Oregon · Washington · Texas

A studio in residence — designing toward an autumn debut.

Maison La Thu is a boutique interior design studio working across Oregon, Washington, and Texas on private homes, hospitality openings, and commercial spaces. The full site arrives in September — between now and then, we're taking on a small number of commissions.

A note on how we work — Maison La Thu meets clients on site, over phone, or over video — wherever the project lives. Best reached at studio@maisonlathu.com.

By invitation
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A letter, sent slowly — never more than once a month.

Early access to design studies, material explorations, and the occasional essay on the slow craft of building a home.

  • First look at each new design study
  • Studio notes & material discoveries
  • Priority booking for 2026–27 commissions
Scope

We're an interior design studio — we design rooms and manage the build through our construction team. When a project needs architectural or engineering work, we partner with licensed firms and coordinate it. Those are partner services, not in-house ones.

Hello there,

Maison La Thu is a small interior design studio working across Oregon, Washington, and Texas — four to six projects a year, across residential, hospitality, and commercial. My background is in construction and operational consulting; most of the past decade has been close to real estate and the people who shape it.

I started the studio because after years of running businesses, the rooms were always the thing I kept coming back to. What I care about now are the slow parts of the work — the third coat of plaster, the second year of a sofa, the reveal that's ⅜″ because that's the one that's right.

If you're planning something for this fall, write to me. The best time to reach out is when the idea is still half-formed.

Yours,

Thu.
Thu Nguyen
Founder · Maison La Thu
P.S. [ One specific, human detail — a material you just fell for, a client moment from last week, a morning thought. One sentence, written however you would say it. ]
The Studio · At a Glance

Three ways to begin, between now and launch.

i.

Design Consultation

from $2,500

A half-day working session. Expert eyes on your plans, palette, or project-in-progress — residential, hospitality, or commercial.

ii.

Full-Service Design

from $45,000

End-to-end design and execution. Principal-led, from first sketch to final install. Construction managed in-house when projects call for it.

iii.

Digital Design Package

from $4,800

Remote-delivered room design for clients anywhere in OR, WA, TX, or beyond.

A Partial Index

A selection, as authorship.

Before a studio has rooms to show, it has things it would choose. A partial list — an evolving library of what we specify, where we source, and why.

  1. 01. Seating The Scroll Chair George Smith · London
  2. 02. Surface Limewash, Old White Bauwerk Colour
  3. 03. Lighting Library Sconce, Aged Brass Vaughan Designs
  4. 04. Textile Heavy Linen, 14oz Oat Rose Tarlow Melrose House
  5. 05. Tile Celadon 4×4 Heath Ceramics · Sausalito
  6. 06. Vintage Murano Pendant, 1960s 1stDibs · sourced per project
  7. 07. Millwork Reclaimed Oregon Walnut Local mill · sourced per project
  8. 08. Paint Preference Red, 297 Farrow & Ball
Design Studies

Three studies, arriving with the autumn launch.

Each is a complete interior for a hypothetical client — brief, mood, materials, plan. They publish in sequence between now and September.

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A Palette We Return To

Six tones, season after season.

Oxblood
Honey Oak
Deep Olive
Oat Linen
Ink
Aged Brass
Across every project · Residential · Hospitality · Commercial
Commission Windows

A small number of openings for 2026 and early 2027.

The studio takes on four to six projects per year across residential, hospitality, and commercial. If your project is ambitious and your timeline is thoughtful, we'd love to hear from you.

Summer 2026 June — August
Autumn 2026 September — November
Early 2027 January — March
Start a conversation

studio@maisonlathu.com · Serving OR · WA · TX