Interior Designers in the Cotswolds
Luxury Interior Design for Cotswold Homes
Studio Bellord is a Cotswolds-based interior design studio specialising in high-end residential interiors for country houses and long-term family homes across the region, from the villages such as Burford, Stow-on-the-Wold and Kingham to the wider Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire countryside.
Based in Great Rissington, just outside Bourton-on-the-Water, we work with clients throughout the Cotswolds to design homes that balance architectural sensitivity with modern family living.
With extensive experience working on Cotswold properties, from period buildings to evolving family residences, we design interiors that respect historic fabric while supporting how our clients live today.
Working with an Interior Designer in the Cotswolds
Working with an interior designer in the Cotswolds requires more than aesthetic instinct. Homes here often carry layers of architectural history, from listed farmhouses and converted barns to evolving family country houses, each demanding a sensitive and informed approach.
As a Cotswold interior design studio, we create considered, enduring interiors that respond to both the architectural integrity of a building and the realities of modern family life. Our work has been recognised in leading design publications and reflects a thoughtful, long-term approach to country house interiors.
We understand the practical realities of working within conservation settings, including planning constraints and the unique material character of Cotswold stone properties.
We approach these projects with a clear understanding of how to respect historic fabric while supporting modern family living, ensuring each scheme feels both coherent and enduring.
Our work spans Cotswold interior design projects across Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire, including Stow-on-the-Wold, The Slaughters, Chipping Campden and Cirencester, as well as the surrounding countryside. This local knowledge enables us to balance architectural integrity with contemporary life, ensuring each home feels both rooted in place and entirely personal to those who live there.
Rather than imposing a fixed style, our role within interior design in the Cotswolds is to bring clarity, structure and long-term thinking to each project, creating interiors that feel cohesive, considered and enduring.
Designing Cotswold Homes
Designing Cotswold homes calls for a careful balance between architectural sensitivity and modern living. Many properties in the region have evolved over centuries, resulting in layered layouts, varied proportions and a richness of character that must be handled with care.
Our work often involves:
- Working with historic materials, proportions and architectural detailing
- Designing interiors that complement listed and period properties
- Balancing traditional architecture with contemporary living
- Designing for both seasonal use and everyday family life
- Creating flow within houses that have evolved organically over time
We work closely with architects and wider project teams, focusing on how interior spaces will function, feel and endure. Our role is to bring clarity and cohesion to the lived environment, ensuring that each decision strengthens the character of the house while supporting how our clients live.
Selected Projects
Our portfolio includes a range of Cotswold homes, each shaped by the architecture of the house
and the way our clients live.
Cotswold Country Retreat
A sensitive reworking of a period Cotswolds property, designed to support modern family life while preserving the home’s original character. The scheme focused on improving flow, layering natural materials and introducing practical storage, creating spaces that feel comfortable, considered and quietly timeless.
Cotswold Country Residence
A full interior design scheme for a long-term family country house, shaped by careful space planning and a clear understanding of how the home would be lived in over time. The design balances practicality with warmth, ensuring the interiors feel coherent, adaptable and enduring.
Cotswold Barn
A layered interior scheme for a historic rural barn, bringing clarity and cohesion to a characterful setting. Natural textures, restrained colour and bespoke details were used to soften the architecture, creating a calm, welcoming home that respects its agricultural origins.
Each project reflects our belief that successful interiors are as much about
how a home works as how it looks.
Our interior design services
As an interior designer in the Cotswolds, Studio Bellord offers a full-service approach supporting projects from initial concept through to completion. Our work is shaped by the architecture of the house and the way our clients live. Our services typically include:
- Full interior design and renovation support
- Space planning and reconfiguration
- Bespoke joinery and storage design
- Furniture, lighting and finishes specification
- Long-term design strategy and future-proofing
- On-site coordination, installation and final styling
Our work is particularly suited to clients seeking a thoughtful, well-resolved home rather than a fast, trend-led scheme.
How we work
Our interior design process is shaped to support complex, often long-term projects typical of Cotswolds homes. We work alongside our clients, architects and contractors to bring clarity to each stage, from early planning through to installation on site. Our process is designed to:
- Provide clear direction at each decision point
- Support projects that evolve over time
- Reduce overwhelm on complex renovations
- Ensure the finished home feels cohesive and well resolved
We place strong emphasis on communication, pacing and considered decision-making, allowing projects to unfold naturally while maintaining momentum.
Is Studio Bellord right for you?
Our approach is particularly well suited to clients who:
Our approach may not be the right fit if you are looking for:
- are planning a renovation or long-term home in the Cotswolds
- value a design approach shaped by the client, the architecture and how the home will be lived in, rather than a fixed house style
- prefer a calm, structured design process
- want a home that supports family life without feeling over-designed
- value quality, longevity and thoughtful decision-making
- fast, trend-led interiors or short-term design solutions
- purely decorative schemes without a wider, considered brief
- projects driven by speed rather than considered design process
- projects focused on individual rooms rather than a holistic, whole-home approach
Frequently asked questions
Do you work across the whole Cotswolds?
Yes — we undertake interior design projects throughout the Cotswolds including Bourton-on-the-Water, Stow-on-the-Wold, Chipping Campden, Burford, Chippng Norton, Cirencester, the Slaughters and the wider Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire countryside, depending on the nature of the project.
Do you design listed buildings?
Yes. We regularly work with period and listed properties and understand the sensitivities involved.
Do you work on family homes?
Family living is central to our work. We design homes that evolve with changing needs.
Can you support full renovations?
Yes — we often work alongside architects and contractors on full renovation projects.
You can find answers to further common questions on our FAQs page.
Client & Collaborator Reviews
“
Camilla and Tom were a joy to work with. They instinctively understood exactly what I wanted and presented ideas that felt both clear and exciting. Their approach was collaborative and thoughtful throughout, and I would have no hesitation in recommending them.
Dorcas George-Jones
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Camilla and Tom’s attention to detail was impeccable and they always remained available and responsive. As a result, the project progressed smoothly and was completed to an exceptionally high standard.
Claire Manning
Building Contractor
Get in Touch
We take on a select number of projects across the Cotswolds each year. If you have a project in mind, we would be delighted to hear from you.