EmpatiaDesign Alvor · Algarve
House with outdoor area and garden, an Empatia Design project in the Algarve

Interior design in the Algarve

Homes designed around the people who live in them.

We design your home one stage at a time. You see it before it exists, and decide with the drawings in front of you, never in the dark.

Studio in Alvor since 2022

We start by understanding how you will actually live in the house. Everything else follows from that.

Bedroom with wooden headboard and natural light

New build

You are building

You are still in time to change your mind without it costing you money. We come in before the architectural design is closed, while everything can still be settled in a conversation.

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Open-plan living room and kitchen after renovation

Renovation

You are renovating

The two questions everybody asks first: how much, and how long. We answer in stages, with real figures before you decide.

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How we work

Four stages, decided one at a time.

1

Concept

Site visit, survey, base plans, layout and moodboard. Closes with the concept approved.

2

3D visualisation

Materials, lighting and images of the space as it will look, before it exists.

3

Technical drawings

Lighting and finishes plans, bespoke joinery drawings and a schedule of works for pricing contractors.

4

Selection and costing

Final selection, supplier quotes and the full dossier, with figures, quantities and lead times.

Execution is decided at the end of the fourth stage, with the real quotes in front of you.

Projects

Before and after

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Living room before the works Living room and kitchen after the design, with slatted wooden panel BEFOREAFTER

Kitchen wall removed so the living area gains the light from the main opening, and a slatted panel hiding the storage without closing the space.

Interior of an Empatia Design project

The studio

We design across the Algarve, for people who live here and for people who come from far away.

Many of our clients live far away and only see the house on the day they arrive. Until then we are the ones who go, and everything is kept on record so nothing is missed.

Meet the studio
Start with a conversation

Tell us what you have in hand.

By video call or here, at our studio in Alvor.

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