Pedro Lima Interiors

Pedro Lima Interiors Full-Service Luxury Commercial and Residential Interior Designer
Based in MKE | Serving Nationwide

We take a selective and thoughtful approach to material making. This often involves refining custom millwork, studying m...
08/28/2026

We take a selective and thoughtful approach to material making. This often involves refining custom millwork, studying material transitions, and developing mockups to test proportion and finish before fabrication begins. These moments of prototyping are not about spectacle. They are tools for clarity. They allow us to confirm that what is built aligns with the original design intent.

We collaborate closely with trusted fabricators, artisans, and contractors, ensuring that everyone involved understands not just what is being built, but why.
Materials and making, materiality, design process, Wisconsin interior design firm

In our practice, atelier means authorship. It means approaching interior design as a disciplined sequence of decisions r...
08/19/2026

In our practice, atelier means authorship. It means approaching interior design as a disciplined sequence of decisions rather than an assembly of decorative elements. It requires studying proportion, circulation, light, material behavior, and how spaces will actually be used over time.

We don’t use the word atelier to package services. We use it to describe how we apply design thinking: deliberately, thoughtfully, and in sequence.

📸Photo by: Ryan Hainey
Atelier-informed design, interior design process, luxury interior design firm, Milwaukee interior designer

There is a tendency to think of materials as a finishing decision. Stone, wood, metal, and plaster are often discussed i...
08/11/2026

There is a tendency to think of materials as a finishing decision. Stone, wood, metal, and plaster are often discussed in terms of appearance, color, or trend. In reality, material selection begins much earlier. Before a material is beautiful, it has to perform. Before it creates atmosphere, it has to be understood.

We think about materials not simply as products, but as systems with their own inherent logic. Every material has strengths, limitations, manufacturing processes, and installation requirements that influence how it should be used. Designing well means understanding those realities, not working against them.

This approach is what we refer to as material intelligence, and we talk about it in greater detail in our most recent blog. Visit our website linked in our bio to read the full post.

📸 Photo by: Ryan Hainey
Materials and making, materiality, interior details, interior designer

A Room Designed for ConnectionNot every home office is designed for work alone.For this lake home, our client wanted a s...
05/31/2026

A Room Designed for Connection

Not every home office is designed for work alone.

For this lake home, our client wanted a space that could support the many roles she plays in her community—planning events, meeting with local organizations, hosting conversations, and gathering with close friends. The goal was to create a room that felt both productive and welcoming, where work and hospitality could comfortably coexist.

Soft textures, layered patterns, and feminine details bring warmth and personality to the space, while the expansive windows connect the room to the beauty of the lake property beyond. The result is a room that feels elegant, inviting, and deeply personal—a place for ideas, relationships, and meaningful moments.

Because sometimes the most important work happens around a conversation.

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Honored to receive a Silver Award at the 2025 ASID Wisconsin Design Excellence Awards for The Jewel Box Bar & Lounge in ...
05/14/2026

Honored to receive a Silver Award at the 2025 ASID Wisconsin Design Excellence Awards for The Jewel Box Bar & Lounge in the Residential Single Room category.

Located within a 20,000-square-foot lakeside residence, this lower-level space was originally intended as a playroom for visiting children. The redesign reimagined it as a refined yet relaxed entertaining retreat — one that embraces the home’s lake views while creating a layered atmosphere for gathering, conversation, and celebration.

Positioned directly beneath a dramatic 30-foot-high octagonal great room, the architecture of the lounge responds to and reinforces the geometry above through articulated ceiling planes, reconstructed octagonal columns, custom lighting, and material transitions that bring clarity and rhythm to the space.

Deep blue lacquered millwork, warm metallic accents, natural stone, and layered lighting create an environment that shifts effortlessly from daytime hospitality to evening ambiance. At the center of the room, a custom five-tier octagonal cocoa bead chandelier — handmade in Indonesia and designed specifically for the scale of the space — anchors the experience below.

Grateful to the clients, collaborators, craftspeople, and partners who helped bring this project to life, and to ASID Wisconsin for the recognition.

Photography by Ryan Hainey.

The kitchen was intended to function as the center of the home, particularly as a second residence where gathering becom...
04/24/2026

The kitchen was intended to function as the center of the home, particularly as a second residence where gathering becomes the primary use, which led to organizing the space around a large central island with seating on all sides so that circulation, use, and occupancy can happen at the same time without interruption, with the plan extending directly into the great room to maintain a continuous spatial relationship that feels connected but still defined.

The palette is kept light and controlled to maintain clarity across the space, and because the house predates the renovation, the work focuses on maintaining the existing architectural integrity while introducing a more open and usable layout, allowing the intervention to read as integrated and consistent with the structure rather than separate from it.
Kitchen design, bi-regional interior design, kitchen design inspiration, coastal homes

Different places demand different responses.In Nokomis, that response started with elevation—raising the home 12 feet to...
04/23/2026

Different places demand different responses.

In Nokomis, that response started with elevation—raising the home 12 feet to meet coastal conditions. From there, the design opened up: shaded outdoor living below, light-filled spaces above, and a stronger connection to the landscape.

Climate, light, and pace shift—but the discipline behind the decisions does not.

The result is a home that belongs to its setting, while still feeling part of a larger, cohesive body of work.
Bi-regional interior design, bi-regional interior designer, coastal homes, coastal home design

Part of a larger commercial renovation for our client Digitek Digital in Waukesha, this showroom was designed as a serie...
04/14/2026

Part of a larger commercial renovation for our client Digitek Digital in Waukesha, this showroom was designed as a series of immersive zones that demonstrate how technology integrates into everyday living.

We developed the design drawings for the full project, shaping spaces that feel residential in scale and atmosphere. In this entertaining zone, the focus is on warmth, comfort, and a quiet hospitality sensibility.

A circular sofa anchors the room and orients around a large-scale front projection system, creating a natural gathering point where lighting, media, and material come together in a way that feels intuitive and lived-in.

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👷 Contractor: element1848

Hospitality design, commercial interior design, design process, Waukesha interior designer

One of the final moments of this project, this space sits in a tight, lower-level footprint that began unfinished and wi...
04/03/2026

One of the final moments of this project, this space sits in a tight, lower-level footprint that began unfinished and with very little natural light, so we leaned into reflective materials, glass, and metal to help move light through it while the custom apron-front counter wraps you in and gives the space a sense of purpose rather than just function, with the stone’s quiet horizontal movement playing against the irregular pattern of the tile to keep the room from feeling static and allow a small footprint to carry a surprising amount of presence.

Positioned just outside a gym bath, it needed to feel durable and grounded but also considered, becoming a small study in material exploration where every element had to earn its place, and that clarity—along with a comfort in working within tight, slightly irregular spaces—goes back to my time in New York, where constraints sharpen decisions and the result, when done well, feels not limited but intentional and inviting.
Material intelligence, interior detailing, atelier-informed design, material selection

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824 N 66 Street
Wauwatosa, WI
53213

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Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 6pm

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