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Colourful, elegant interiors, designed around you

I work with your home, its light and the way you live, adding personality, solving tricky spaces and creating rooms that are as beautiful as they are brilliant to live in.

English interior designer, living in France for over 15 years. In your home in Les Landes and the Basque Country, online everywhere else.

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A flat in Biarritz, interior design by L’anglaise

My packages

From a single consultation to a complete project

Natalia Acklam, L'anglaise

Hello, I'm Natalia

An English interior designer, in France for over 15 years

I trained at Central Saint Martins and worked as an interior stylist in London before moving to Les Landes. I've run my own business since 2014, creating spaces that are beautiful, practical and very much yours, on a budget that works for you.

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Where I work

Les Landes, the Basque Country, and online everywhere

I'm based in Bénesse-Maremne, in the south of Les Landes. I come to you anywhere in Les Landes and the Basque Country, and work with everyone else remotely.

On site

Home consultation (2 hours): €290. After that, decoration follow-up and styling, quoted individually. Planning permission and official drawings with partner architects.

Online

Anywhere in France and abroad: online packages, video calls, and everything delivered as PDFs.

Travel

Outside Les Landes and the Basque Country, travel costs are quoted up front, before you commit to anything.

HossegorCapbretonSeignosseSoustonsLabenneDaxBayonneAngletBiarritzSaint-Jean-de-Luz

In their own words

Kind words

“
A brilliant collaboration with Natalia, spread over three years! […] Highlights: she really listens, she understands what you need and how you live, and she still brings ideas ‘we’d never have thought of’. […] Natalia thinks of everything, sees it through to the end, makes suggestions, brings originality and has ‘good taste’. A success in every way.
Catherine D.
House · Capbreton · Google review · October 2024
“
Very happy with the work Natalia did in my optician's shop. She managed to bring everything I wanted together and the result is fabulous. Every day customers ask me who did it, because the whole shop feels so warm and welcoming. A thousand thanks to her and her team, I'd book her again without a second thought for the next shop!
Julie Optique
Shop · Anglet · Houzz review · July 2021
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Just a quick note to thank you for the shop renovation. You did a really good job: the shop feels modern and uncluttered, and the new layout makes it much easier to work in. We love hearing our customers say it every day: what a lovely shop!
Pierre Marès
Manager · Culture Sud, Capbreton · June 2021
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She's been with us from the very start of this lovely project. She took care of all the interior design […]. What a joy it is to work alongside you. Hats off to your great professionalism, […] your generosity, and the way you stay calm and cheerful even when things get really stressful.
La Guinguette de la Marquèze
Restaurant · Josse · Instagram · July 2020
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Natalia created a completely new look and atmosphere for our agency. We get a huge amount of positive feedback from our clients and are thrilled with her work.
Xavier Chicoye
Agent · AXA, Soustons · January 2020
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Excellent work from Natalia on the layout and decoration of our home, inside and out. Attentive, always available and creative, Natalia helped us create a project that really feels like us and meets all our needs.
Alain & Lucia
Homeowners · Houzz review · April 2019
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Natalia developed exactly the style I had in mind. Rethinking the rooms and choosing the colours, materials and furniture gave the place a real identity. The result is beyond my expectations!
Rémi
Homeowner · house renovation · July 2018

Reviews sent to me directly by clients or posted on Google, Houzz and Instagram, not verified by a third party, newest first. Translated from French. All reviews →

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The Journal

Ideas, colour and behind the scenes

Interior design tips, projects in progress and places I love, in Les Landes, the Basque Country and beyond.

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Colour

Mood boards: what are they for, and how do you read one?

One page that brings colours, materials and objects together, and saves you from buying the wrong things. A how-to, with a real example.

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Light, colour, storage and the details that make the photo: what guests really care about.

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The studio

An interior designer in Les Landes and the Basque Country: on site or online?

How I work, where I travel, and how to choose between an on-site project and an online package.

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