Case study · Client · Interior design

Larisa Miller Design

A quiet, photo-first portfolio for an interior designer who restores classic homes, with projects told room by room and a consultation form that qualifies every inquiry.

Client: Larisa Miller Design
Where: Portland & Los Angeles
Role: Design & development
Year: 2026
Live site: larisamiller.design

The brief

Larisa restores and modernizes classic homes in Los Angeles and Portland. Her work speaks through photography: Spanish-style houses, warm wood, plaster and light. The site needed to step back and let those images carry it.

It also had to bring in the right clients. She takes on full-service projects in her two cities and virtual design anywhere, so every inquiry needed to arrive with the details that tell her whether a project is a fit before the first call.

What I built

01
An editorial look
A fine, high-contrast serif with wide-spaced small capitals, a warm off-white background and full-bleed photography. Nothing on the page competes with the rooms.
02
Projects told room by room
Each project opens on one full-screen photograph and a short story, then walks through the house: entry, living room, kitchen, primary suite. A sticky index lists the rooms and jumps straight to each, with the location and a consultation link alongside.
03
A consultation form that qualifies
Three short sections: the essentials, the project (construction budget, timeframe, city and state) and inspiration, with room for a Pinterest board and why they want a designer. Larisa sees scope and budget before she replies.
04
Full service or virtual
Inquiries choose between full-service design in Portland and Los Angeles or virtual design anywhere, so the site works for clients far beyond her two cities.
05
Nothing to maintain
A small Node and Express site behind Cloudflare, with no page builder or plugins to keep updated.