Charlene
Russell
Curating rooms that hold memory — through vintage finds, retro character, and spaces that breathe with personality.
View PortfolioWhere the Past
Shapes the Present
Charlene Russell is a Los Angeles-based freelance interior designer with a rare gift for finding beauty in forgotten things. She combs flea markets, estate sales, and antique fairs across the country to source one-of-a-kind vintage and retro pieces that give each space a soul no furniture catalogue can replicate.
Her speciality lies in transforming overlooked spaces — the sunlit balcony, the intimate courtyard, the diminutive backyard — into layered, livable environments that feel collected over decades rather than assembled in an afternoon.
Every project begins with listening. What stories do you want this room to hold?
Services
Every commission is personal. Here are the ways we might work together.
Full Room Design
A comprehensive transformation — from concept to complete installation. Furniture sourcing, vintage curation, colour consultation, and styling.
Balcony & Outdoor Spaces
Balconies, terraces, small yards, and courtyards — Charlene's signature. Creating intimate outdoor rooms that extend your living space with vintage flair.
Vintage Sourcing
Commission Charlene to hunt on your behalf. She'll find the perfect retro centrepiece, the art deco lamp, the mid-century chair — the piece that makes the room.
Space Planning
Working with what you have. Charlene redraws the logic of a room to unlock flow, light, and personality — especially for compact and awkward spaces.
Colour & Palette
From palettes that evoke golden-age Hollywood to earthy retro warmth — a bespoke colour consultation that gives your space a timeless, unified feeling.
Styling & Refresh
A half-day session to re-style what you already own — repositioning, accessorising, and introducing vintage accents to breathe new life into any room.
Portfolio
A glimpse of rooms reimagined — hover to explore.
The Marlowe Suite
Silver Lake Living Room · Vintage 1940s Furnishings
Terrace Belladonna
Echo Park Balcony · Retro Botanicals & Rattan
Midnight Courtyard
Los Feliz Small Yard · 1970s Retro Outdoor
Studio Soleil
Hollywood Hills Studio · Mid-Century Glam
The Process
From first call to final arrangement — a process designed around you.
Discovery
We begin with a conversation about your space, your stories, and the feeling you want to wake up to every morning.
Concept
A mood board and design direction lands in your inbox — colour, era, texture, and the key vintage pieces that will anchor the room.
Sourcing
Charlene hunts. Flea markets, estate sales, dealers. Every piece is photographed and approved before it enters your home.
The Reveal
Installation day. You return to a room that feels like it has always belonged to you — just better than you imagined.
What They Say
Charlene turned our neglected balcony into the most-used room in the apartment. She found a 1960s rattan loveseat at a Pasadena estate sale that I would never have discovered in a lifetime of searching.
I was skeptical about vintage sourcing but Charlene has an eye that borders on supernatural. Every piece she chose told a story. Our living room now feels like the set of a film I want to live inside.
Our tiny courtyard was a concrete afterthought. Charlene made it a place we eat dinner every night. The 70s wrought-iron table she sourced is the crown jewel of our home.
She listens in a way most designers don't. The result wasn't her taste imposed on my space — it was my taste, discovered and elevated in ways I couldn't have articulated myself.
Let's Talk
Every great room starts with a conversation. Tell me about your space.
Charlene
Russell
Curating rooms that hold memory — through vintage finds, retro character, and spaces that breathe with personality.
View PortfolioWhere the Past
Shapes the Present
Charlene Russell is a Los Angeles-based freelance interior designer with a rare gift for finding beauty in forgotten things. She combs flea markets, estate sales, and antique fairs across the country to source one-of-a-kind vintage and retro pieces that give each space a soul no furniture catalogue can replicate.
Her speciality lies in transforming overlooked spaces — the sunlit balcony, the intimate courtyard, the diminutive backyard — into layered, livable environments that feel collected over decades rather than assembled in an afternoon.
Every project begins with listening. What stories do you want this room to hold?
Services
Every commission is personal. Here are the ways we might work together.
Full Room Design
A comprehensive transformation — from concept to complete installation. Furniture sourcing, vintage curation, colour consultation, and styling.
Balcony & Outdoor Spaces
Balconies, terraces, small yards, and courtyards — Charlene's signature. Creating intimate outdoor rooms that extend your living space with vintage flair.
Vintage Sourcing
Commission Charlene to hunt on your behalf. She'll find the perfect retro centrepiece, the art deco lamp, the mid-century chair — the piece that makes the room.
Space Planning
Working with what you have. Charlene redraws the logic of a room to unlock flow, light, and personality — especially for compact and awkward spaces.
Colour & Palette
From palettes that evoke golden-age Hollywood to earthy retro warmth — a bespoke colour consultation that gives your space a timeless, unified feeling.
Styling & Refresh
A half-day session to re-style what you already own — repositioning, accessorising, and introducing vintage accents to breathe new life into any room.
Portfolio
A glimpse of rooms reimagined — hover to explore.
The Marlowe Suite
Silver Lake Living Room · Vintage 1940s Furnishings
Terrace Belladonna
Echo Park Balcony · Retro Botanicals & Rattan
Midnight Courtyard
Los Feliz Small Yard · 1970s Retro Outdoor
Studio Soleil
Hollywood Hills Studio · Mid-Century Glam
The Process
From first call to final arrangement — a process designed around you.
Discovery
We begin with a conversation about your space, your stories, and the feeling you want to wake up to every morning.
Concept
A mood board and design direction lands in your inbox — colour, era, texture, and the key vintage pieces that will anchor the room.
Sourcing
Charlene hunts. Flea markets, estate sales, dealers. Every piece is photographed and approved before it enters your home.
The Reveal
Installation day. You return to a room that feels like it has always belonged to you — just better than you imagined.
What They Say
Charlene turned our neglected balcony into the most-used room in the apartment. She found a 1960s rattan loveseat at a Pasadena estate sale that I would never have discovered in a lifetime of searching.
I was skeptical about vintage sourcing but Charlene has an eye that borders on supernatural. Every piece she chose told a story. Our living room now feels like the set of a film I want to live inside.
Our tiny courtyard was a concrete afterthought. Charlene made it a place we eat dinner every night. The 70s wrought-iron table she sourced is the crown jewel of our home.
She listens in a way most designers don't. The result wasn't her taste imposed on my space — it was my taste, discovered and elevated in ways I couldn't have articulated myself.
Let's Talk
Every great room starts with a conversation. Tell me about your space.