Coastal holiday home designed by Studio AROS, featured in the studio journal
Studio AROS Journal

Notes from the studio.

Field notes on holiday home interiors, coastal interior design, organic natural-material homes and the small decisions that shape projects across the UK.

Considered writing on the work we do best, holiday homes, coastal retreats and organic interiors, for owners and operators thinking about their next project.

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Recent Writing

Ownership Sunlit open-plan living room of a coastal holiday home, with tall windows framing a view of the sea

Owning the dream together: a holiday home’s legal groundwork

A holiday home is bought with the heart but signed for with paperwork buyers rarely expect. The legal groundwork worth knowing before you complete.

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Holiday Homes Holiday home living space with coastal interior design by Studio AROS

How to plan a holiday home interior that lasts

Planning a holiday home interior that survives real use. Materials, layouts, lighting and the unglamorous calls that compound across a busy season.

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Coastal Design Coastal interior design exterior on the Gower

Coastal interior design: a field guide from the Gower

How to design a coastal interior that feels of its place rather than themed. A look at palette, material and the texture of British coastal light.

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Gower Gower coastline view from a Studio AROS holiday home

Gower interior design: working in an AONB

Why the Gower’s landscape and material story should drive the interior, and how we balance planning constraint with hospitality-grade design.

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Organic Interiors Organic interiors with natural materials in a coastal home

What ‘organic interiors’ really means

The phrase has been worn smooth. Here’s the version we work to: rooms shaped around honest materials, soft light, and time.

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Holiday Lets Bedroom in a holiday let designed by Studio AROS

How to design a holiday let guests rebook

Designing a let so a couple feels cocooned, a family of eight feels comfortably hosted, and the property still photographs honestly in year ten.

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