Studio Ferme is an award-winning, full-service interior design studio based in Austin, Texas. We offer residential design services, including new construction, renovations and additions, custom millwork and furniture design, interior decoration and styling. Our ethos is ‘mindful design’ — a holistic approach that considers sustainability, climate resiliency, well-being, inclusivity, and empathy in all design endeavors.
All design concepts and selections take into account environmental and health impacts and material life cycles, in hopes that our choices will leave a gentler footprint on the planet and promote wellbeing for people and the natural world. As climate change challenges us to be more conscious, proactive, and resilient, the standards and practices in the architecture and design and building communities are also changing. We encourage our clients to join this meaningful paradigm shift.
The scale and flexibility of spaces and structures, product quality and durability, climate resiliency, embodied carbon, local sourcing, indoor air quality and comfort, non-toxic and regenerative materials, repurposing and recycling, daylighting, indoor/outdoor connection, biophilia, water, solar energy and electrification, and ethical production are key among many considerations we take into account – all integrated seamlessly into the aesthetic goals of a project.
We articulate a felt sense of comfort and wellness in our work, and how inhabitants may feel the most inspired, welcomed, safe, healthy, energized, and relaxed and at peace. Together with our clients and consultants, we explore how a space can best serve inhabitants as they navigate the demands of modern life.
We strive to design for empathy for the human experience – physical, emotional and visceral – including what we aspire to feel and to share in a space. Empathic design ensures our interiors are thoughtful and respectful — from natural daylight, to efficient floor plans and useful storage, to handmade and natural items, to comfortable furnishings that positively engage our senses.
Our designs are warm, casual, and modern, and take inspiration from the Japanese concept of ‘wabi-sabi,’ honoring the simplicity and beautiful imperfections found in nature. These spaces may be minimalist and uncluttered, while they are also layered, vibrant, and inviting.
Client relationships are valued with the same level of care, with transparency, kindness, excellent communication, and an often-needed sense of humor. Our process, design phases, and construction observation are detailed in advance and tailored to the goals for each client.
Studio Ferme also provides consultant design services for affordable and supportive housing, educational facilities, and mixed-use commercial projects for non-profit organizations.
We offer Styling Services for architectural photography, editorial shoots, content shoots and other special projects. Please contact us here for more information.
Adrienne Lee Farmer (she/her) is the principal designer at the helm of Studio Ferme.
Adrienne has always been drawn to architecture and interiors, particularly stunning minimalist kitchens, retreat-style bathrooms with nature views, furniture and millwork design, and handmade textiles and ceramics. The creativity, the art forms, and the many emotional and cultural meanings in design sparked her energy over time. Ultimately, she immersed herself in the professional interior design industry a bit unconventionally.
Via backgrounds in sociology and anthropology, environmental health and justice, holistic wellness, farm-to-table nutrition, cooking and teaching in commercial and private kitchens, and freelancing as a prop and food stylist for photography, Adrienne has carried her knowledge and eye to the trade, weaving common threads in these various fields into her emotive designs.
Influenced especially by her culinary experience, she has been recognized for her chef-worthy home kitchens that are both inspirational and functional. She designs kitchens for people who cook and for families who make messes. Though her attention to detail and stress-saving functionality will show up in every room!
As a designer and stylist, Adrienne collaborates with clients, architects, photographers, chefs, event designers, artists, carpenters, makers, and other creatives to compose a variety of spaces, experiences, and imagery. We love collaboration at Studio Ferme – please reach out to connect!
Adrienne integrates sustainability and wellness goals harmoniously into all projects. Studio Ferme utilizes sustainable, ethical and healthy materials standards and specifications — including LEED, WELL, Living Building Challenge, and Mindful Materials.
Addition consultations and speaking engagements on sustainable design are also available in tandem with our frequent design collaborator Trey Farmer, AIA, CPHC, LEED AP, our green building expert. Consulting on Passive House, building science, climate action and resiliency, Trey is a licensed architect with Forge Craft Architecture and Design. He serves on the Austin Passive House Alliance board and the National Passive House Alliance Council, and the City of Austin Resource Management Council.
Adrienne currently lives in the Theresa Passive House project with a magical, rambunctious preschooler and muse, who holds construction vehicles, equal rights, and all things colorful in high esteem, along with a fluffy Great Pyrenees guardian. In her free time, Adrienne enjoys making low-pressure art work, meditation, gathering with community, food culture, nature, and is an advocate for social progress and justice, including issues of education, diversity, felt safety, health, equity, and inclusivity — and envisioning that all people of all ages, backgrounds, identities, bodies, life experiences, and histories may feel loved, safe, empowered, and a sense of belonging for simply being who are they are.
