Yoko Kloeden Design

Yoko Kloeden Design Interior architecture, refurbishment and extension of existing houses and new builds for residential

Yoko Kloeden Design is a London-based interior design studio for residential and commercial clients - covering the complete interior design process from initial conception to final project delivery. We are committed to deliver solutions that reflect the client’s lifestyle, personality, and aspiration. Our goal is to create and deliver interior stories which feel unique to their owners. This is where we share our news, project updates and inspirations.

Year-dating is not about trends — it is about the details that quietly announce when a renovation was designed. Five spe...
19/08/2026

Year-dating is not about trends — it is about the details that quietly announce when a renovation was designed.
Five specifics to look for, and what current best practice looks like.

From my recent Livingetc column — five non-negotiables for a bedroom that breathes. The air, the darkness, the quiet, an...
18/08/2026

From my recent Livingetc column — five non-negotiables for a bedroom that breathes.
The air, the darkness, the quiet, and the Japanese thinking behind each one.

Three kitchens from three very different London homes — and the one principle that connects them all. Not a material. No...
17/08/2026

Three kitchens from three very different London homes — and the one principle that connects them all.
Not a material.
Not a layout.
A conversation about how you actually live in the room at 7am on a Tuesday.

A window seat is not furniture. It is permission to do nothing.It is the only place in a home designed for pausing. Not ...
14/08/2026

A window seat is not furniture. It is permission to do nothing.

It is the only place in a home designed for pausing. Not cooking, not working, not sleeping. Just sitting. Watching the light change. Letting your mind empty.

In Japanese architecture, this in-between space has a name — en 縁. The threshold between inside and outside. Between doing and being.

A window seat does the same thing in a London home. It creates a moment of stillness in a house full of purpose-built rooms.

The clients who use theirs most are always surprised. They thought it was decorative. It turned out to be the most important seat in the house.

You want natural materials. You also want every surface to look exactly the same in five years. Both wishes are held wit...
12/08/2026

You want natural materials. You also want every surface to look exactly the same in five years. Both wishes are held with conviction — and they cannot both be met, because a natural material that does not change is a contradiction in terms.

Every showroom shows the thing on installation day. Nobody markets year three. That is why we ask questions that sound domestic rather than architectural before anything is specified: who will look after this, how many hours a month — truthfully — and do you want a home that rewards attention or one that weathers gracefully without it? An honest specification is one that still feels right in year five.

From our journal — 30% Construction, 70% Care. Link in bio.

Construction is three parts. Care is seven. A Japanese gardener told us something that has stayed with us: people commis...
11/08/2026

Construction is three parts. Care is seven. A Japanese gardener told us something that has stayed with us: people commission gardens, import the stone, source the maples — and a few years later, many are unrecognisable. They did not fail because the design was wrong. They failed because nobody explained what would happen after the last person left.

The same ratio runs through your home. Oak darkens. Lime plaster softens at the corners. Unlacquered brass gains a depth no factory finish can imitate. A home specified to age has its best years still ahead when the photographs are taken.

From our journal — 30% Construction, 70% Care. Link in bio.

The 2021 extension formula maximises floor area and spends your light. Kyoto's answer: the tsuboniwa 坪庭 — the courtyard ...
10/08/2026

The 2021 extension formula maximises floor area and spends your light.
Kyoto's answer: the tsuboniwa 坪庭 — the courtyard at the centre of the plan.
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“A lovely sanctuary that I look forward to going into every night.” Design as decision relief. Comment TIMELESS for Mast...
05/08/2026

“A lovely sanctuary that I look forward to going into every night.”

Design as decision relief.
Comment TIMELESS for Mastering Timeless Design.

Five daily Japanese rituals — ofuro, genkan, seasonal eating, sh*tsurai, shinrin-yoku.None involve design. All of them s...
04/08/2026

Five daily Japanese rituals — ofuro, genkan, seasonal eating, sh*tsurai, shinrin-yoku.
None involve design.
All of them should shape it.

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The furniture you inherited is not the problem. The rooms are. In Ealing, we built a Grade II listed home around antique...
03/08/2026

The furniture you inherited is not the problem.
The rooms are.
In Ealing, we built a Grade II listed home around antiques, art and muddy school shoes.

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