photo: Emily Kennedy Photography

Now booking 2027 projects. We take on a limited number each year, so if you’re planning one, reach out through studiorenee.co.

Kitchen design for a room with more windows than walls.Great problem to have. Still a problem. Here's how we solved it:1...
10/26/2026

Kitchen design for a room with more windows than walls.

Great problem to have. Still a problem. Here's how we solved it:

1. Go tall where you can. Full-height pantry cabinets on the one solid wall carry the storage the windows took away.
2. Put open shelves in the corners. They hold the everyday things without blocking a single inch of light.
3. Make the island the workhorse. Cooktop, prep, storage, all of it facing the view.

More light, less wall, enough storage. Save this before your first meeting with your designer.

📷 Emily Kennedy Photography

A Hood River reading nook, built in instead of bought.The question I asked: what does this corner actually need to do ev...
10/23/2026

A Hood River reading nook, built in instead of bought.

The question I asked: what does this corner actually need to do every day? Hold books. Hold a person. Hide the stuff.

So the window seat has drawers, the shelving runs to the ceiling with beadboard backs painted the same green as the millwork, and the wallpaper gets to be the loud one. When the millwork is quiet, the pattern can carry the room.

Send this to whoever keeps asking where the bookshelves should go.

📷 Christina Whittlesey Photography

Pacific Northwest interior design is mostly about one thing: what you do with the light you've got.This narrow window co...
10/21/2026

Pacific Northwest interior design is mostly about one thing: what you do with the light you've got.

This narrow window could have been the awkward wall. Instead we built walnut cabinetry tight on either side and let the window become the moment. Storage and a frame for the view, in the same move.

Every house hands you a constraint. The good rooms are the ones that use it instead of hiding it.

Save this for the wall you've been calling awkward.

📷 Emily Kennedy Photography

A Hood River great room, and the one decision that made it.The ceiling is the architecture here. Vaulted, exposed beams,...
10/19/2026

A Hood River great room, and the one decision that made it.

The ceiling is the architecture here. Vaulted, exposed beams, steel tie rods. Everything we chose had to honor that instead of fighting it...

So the pendants are oversized woven domes. Anything smaller would have floated up there like an apology. The stone fireplace runs all the way up for the same reason. Scale is a decision, not an accident.

Swipe through to the kitchen shelving, where it gets quieter on purpose.

Planning a build or remodel in the Gorge? Visit studiorenee.co to start your project.

📷 Emily Kennedy Photography

Great design isn't always about filling a room, it's about making every selected piece count. From the warm wood tones t...
06/09/2026

Great design isn't always about filling a room, it's about making every selected piece count. From the warm wood tones to the layered textures and clean silhouettes, every detail was chosen with intention. We love how this dining space came together and how perfectly it reflects the laid-back beauty of the Gorge. 💚✨

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Hood River, OR
97031

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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+15414364341

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