Atelier de Chantal

When my husband and I decided to remodel a large, over 700 square feet family/sun room, Chantal worked with us and the contractor on design and structural issues. We were very impressed with how very quickly she grasped what we wanted, envision the potential of the room/space and bursting with ideas. During the project, Chantal was expecially gifted with color schemes, co-ordinating accessories and the re-intergration of existing fixtures. She has the sensibilities of an artist, and the efficiency and pragmatism of a project manager, an exceptional combination.

In addition to being an actor, I am one of the owners of Rooms and Gardens Santa Monica, a store and interior design business. Many years ago while on a buying trip in France, I met Chantal Dussouchaud. I had seen an article about her in a magazine and loved her sense of design. When my husband and I built our guest house in Ojai (featured in Houzz), we turned to her for help. She drew up the plans and together we worked on the interior design. She is a brilliant, creative force. From the big picture to the tiny details, I respect her sense of design. She thinks outside of the box and yet there's a practicality and classicism to her work. I've been honored to work with her now on several large and small projects and every single experience with her has been a joyful privilege. Her own homes in Amsterdam and the south of France (also featured in Houzz) are drop dead gorgeous. Most recently she helped turn my derelict chicken coop into a beautiful recording studio/living space. There was an engineering challenge as there was a beautiful oak tree essentially growing out of the roof of the chicken coop and Chantal managed to design the studio while tenderly assuring that the oak would not be harmed. We love working with her and look forward to our next project together.

Atelier de Chantal has an incredible eye for detail and style. We immediately fell in love with one of her finished projects where she had brilliantly updated an historic estate to a pleasant family home with classic interior and beautiful warm details. On our project, Chantal helped us look beyond existing boundaries to optimize views and enhance the flow in the floor plan. Also, with a thorough background in landscaping, she has a unique way of linking outdoors with indoors, which was an important ingredient in updating our home. I highly recommend her services.

Atelier Chantal has a fliar for interior design unlike anyone I have worked with. Her tastes can be simplisitic but very sylish. They can blend a variety of types of materials from different periods in a way that they just seem to really work. She can use things that are inexpensive or costly as well, but they all seem to fit nicely into the design. I have worked with her on several types of projects and have only seen happy clients with the work when completed. Jeff Garett, General contractor.

Chantal was a critical component in the full gut-rehab of our 3,500 sq ft Spanish-style home in the Hollywood hills. Not only does Chantal have impeccable taste in interior architecture, materials and furnishings, but she is equally capable on visualizing large architectural projects. Chantal fully and successfully updated our house combining period elements with contemporary features. Rooms were moved around and uses changed, making the house far more function-able and livable. She was able to stay in and control the budget and in fact had many money-saving suggestions along the way.