Period living room in Milan in the morning: curved ivory bouclé sofa, walnut coffee table, an olive tree by the French window, travertine fireplace between two bookcases

Interior architecture · Milan

Homes you live in
with the light.

We design bespoke interiors starting from how the sun comes in: room by room, hour by hour.

The studio Book a site visit

Bespoke sofa,
ivory bouclé.

Drawn on the curve of the room

Herringbone parquet,
natural oak.

Laid by hand, oil finish

Light is the first
material.

We study orientation before color

Linen curtains,
double sheer.

They filter the sun without dimming it

Then, a single lamp.

Glazed ceramic, warm 2700 K light

Travertine fireplace,
fluted.

Tivoli stone, designed by the studio

Every room,
its own hour.

The studio · Brera, since 2009

Lesena is an interior architecture studio in Milan. Before we choose a single color, we watch where the sun falls, at what time and for how long. Then we choose materials that know how to hold the light: travertine, walnut, linen.

140homes designed
17years in Milan
32trusted artisans

Projects · a selection

Every home has its own light. We follow it.

Period living room in Brera, Milan: curved white sofa, leather armchairs, walnut bookcase and travertine fireplace in the morning light

Home in Brera

Milan · 2025

The room you just walked through: travertine in the morning, walnut in the evening.

Penthouse living room with floor-to-ceiling windows onto the Porta Nuova skyscrapers, a slatted walnut wall, sand bouclé sofa and leather armchairs

Porta Nuova Penthouse

Milan · 2025

Glass walls onto the Bosco Verticale and a walnut wall that holds the afternoon.

Living room of a Lake Como villa with chestnut beams, arched windows open onto the lake, sage linen sofas and rattan armchairs

Lake House

Lake Como · 2024

Three arched windows, and the light that comes off the water.

Former atelier with iron trusses and skylights, oak bookcase with a brass library ladder, walnut table and a Murano glass chandelier

Porta Venezia Atelier

Milan · 2023

A former workshop under north-facing skylights: steady light, all day long.

Kitchen with burgundy walls, a travertine island with a brass faucet, walnut cabinetry and windows onto a tree-lined courtyard

Home in Isola

Milan · 2023

Burgundy walls and a travertine island overlooking a tree-lined courtyard.

Hillside Villa

Bergamo · 2022

Antique terracotta, a fire in the hearth and long sunsets from the southwest.

How we work

01
Three visits, three lights
We visit your home in the morning, at noon and in the evening, and measure where the sun reaches and for how long.
02
Materials in hand
We bring real samples — travertine, walnut, linen — and look at them with you in the light of your own room.
03
One site, one team
We manage the artisans and the schedule ourselves, down to the last lamp. We hand back the keys to a finished home.