L’AGENCE Interior Design designs complete interior decoration projects in Cannes: materials, colours, furniture, lighting and finishes, without altering partitions or services. The project is led by Natacha Nicolet, interior architect and space designer, from the first moodboard to the installation of the last object, for an interior delivered fully finished and furnished.
What the decoration brief includes
The brief covers the complete dressing of the space. A palette of materials and colours. Wall and floor finishes. Cornices, mouldings, backlighting, wood veneers. Curtains and textiles. Selection of furniture, lighting and rugs. Custom-designed furniture when the space requires it. Accessories, objects and artworks.
Everything is presented as mood boards, then as 3D views, then costed line by line and room by room before any order is placed. You see the result and its price at the same time, which is the only way to make decisions with peace of mind.
This is a design service, not shopping support. Every choice is designed for the space, and implementation is coordinated by the studio: placing orders, tracking lead times with publishers and workshops, finishing trades, acceptance, delivery and installation.
Which projects this brief is relevant for
For us, decoration is most often the final act of a global project. In the three projects mentioned below, it comes after a full renovation or an overall design: that is where it delivers the best result, because the volumes, light and services have already been addressed.
A decoration-only brief remains possible, on two conditions. First, the property must be sound: no reconfiguration required, no services to redo. Second, the project’s level of expectation must match that of the studio, because our added value is design and coordination, not furniture selection. Below a certain scope, a lighter level of support will serve you better, and we will tell you so during the advisory visit.
What decoration does not include
Decoration stops where major works begin. Reconfiguring rooms, opening up partitions, redoing electrical or plumbing services, creating a shower room: all of this falls under interior layout or a full renovation.
This boundary protects your budget more than it restricts the brief. Decorating a property that should have been transformed first means paying twice, and in the meantime living in an interior that is pretty and poorly planned. If your project affects the structure, that is where you must start; decoration will be the final act, and the most enjoyable.
Our delivered decoration projects
Gaïa
Gaïa, in Roquefort-les-Pins: full renovation and turnkey decoration of a 260 m² villa, a second home for Parisian clients. It was conceived as a Mediterranean holiday home, in a warm, organic register. A balance between authenticity, with stone flooring and wooden furniture, and a confident design, in the choice of lighting as well as in the design of the many pieces made to measure for the project.
Victoria
Victoria, on Rue d’Antibes in Cannes: two adjoining apartments combined into a contemporary 70 m² pied-à-terre for Parisian clients. The decoration plays on volume rather than accumulation: full-height pivot doors, cornices highlighted by subtle lighting, furniture entirely designed by the studio, a tightly curated selection of decorative elements.
Romana
Romana, in Cannes: bespoke decoration of a 90 m² villa ground floor, reimagined with Parisian codes. Versailles parquet, beams concealed within arches, cornices and mouldings, and an Art Deco-inspired glass partition designed specifically for the space.
How does a decoration brief unfold?
The process follows our three-phase method, focused on its aesthetic side.
First, an advisory visit: assessment, reading the property’s potential, and a survey of what constrains the project. Then a preliminary design, with mood boards and furniture layout plans, to validate a direction before going into detail. Then detailed design: 3D views, materials and finishes boards, selection of pieces, an estimated overall budget costed line by line, all brought together in a Décor Book.
Finally comes coordination: orders, production follow-up, finishing trades, receipt of deliveries and installation. This is the longest phase in lead times and the shortest in decisions.
Why entrust your decoration to an interior architect?
Because decoration is decided on the plan before it is decided on the palette. Well-chosen furniture in an approximate layout plan will still be poorly placed, and decorative lighting installed without thinking about existing light points will remain a compromise.
The brief is led by an interior architect covered by ten-year liability insurance and professional civil liability insurance, who approaches decoration as a complete project: layout plans, custom furniture drawings, line-by-line costing, coordination of all parties and acceptance.
In Cannes, the building stock also requires precise trade-offs. In the bourgeois buildings of the centre, mouldings and ceiling heights dictate furniture proportions. In the residences along La Croisette, large volumes and frontal light call for textile and finish choices you would not make in a north-facing apartment. In the hinterland, the question shifts again: our page on interior decoration in Mougins explains how we handled southern light and furniture designed around inherited objects.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between an interior decorator and your decoration service?
The brief is led by an interior architect: layout plans, custom furniture drawings, detailed costing and coordination of all parties, under ten-year insurance and professional civil liability. The scope is broader than furnishing advice, and so is the responsibility.
Do you supply the furniture?
Yes. The studio places the orders, tracks lead times with publishers and workshops, and coordinates delivery and installation. The property is handed over ready to live in.
Do you do decoration outside Cannes?
Yes. The studio works in Mougins, Antibes and Cap d’Antibes, Mandelieu-la-Napoule, Valbonne and Saint-Tropez, and travels beyond when the project justifies it: Gaïa was delivered in Roquefort-les-Pins, Felipa in Villefranche-sur-Mer.
How much does interior decoration in Cannes cost?
The budget depends on the surface area, the chosen scope and the level of the furniture and finishes. It is costed line by line and room by room at the detailed design stage, and agreed with you before any order is placed.
Do you work with furniture we already own?
Yes, and that is often what gives the project its character. On the California villa in Mougins, the bespoke furniture was specifically designed to showcase decorative objects inherited by the clients.
