A warm minimalist living room in pale oak and linen, designed in Ana Valler's Japandi style

Interior Architecture · Lisbon & California

Rooms that breathe.

Ana Valler designs serene, sun-warm interiors — natural textures, honest materials and space to slow down. From Lisbon apartments to California homes, every room begins with light.

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Warm MinimalismSignature style

JapandiDesign language

Lisbon — CaliforniaStudio roots

Ana Valler at work over interior plans and material samples at Raiz Lisboa — Ana VallerRaiz Lisboa · Carnaxide

Meet Ana

California training,
a Lisbon heart.

Ana studied Interior Architecture at San Francisco State University and worked at the San Francisco Design Center, in the middle of California's design world. Her path crossed the state — San Francisco to Los Angeles — until Lisbon appeared along the way.

She fell in love with the city and made Raiz Lisboa her home. Today she is often the first face clients meet at the store — and the designer behind interiors that pair Californian openness with the warmth of natural, Brazilian-crafted furniture.

Her work is quiet luxury: rooms pared back to what matters, then layered with rattan, linen, bamboo and wood until they feel like a deep breath.

TrainedSan Francisco State University
RootsSan Francisco Design Center
BasedLisbon, Portugal
Studio homeRaiz Lisboa, Carnaxide

— Ana Maria Valler

The Signature Palette

Colours that feel like late-afternoon light

Ana's current palette pairs two of the season's most loved shades — Benjamin Moore's Cinnamon Slate and Pantone's Mocha Mousse — with linen whites, raw oak and deep espresso. Tap any swatch to copy its hex.

RattanCane webbingBelgian linenBambooSolid oakWalnutLimewash plasterHand-thrown ceramicNatural stoneJute

Selected Work

The portfolio — serene, by design

A lookbook of concept studies in Ana's design language: warm minimalism, Japandi calm, coastal rusticity and the indoor-outdoor bathing rituals she loves. The photography illustrates her style, palette and materials — filter by room, tap any image to view it full-screen.

Open-plan Japandi living space with a linen sofa, round oak table and paper pendant light

Living · Japandi

Open-Plan Living, Soft Neutrals

One continuous room for living and dining — linen, pale oak and a single paper moon of light.

Rustic coastal kitchen with timber beams, stone floor and a window open to the sea

Cooking · Coastal Rustic

A Kitchen Facing the Sea

Weathered timber, flagstone underfoot and the Atlantic framed like a painting.

Serene bedroom in cinnamon and cream tones with washed linen bedding and a ceramic lamp

Sleeping · Warm Minimalism

Suite in Cinnamon & Cream

Limewashed walls, rumpled linen and one deep, earthy canvas — a room tuned for sleep.

Outdoor shower against a stone wall surrounded by tropical planting

Bathing · Indoor–Outdoor

The Garden Shower

Stone, teak and green on every side — bathing as a small daily ceremony.

Services

Working with Ana

From a single room that needs a calmer hand to a full home reimagined end to end. Every engagement starts with a conversation — usually at Raiz Lisboa, over the plans.

Full Interior Architecture

Space planning, layouts, lighting and materials for whole homes and renovations — drawings to final styling, handled as one continuous vision.

Whole homes

Room Transformations

One room, completely re-thought: palette, furniture, textiles and art in Ana's warm-minimalist language, without structural work.

Single rooms

Furniture & Styling Curation

Piece-by-piece sourcing through the Raiz Lisboa collection — handcrafted Brazilian furniture, ceramics and textiles chosen for your rooms.

With Raiz Lisboa

Design Consultation

A focused working session on colour, layout or a decision you're stuck on — leave with a palette, a plan and a short list of next steps.

By appointment

The Process

Calm rooms, calmly made

Conversation

We talk about how you live, what you keep, and the feeling you're after — before a single sketch.

ii.

Concept

Palette, materials and layout come together in a concept you can touch: swatches, samples, drawings.

iii.

Craft

Furniture is sourced and made through trusted makers — including the Raiz Lisboa ateliers.

iv.

Completion

Final styling, down to the last ceramic and stem, so the room is finished the day you walk in.

The Collection

Furniture with a Brazilian soul

The handcrafted styles Ana reaches for in her projects — natural fibres, solid woods and forms made to be lived with for decades. Shown as inspiration in the spirit of the Raiz Lisboa collection; Ana sources or commissions the closest piece for your home.

In partnership with Raiz Lisboa Pieces are available to view and order through Raiz Lisboa, the Brazilian furniture & design store in Carnaxide where Ana is based. The photographs show the handcrafted styles and materials of the collection; when you enquire, Ana confirms the exact piece, its availability, lead time and delivery personally — no piece is sold sight-unseen.

Hand-woven cane and rattan lounge chair against a black backdrop

Seating · Hand-woven cane

The Cane Lounge Chair

A low, enveloping lounge chair in woven cane and bent rattan — the piece guests always choose first.

Sculptural rattan armchair with slatted back against a black backdrop

Seating · Bent rattan

The Rattan Armchair

Steam-bent rattan ribs form a chair that is equal parts sculpture and siesta — made entirely by hand.

Fluted walnut console table styled with ceramics and framed art

Storage · Solid walnut

The Fluted Walnut Console

Fluted walnut doors and a deep grain that warms with age — an entryway anchor in Ana's palette.

Notes & Ideas

From Ana's journal

The ideas behind the rooms — styling notes, trends translated into real homes, and small rituals of calm. Follow along on Instagram, where each note is published in full.

Styling