new chapters
for old homes
A design studio for the faithful revival of historic houses & the modern lives they hold.
We specialize in homes with history - the ones with a century of someone else’s decisions in the walls. Every project is a conversation between eras: the house says what it knows, you say what you need, and we design the space where those two things meet.
you need a better edit
You don’t need a page one rewrite
In our work, we see a house not as a blank canvas, but as a palimpsest—a layered manuscript of living. Every room holds echoes. Every surface bears the soft residue of past lives: footsteps worn into floorboards, mismatched nails in a plaster wall, the outline of a long-gone medicine cabinet etched in light.
These marks aren’t flaws. They’re evidence—that someone once lived here, loved here, changed here.
We don’t erase that. We compose with it.
you want to respect
your home’s history —
but also need it to work for your modern life
Where others might sand away, strip down, or “refresh” to a sterile newness, we choose instead to attend to what’s already there—shadows of hardware, patchwork repairs, original paint glimpsed beneath decades.
They remind us that time is not the enemy. Time is the collaborator.
see what speaks to you
PLAY WITH OUR PALETTE
No More Flipper Grey
“I went looking online for a designer who would know how to honor the house my grandfather built, but make it mine too. I felt like I saw the same thing over and over again. It was like, brown pony, brown pony, brown pony… and then there was Restoration Ryann… and it was like Boom, ZEBRA. I wanted the Zebra.”
- Katie L.
less gut job
more gut feeling
Led by award-winning writer turned designer, Ryann Ferguson, Restoration Ryann is a construction-forward boutique interior design studio rooted in Los Angeles and working across the U.S. and abroad. Ryann’s work has earned her a reputation for restraint, precision, and charm — welcomed by everyone from millennial homeowners to British aristocrats.
Today, Restoration Ryann sits at the intersection of storytelling and interior design, as part of the founder’s creative company, littlewow studios. New offerings will soon include digital and bespoke products, as well as community events.
Her team is also expanding with care: earnest, talented collaborators who know when to hold back, when to reveal, and when to let a space speak for itself.we design in conversation, not in conquest
our design ethos
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Start with structure
Surface beauty means nothing without integrity underneath.
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Restore with reverence
Don’t erase; attune.
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Listen more than you impose
The home already knows what it wants to be.
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Refinement is radical
Editing can be more powerful than reinvention.
You love old houses
and don’t want to ruin yours
Although it tells a story, interior design is ultimately a visual medium
Expertise you can trust. A burden you can put down. People you'll be glad to have beside you.
Our time together was such a success because of trust. Having been in many homes of Ryann's over the years, I knew that her taste and mine were extremely aligned and that she would do whatever was within her power to get me results I was happy with. The trust we build also meant that if I were at a crossroads and didn't know what decision to make design-wise, she could make one and I would trust her, which was such a relief. I can't recommend enough trusting the people that you hire! Ryann took a huge emotional load off my plate by making design decisions when I would feel overwhelmed by the options.
I could not recommend Ryann enough for her values, her taste, her level of communication and the people that she curates to work with. She also happens to be extremely fun to be around.- Sascha A.
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Old houses keep secrets. Our pricing doesn't.
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Transparent fees.
No sugarcoating.
There’s no single right way to make a home—or a life. Don’t fear your choices. Say yes. Trust your timing. Beauty will meet you there.
