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From Brussels to Bombay, via Antwerp, Geneva, Saint-Tropez and Knokke-Zoute, all of Esther Gutmer’s interior projects radiate a real feeling for the art of living and a consistent sense of good taste. Her personal preference is for a contemporary style with Anglo-Saxon accents, but with a strongly international slant: the hallmark of this tireless traveller.

Over the course of her twenty-five-year career, Esther Gutmer has gained an enviable position within the world of exclusive home design. Her name is often linked to that of Ralph Lauren, with classic Anglo-Saxon aesthetics and opulent luxury. She developed this taste during the years spent in the US, where she studied interior design and discovered the home collections of New York stylist Ralph Lauren.

Today Esther Gutmer heads a team of ten architects and interior designers. She insists on managing each project down to the smallest detail, and employs the services of Le 3ème Bureau, her husband’s carpentry factory. Kitchens, bathrooms, libraries, dressing rooms and other interior elements are always designed and created individually for each project.

With a quarter of a century’s experience behind her, Esther has excellent insight into new tastes, design trends and public expectations. She also includes new materials and modern technology in her deliberations on contemporary interior design. This explains why she remains one of the leading Belgian interior architects of her generation, without renouncing her classic roots. Her approach has an elegance and femininity that can be felt in every detail of her creations.