HOW WE WORK

Plain English Design is a team of designers and cupboard makers. We work on projects with clients, architects, interior designers, and contractors. Our designs embrace traditional joinery methods for modern life.

THE PROCESS

A project begins with an initial design consultation, where we explore the practical requirements for the space and talk through possibilities. Following this initial meeting, we send you a preliminary sketch, an indication of cost, and a selection of inspirational images from our design archive. This provides you with materials to review before we proceed, moving on to develop a full set of plans and elevations for your room.

From there, in-person or virtual design meetings, along with site visits, allow our designers to respond creatively to new ideas and developments as the project progresses. Drawings are then further refined in collaboration with you and your team. We then supply final plans with specifications for all internal and external detailing, appliance selection, paint colours, and ironmongery.

After sign-off, the designs are sent to our workshops for manufacture. Our joinery is made by craftspeople who take pride in building our cupboards from start to finish, using traditional methods, before hand-painting, finishing, and carefully wrapping each cupboard, ready for delivery and installation by your contractors. From design to manufacture, we are also on hand to offer extensive assistance and guidance to your installation teams to create the desired outcome for the project.

Our joinery is crafted from the best possible materials and infused with a unique sense of detail and proportion, that can be used in any room and in any manner of architectural setting. From the country to the city, whether traditional or contemporary – we transform ideas and concepts into beautifully conceived designs that are both intelligently and meticulously realised. Handcrafted and hand-painted, the sum of the parts, all elements considered.

Our designers in the US work across the whole of North America with our latest projects located in Nashville TN, Nantucket MA, Los Angeles CA, Sun Valley ID, Jackson Hole WY, New Orleans LA, Greenwich CT, Austin TX, New York NY and San Francisco CA.

If you’d like to get started with our design service, contact our team today. Make an enquiry online, contact us by phone or email, or, if you are local to one of our showrooms in the USA, why not visit us – no appointment is needed. Find out more about Plain English, view our brochure, or see examples of our work in the press.

If you have any queries, see our FAQ’s or get in touch below.

NEW YORK DESIGN STUDIO

212 203 0726
hello@plainenglishdesign.com

LOS ANGELES DESIGN STUDIO

323 410 1557
hello@plainenglishdesign.com

For enquiries outside of America, please visit our UK website.