Dim living room at dusk with a linen curtain, a cane lounge chair and a walnut sideboard
oriel.

ORIELATELIER.

Working from ChicagoEst. 2011

We plan rooms around the way a household actually moves, then photograph the result in its own light.

See the work

Rooms we have finished

Living room corner with a dark timber credenza and hard window-grid shadowsView more Alder Court A whole-house rework for a family that cooks, hosts and never quite sits down. 2024Evanston, IL Dining room with a plaster arch niche and a dark oval stone tableView more Fenwick Row A narrow row house opened up around one long plaster arch. 2023Hinsdale, IL Warm living room with a sculpted timber coffee table and a striped wool rugView more Marlowe House A new build finished in timber and lime so it read lived in from the first week. 2024Madison, WI Office lounge with a person walking past a glass partitionView more Quarry Loft A shared studio floor for a practice that cannot stand meeting rooms. 2023Milwaukee, WI Dark kitchen with a honed stone island and a warm light coveView more The Pressworks A former print shop turned into a dark, quiet kitchen and bar. 2022Grand Rapids, MI Double-height brick room with a black steel mezzanine stairView more The Drying House A brick drying house reopened as a photography studio and showroom. 2022Duluth, MN

Services

What the studio does

We start with how the day runs, then draw the plan, the joinery and the lighting around it. One team carries the drawings, the trades, procurement and the final install, so nothing is handed off halfway.

Rooms that take a crowd and still read calm, specified for wear, acoustics and the reality of a cleaning cart at midnight.

Four sessions to settle layout, materials and budget before you hire anyone else.

Sourcing, commissioned pieces and artwork placement, delivered and styled in a single visit so the house is finished rather than nearly finished.

About us

About the studio

Oriel Atelier is a small interiors and photography practice that treats listening as the first drawing.

We work slowly, specify in person, and close every project with a shoot, so the rooms are remembered the way they felt on the day they were finished.

Coverage

Read about us elsewhere.

High contrast black and white photograph of a concrete stair and a hard diagonal shadow

A studio to watch across the Midwest.

Interior Quarterly Black and white photograph of a bare branch shadow across a plaster facade

Rethinking the family kitchen.

Plane and Surface Black and white night photograph of a lit concrete stair

The Drying House takes the reuse prize.

Northlight Review Black and white photograph of a person walking past a pale concrete wall

Six studios changing how homes get made.

Studio Notes

Come and talk.

Email

hello@oriel.example
Black and white photograph of a lit concrete stair at night

Phone

(555) 018-2240
Dark kitchen with a warm light cove under the cabinets