Interior Design Review - Nina Takesh
Nina Takesh is the founder of Nina Takesh Interiors, a Los Angeles–based design studio known for a sculptural, modern aesthetic layered with global influence and timeless elegance. Before interiors, Nina built her eye in fashion, as founder and CEO of the luxury baby brand Petit Tresor, before studying interior architecture at UCLA and launching her own studio. That background shows in her work: a confident, restrained modernism, unafraid of pattern, richness, or a strong point of view.
Nina is also one of the designers behind two of our wall mural collections, the most recent being Eastern Blush a series of hand-painted, heritage-inspired wall murals drawing on Persian craftsmanship, French classicism, and the light of Los Angeles.
How would you describe the process of working with us?
Working with belarteSTUDIO has always felt incredibly collaborative. What I appreciate most is the openness to experimentation. I can come in with a very specific point of view, sometimes inspired by architecture, materiality, travel, my heritage, or simply a feeling I want a room to evoke, and the team understands how to translate that into a wall mural while preserving the integrity of the original idea. With two collections together, that creative dialogue has only become stronger.
How did belarteSTUDIO help bring your design vision to life?
My vision was to create a wall mural that could behave almost like an architectural material rather than simply a decorative pattern. I wanted surfaces that bring depth, movement, texture, and character into a room. You can see that in the richness and materiality of Pierre et Bois Smoked Oak, the graphic geometry of Damier, and the expressive quality of Rode. With L'Air des Jardins, we explored another side of my aesthetic, drawing on my love of historic hand painted panels, gardens, and old world European interiors, but interpreting that romance in a way that feels relevant for today.
What are you most proud of in the finished project?
I am most proud that the collections feel distinctly mine while still being incredibly versatile. There is a tension I am always looking for in my interiors between timelessness and something unexpected, and each wall mural expresses that differently. Soirée Persane is particularly meaningful because it references my Persian heritage. We drew from the richness of Persian decorative arts and botanical motifs without making the design feel overly literal or historical. To see that personal history living alongside designs like Pierre et Bois, Damier, Rode, and L'Air des Jardins makes the collection feel like a true reflection of the different influences that have shaped my design language.
What makes you choose a belarteSTUDIO wall mural for your interior projects?
I rarely use wallpaper simply because a room needs pattern. I use a wall mural when I want to change the architecture or atmosphere of a space. What draws me to belarteSTUDIO is the scale, depth, and visual texture of the designs. Pierre et Bois can introduce the warmth and character of wood, Damier can bring a strong architectural rhythm, while L'Air des Jardins can make a room feel as though hand painted panels have been there for generations. Soirée Persane can envelop a space almost like an extraordinary antique textile. Each gives me another material to work with when I am designing a room.
Now that you've created two collections together, what made you want to continue the collaboration?
The first collection established our shared design language, but I felt we had only begun exploring what we could create together. For the second collection, I wanted to go deeper and make it more personal, bringing in references to travel, European decorative arts, nature, and my own Persian heritage. What keeps me excited about the collaboration is that belarteSTUDIO allows me to tell those stories at an architectural scale through a wall mural. These are not simply wallpapers to me. They are another material through which I can create atmosphere, emotion, and a sense of history within a room.
