Services
The Olivier Berni Intérieurs decoration agency offers its clients a comprehensive space design solution, serving both private individuals and professionals, in France and abroad. The offering includes, on one hand, an Interior Architecture service complemented, on the other, by an Interior Decoration service. The Interior Architecture component essentially consists of developing a decorative concept based on the property’s characteristics in alignment with the client’s tastes, budget, and expectations. Once this decorative concept is precisely defined, it is developed in the form of a technical and aesthetic dossier. The dossier is then presented to companies to obtain comprehensive pricing as well as a detailed execution schedule. The decoration agency then undertakes to oversee the project on behalf of its clients to ensure compliance with allocated deadlines, budget, as well as the project’s technical and qualitative requirements.
Why choose an interior designer ?
An interior architect helps their client, commonly referred to as the project owner, to structure and redefine the space under consideration within the framework of the project entrusted to them. The interior architect, or decorator, conceptualizes and redefines a space where aesthetic and functional criteria must meet the client’s tastes and requirements, in accordance with their budget and technical constraints. While the interior architect begins their reflection by considering the available space and volumes to be cleared, in an overall plan developed in collaboration with the project owner, they must also integrate into their thinking the variety of materials and technical issues (lighting, home automation, etc.). The interior architect is the most suitable interlocutor when it comes to carrying out a complete project combining restructuring, development, and layout work (plumbing, walls to be demolished, stairs to be created, etc.) with a purely decorative component.
An interior architect is therefore the ideal interlocutor for an individual wishing to engage the services of a professional capable of both staging a sophisticated decorative universe while addressing complex technical issues. Successfully renovating a primary or secondary residence indeed requires enlisting the services of an inspired, versatile, and experienced professional. The same applies to a commercial project. An entrepreneur wishing to invest in their work tools to launch or relaunch their business would appropriately turn to a confirmed interior architect. Striking decoration is often the key to success for many establishments open to the public, such as restaurants, bars, hotels, or shops, wishing to make a difference in an increasingly competitive environment, particularly in the luxury segment.
How is a planning project devised ?
A first informal meeting between the interior architect and the client allows for the exchange of general ideas about the nature of the project and artistic direction. After this initial contact, ideally followed immediately by a site visit, the reflection process begins. The budget allocated to the project is discussed. A dimensional survey carried out by a surveyor is scheduled to establish a precise plan of the existing space. After defining the project owner’s needs, expectations, and desires, the decorator proposes a first draft of potential space layout. They simultaneously submit to the client a selection of materials, fabrics, furniture, lighting fixtures… The interior architect then creates a dossier, developed in phases, composed notably of overall plans, detailed plans, drawings, sketches, and specifications.
A first dossier, commonly called Preliminary Project Summary (or APS), offers the client different stylistic proposals and layout options. The APS generally brings together circulation and principle plans, black and white sketches, mood boards… After validation by the client of the direction they wish to give their project comes the time for the Detailed Preliminary Project (or APD). This new phase involves definitively confirming the direction one wishes to give the project by getting into the details, as its name indicates. The dossier then focuses on the technical options selected, based on the project’s characteristics. The client receives plans, elevations, sections, and perspectives of each room. From black and white sketches, we move, with this new phase, to colored documents facilitating immersion in the project. Upon validation of this second phase, the dossier is submitted to preselected companies to obtain competitive pricing. The interior architect and client can then choose together the most relevant services, precisely estimate the overall cost, and realistically consider the duration of the upcoming construction work. This working method allows all parties involved (client, companies, stakeholders, and project owner) to have a full and complete understanding of the project.
What is on-site supervision ?
Construction site supervision constitutes the final and optional stage of an interior architecture service. The Olivier Berni Intérieurs decoration agency offers this complementary service allowing the client to delegate to the agency the supervision of their construction site as well as the coordination of different stakeholders for the proper execution of works within the allocated timeframe. This option can be subscribed at any time, from the first appointment or at the end of the design project.
The Olivier Berni Intérieurs decoration agency therefore guarantees, by taking responsibility for construction site supervision, its proper conduct by committing particularly to respecting delivery deadlines, the quality of executed work, compliance with specifications, and adherence to the allocated budget. Note that the Olivier Berni Intérieurs agency manages the administrative follow-up of the project by conducting regular meetings with the companies involved in the work. Olivier Berni Intérieurs also develops and distributes related construction site reports to keep stakeholders informed. These reports also contribute to keeping the client perfectly informed about the progress of their construction site.
What is antique brokerage ?
The Olivier Berni Intérieurs decoration agency offers its clients a unique antique and art object brokerage service. Within the framework of its high-end projects, the agency takes care of researching and selecting furniture, antiques, art objects, and decorative accessories. To do this, Olivier Berni Intérieurs calls upon its network of exclusive suppliers and intermediaries. This option complements its traditional advisory activity inherent to the interior decorator profession. Olivier Berni Intérieurs also handles all the supplies and accessories necessary for the complete takeover of a property by its clients in a perfectly finished decor. The agency indeed takes care of everything, from the selection of supplies to their delivery, including purchase control and merchandise reception before installation.
What decorative styles does Olivier Berni Intérieurs offer ?
The Olivier Berni Intérieurs agency creates eclectic decorative projects, drawing from multiple sources of inspiration, for French and international clientele with varied tastes. This is what makes the strength and originality of its bespoke offering. While the agency is renowned for its interiors in the purest classical vein of the French 18th and 19th centuries, where tradition rhymes with heritage, Olivier Berni Intérieurs also offers resolutely contemporary decoration projects. These projects, in a decidedly chic and trendy style, draw their inspiration from 20th-century artistic movements such as Modern style or Art Deco. The complementarity of these offerings allows the agency to fully respond to all requests from a heterogeneous and demanding clientele wishing to engage the services of a decorator who plays with the codes of both tradition and modernity.
