Guides
Budgets, method and guides by canton
Office storage is a calculation, not a guess
Depths, heights, capacity per shelf: how to size office cabinet storage for a Swiss office, with numbers you can plan on.
The frame decides more than the top
A steel desk survives an office fit-out better than most furniture, if you read the frame, the coating and the load rating before the finish.
The workstation that stops hurting your back
Chairs, sit-stand desks, monitor arms: how to think about the ergonomic equipment of an office workstation, beyond simple accessories.
The furniture that outlives three renovations
Steel cabinets, shelving and pedestals compared: why metal office furniture outlasts melamine, resists fire and stays recyclable in a Swiss office.
Grey, the quiet colour that brings order to the office
Neutral, bright and timeless: how to choose a grey office desk in melamine for a professional Swiss workplace.
The seat your visitors judge you by
Choosing a side office chair for meeting rooms and reception: cantilever or four legs, seat height, stacking and budget in Switzerland.
The small parts that make a screen workstation work
Monitor arm, footrest, laptop stand, separate keyboard: the ergonomic office accessories that set up a workstation without new furniture.
The all-white office, designed as one ensemble
How coordinated white office furniture sets unify an office, reflect light and age well: method and Swiss cost benchmarks for B2B spaces.
The sit-stand desk almost always forgets a third support
Seat height, footring, active sitting: how to choose a tall office chair for standing desk for a height-adjustable desk in Switzerland.
The form worth 20'000 francs — and why it has to be filed before the work starts
Energy renovation subsidies Switzerland: what gets funded, the 2026 amounts, filing before works begin and the realistic payback.
Before a wall moves by the lake: who does what, and who signs
Hiring an interior designer in Lugano: roles, project phases, fees, notifica or building application, condominium rules and the Italian border effect.
From factory loft to old town: shaping spaces that fit Winterthur
Interior designer Winterthur: the role, the phases, the fees, and what the Sulzerareal, the old town and heritage protection mean for your project.
Oriels, Stucco and the Abbey District: Rethinking Eastern Swiss Rooms
What an interior designer St. Gallen costs, when one is worth it and how to plan in the old town and under heritage protection.
Renovating in Lausanne: the professional people call too late
What an interior designer in Lausanne actually does, when to hire one, what it costs — and why your building's heritage rating changes everything.
Two fee proposals, one double the other, for the same apartment: what the amount doesn't tell you
Flat fee, hourly rate or percentage of the cost of works: what an interior architect really costs in Switzerland, and how to compare two fee proposals.
What Nobody Tells You Before Remodelling a Flat in Geneva
Role, fees, LCI and APA permits: the concrete guide to choosing an interior designer Geneva and avoiding nasty surprises.
Why a kitchen so often ends up costing double the showroom price
Price ranges by standard, hidden costs — installation, connections, appliances — and the layout question: the real price of a kitchen in Switzerland.
Renovating a Valais chalet without betraying the mountain
Role, phases and fees of an interior designer Valais: chalets, mayens, second homes and the Lex Weber, from diagnosis to site.
Why two identical bathrooms never cost the same price
Realistic price ranges, the breakdown by trade and the pitfalls of older buildings: what makes the price of a bathroom renovation vary in Switzerland.
What the Lower Town Demands of Your Renovation
Hiring an interior designer in Fribourg: role, phases, fees and the heritage constraints of the medieval Lower Town and the cantonal Cultural Heritage Service.
Load-bearing wall or partition: how to tell before you break through a wall at home
Thickness, alignment between floors, sound when tapped: the signs that suggest a load-bearing wall — before getting it confirmed by a structural engineer.
Renovating a Neuchâtel home without getting the priorities wrong
Role, phases, fees: what an interior designer Neuchâtel really brings to a project, between an old building stock, yellow stone and protected zones.
Fitting out an office in Switzerland: budget, stages and mistakes to avoid
Realistic budgets, accessibility and fire-safety standards, the works clause in the lease: what a professional office fit-out really involves in Switzerland.
Are your offices actually working for you?
A guide to office fit-out for companies in Switzerland: area per workstation, open-plan vs cellular, project phases and cost per m².
Renovating by the lake: what Ticino really changes about your project
Costs per m², process and permits: our concrete guide to apartment renovation Ticino, between Mediterranean climate, terraces and a cross-border market.
The professional you call already sets your budget
Interior decorator or interior designer: two different jobs, two price tags, two scopes. The guide to choosing the right one for your project.
The wall standing between your two nicest rooms
An open-plan kitchen living room transforms a flat, but it all hinges on one wall: load-bearing or not, permits, costs and pitfalls to know first.
40 m² that live like 60: the method
A good small apartment layout isn't about buying small furniture, it's about distributing uses and reclaiming usable square metres. A concrete method.
Renovating in Switzerland: the two quotes you can't compare
Interior designer vs general contractor for your renovation? Two models, two ways of billing, two ways the risk is split. What each one really costs you.
What a Zürich period building hides before you open the first wall
Role, fees, core zones and ISOS: the concrete guide to choosing an interior designer Zurich and avoiding nasty surprises in an old building.
What the arcades allow, and what they don't
An interior designer in Bern: role, phases, fees, and what heritage protection and the building inventory impose on a flat in the sandstone Old Town.
Reworking an old-town flat in Basel without falling foul of heritage rules
What an interior designer Basel handles with Altbau flats, protected zones and permits: role, phases, fees and the point at which the collaboration pays off.
Before you open a wall in Lucerne's old town
What an interior designer Lucerne actually does, when to hire one, what it costs — and why the old town, the lake and heritage protection change everything.
Living by Lake Zug: what a high-end fit-out really demands
What does an interior designer Zug do, what fees to expect and when to hire one? A realistic guide for demanding lakeside projects in the canton.
How much does an apartment renovation cost in the canton of Vaud? Realistic 2026 budgets
A realistic order of magnitude for each spending category on a project in the canton of Vaud, and why two quotes for the same apartment can vary by as much as double.
How much does an apartment renovation cost in Geneva?
A realistic order of magnitude for each spending category, and why the gap between two quotes can be as much as double on the very same apartment.
5 mistakes to avoid before renovating your home
The most costly ones aren't the ones you'd expect — they almost always happen before the first hammer blow.
Renovating a 1960s apartment in Zurich: where to start
These buildings have qualities you no longer find in new construction — and quite specific technical constraints that are best anticipated.
Bespoke furniture or off-the-shelf: what it really changes for your budget
The price gap is real, but it isn't calculated the way people assume — and it doesn't always run in the direction you'd expect.
How to prepare your brief before contacting an interior architect
Ten minutes of preparation before the first conversation changes the quality of every quote that follows.
Designing a light-filled interior in Ticino: the codes of the south
Light and materials behave differently in Ticino than in the rest of Switzerland — and that concretely changes the design choices.