London’s most resourceful interior design studio, turning respectfully re-used materials into distinctive, contemporary spaces.
Husband-and-wife duo Maria Speake and Adam Hills co-founded the salvage and interiors company Retrouvius in response to the waste of high-quality building materials. Their pair met while studying architecture at the Glasgow School of Art, working on a project that found them sifting through discarded building materials in a skip. Since setting up in 1993, they’ve become masterful rummagers, brilliantly clever at sourcing and using interesting second-hand and vintage pieces.
Browse their showroom in northwest London – a trove of reclaimed treasures – and you’ll soon understand their penchant for finding beauty in rescued materials. For Retrouvius, salvage is as much about sustainability as it is human history and storytelling.
![Kitchen by Retrouvius - salvage and upcycling interior design studio in London](https://domusnova.com/wp-content/uploads/Retrouvius_Domus_Nova_12.jpg)
![Side table by Retrouvius - salvage and upcycling interior design studio in London](https://domusnova.com/wp-content/uploads/Retrouvius_Domus_Nova_07.jpg)
![Sofa by Retrouvius - salvage and upcycling interior design studio in London](https://domusnova.com/wp-content/uploads/Retrovious__Domus_Nova_28.jpg)
![Sofa by Retrouvius - salvage and upcycling interior design studio in London](https://domusnova.com/wp-content/uploads/Retrovious__Domus_Nova_28.jpg)
For Retrouvius, salvage is as much about sustainability as it is human history and storytelling.
![Sink by Retrouvius - salvage and upcycling interior design studio in London](https://domusnova.com/wp-content/uploads/Retrouvius_Domus_Nova_01.jpg)
![Leather workshop by Retrouvius - salvage and upcycling interior design studio in London](https://domusnova.com/wp-content/uploads/Retrovious__Domus_Nova_21.jpg)
![Leather workshop by Retrouvius - salvage and upcycling interior design studio in London](https://domusnova.com/wp-content/uploads/Retrovious__Domus_Nova_21.jpg)