Design for rentals that book, and homes you love.
Michael Intérieurs is an interior design studio for short-term rentals, rental-friendly apartments, and home renovations. In person in NYC and across upstate New York, and virtually anywhere in the country. Every choice is made for how the space actually performs, not just how it photographs.
Three kinds of project, one studio
Whatever you are working on, it starts the same way, with how the space needs to perform. Pick the one that fits.
Airbnb & short-term rental design
Furnished and turnkey, or a plan you install yourself, built to raise your nightly rate and earn 5 star reviews.
Explore Airbnb design
Rental-friendly NYC interiors
Reversible, renter-safe, deposit-safe upgrades for apartments and studios, designed around your lease.
See NYC rental design
Renovation & remodeling design
Kitchens, bathrooms, and whole homes, designed before construction and coordinated with your contractor.
See renovation designDesign that performs, not just photographs
Most spaces are designed for the photo. We design for what happens after: the bookings, the nightly rate, the reviews, and how a home actually works once you are living in it.
That comes from the way every project starts, with the market, the goal, and a real budget, before a single thing is chosen. The pretty part is the easy part. Making it perform is the work.
A look at recent projects
Every project starts with the market and the target guest or owner, then a look that gives the space a reason to be remembered. Step inside a few.
A themed home near the parks
A bold, story-driven design built to win the click in one of the most competitive rental markets in the country.
Tour the Orlando project
The Fisherman’s Boho Hut
A coastal theme carried from the mood board through every room, styled and shot to sell the stay.
Tour the Tampa project
Warm and guest-ready up north
A cozy, welcoming design tuned for the market and built to earn strong reviews from the first stay.
Tour the Anchorage project
Clean, current, and photogenic
A fresh, modern look that reads instantly in the listing photos and holds a higher rate.
Tour the Durham projectFind the right level of service
Two paths, depending on the project. Choose your home or a short-term rental, then the level that fits how hands-on you want to be.
A designer by your side for a single room. Two focused sessions to get unstuck and pointed the right way.
Explore Quick FixThe full design and a shoppable list, delivered online, that you install at your own pace.
See virtual designHands-off, start to finish. We design it, source it, and install it for your home.
Explore full-serviceThe full rental design and a shoppable list, delivered online, that you set up yourself.
See Airbnb designDesigned, sourced, installed, cleaned, and photographed. Guest-ready in 6 to 12 weeks.
Explore turnkeyA simple process, whatever the project
Strategy
We start with the goal. For a rental, that is the market, the target guest, and sleeping capacity. For a home, it is how you actually live in it. Then we can work together to set a realistic budget.
Design
A mood board and color palette first, so you see the direction before anything is sourced and bought. Then layouts, floor plans, and the furniture and lighting schedule.
Sourcing
An itemized, shoppable list, curated and aligned with the design direction, chosen to your budget and built to last.
Install, or DIY
We can handle procurement, delivery, and install, right through styling and photos. Or hand you the full plan to set up yourself, on your own schedule.
Tell us about your space, and get a plan to make it work.
Hosts, homeowners, and everyone in between
One listing or a whole portfolio, a first apartment or a full renovation. We scale the approach to fit the goal.
Guides worth reading first
What is virtual interior design?
How e-design works, what you get, and what it costs, if you want a designed space without full-service.
Read the guideHow much does Airbnb interior design cost?
What design and a full turnkey setup actually run, where the money goes, and how to budget the furniture.
Read the guideHow to design an Airbnb that books
The room-by-room playbook for a rental that wins the click, the booking, and a higher nightly rate.
Read the guide
Design led by someone who thinks in numbers
Michael Intérieurs is led by Michael Charles, who spent 20 years in data science before graduating from the New York Institute of Art and Design and founding the studio.
That background is the difference. Every choice is made for how a space actually performs once it is lived in or listed, not just how it looks in a single photo. Design is not only aesthetics here, it is strategy.
Answered before you ask
We are an interior design studio that designs short-term rentals and Airbnbs, rental-friendly apartments, and full home renovations. In person in New York City and across upstate New York, focused on Florida and other key rental markets, and virtually for clients nationwide. Every choice is made for how a space performs, not just how it looks in one photo.
A Quick Fix consultation starts at $500, virtual and DIY design from $1,000 for one small room, full-service residential from $1,200, and a turnkey short-term rental setup from $8,700 for a 2,000 square foot one-bedroom. Take the quiz for an estimate, or see the full pricing.
Both. Short-term rental design is where the studio is best known, but we design primary homes and second homes as well, from a single room to a full renovation. The same strategy-first process applies either way.
Yes. In-person work is focused on New York City, upstate New York in the Catskills and Hudson Valley, and Florida, and we design virtually for clients anywhere in the United States.
Michael spent 20 years in data science before founding the studio, so decisions are made through a structured, highly collaborative process and on how a space performs. For a rental that means bookings, rate, and reviews; for a home it means how the rooms actually work day to day. Design here is treated as strategy, not only aesthetics.
Yes. With virtual design, or e-design, you get the full plan, layouts, and a shoppable list delivered online, and you install it yourself. It is the most affordable way to work with the studio, from anywhere.
Based in upstate New York, designing nationwide
We work in person in New York City and across the Catskills and the Hudson Valley, focus on Florida and other key short-term rental markets, and design virtually for clients anywhere in the United States.
Book a discovery call to talk through your project.
Let’s design a space that works as well as it looks
Whether it is a rental that has to book or a home you want to love, book a discovery call, or take the quiz for a cost estimate.