Plan
ListenSpace planning, elevations, cabinetry, kitchens, bathrooms, and lighting plans.
Your life isthe motive.
Residential interiors in Los Angeles and nationwide. Michele Townley reads the rituals, histories, and small obsessions that make a life yours, then translates them into rooms with soul.
Sage & Linen
Meet Michele / Founder and principal
Michele starts with how you live.
For more than two decades, Michele Townley has designed homes by listening first. How you gather, what you keep, and the rhythms of an ordinary day become the logic behind every room—not a prescribed house style.
Meet MicheleSelected project files
12 completed stories in the archiveHomes with their own point of view.
01Latigo ShoreMalibu, California2014
02BubmanEncino, California2019–2020
03DarrBig Bear, California2017
04HenneyStudio City, California2010
05MelvilleRolling Hills, California2017–2018
What we shape / How it unfolds
From first question to final layer.
A full-service studio for remodels, new construction, and rooms ready for a more personal chapter. A clear process for deeply personal work.
Compose
InterpretMaterial palettes, furniture, textiles, window treatments, color, and the finishing details.
Steward
RealizeEstimates, schedules, purchasing, trusted trades, and attentive project management.
In their own words.
Notes sent back once the dust settled and the rooms began doing their job.
Note 01 / 04
“I have hired Michele Townley to plan and decorate three houses for me. She did a terrific job on all three and I would hire her again. She is very professional and gets the jobs done on time. Her insight into interior design is excellent. She is a pleasure to work with.”
Mary R.
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