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Anatoly Alekseev
101 -103 Heath Street
London, Greater London NW3 6SS
United Kingdom
101 -103 Heath Street
London, Greater London NW3 6SS
United Kingdom
Typical Job Costs:
£50,000 - 2 million
Transparent and honest cost structure: flat design fee per room + we pass on all discounts and charge a sourcing fee.
Transparent and honest cost structure: flat design fee per room + we pass on all discounts and charge a sourcing fee.
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Modern interiors for modern homes.
We bring precision, beauty and understated luxury to modern residential interiors.
Established in 2013, Black & Milk is led by Olga and Toly, a husband and wife team.
We pride ourselves on our ability to listen and understand your needs, bringing fresh ideas and new designers to each project, ensuring a result that perfectly fits your space and lifestyle.
We take a bespoke approach to every project we work on. We listen to your needs and design for you. This means a new design scheme and new designers for every project.
What we offer:
• We bring precision and creativity to every project. Our designers understand the importance of balancing space planning with creativity. The result is a solution that is not only designed specifically to your needs, but the need of the building.
• We take project planning seriously and will work with you to ensure your project is meticulously planned and delivered flawlessly.
• We frequently source and design bespoke furniture for our projects. We’ll work with you to find the perfect match for your needs.
Services Provided
3D Rendering, Basement Design, Bathroom Design, Bedroom Design, Bespoke Bathroom Vanities, Bespoke Bookcases, Bespoke Cabinets, Bespoke Fitted Furniture, Bespoke Furniture, Bespoke Kitchen Cabinets, Bespoke Kitchen Pantries, Bespoke Media Units, Bespoke Rugs, Bespoke Shelving, Bespoke Walk-in Wardrobes, Decluttering, Dining Room Design, Downsizing, Drafting, Floor Plans, Furniture Selection, Home Cinema Design, Home Office Design, Home Staging, House Plans, Interior Design, Interior Photography, Kids' Room Design, Kitchen Design, Lighting Design, Living Room Design, Made to Measure Blinds, Nursery Design, Playroom Design, Space Planning, Sustainable Design, Utility Room Design, Wine Cellar Design, Bespoke Mantelpieces, Kitchen Renovation, Storage & Wardrobe Design
Areas Served
London, City of Westminster, Westminster, Chelsea, Chelsea Embankment, Islington, Brent, Barnet, Southwark, Richmond, Battersea, Bayswater, Notting Hill, Belgravia, Camden, Hampstead, Belsize Park, Tower Hamlets, Bloomsbury, Kensington & Chelsea, Canary Wharf, Clerkenwell, Covent Garden, Hammersmith, Hammersmith & Fulham, Fulham, Holborn, King's Cross, Earl's Court, Marylebone, Mayfair, Nine Elms, Paddington, Pimlico, Vauxhall, Primrose Hill, Putney, Soho, South Kensington, Wimbledon, Wembley, St John's Wood, West Hampstead
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Best of Houzz 2015- 2020
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32 Projects for Black and Milk | Interior Design | London
London, UK
Modern New Home in Hampstead
34 photos
London, Greater London
The Fulham Apartment
26 photos
Camden Town, London, Greater London
Townhouse in Primrose Hill
16 photos
London, Greater London
Edwardian Home in Hampstead
10 photos
London, Greater London
Contemporary apartment in EC1
11 photos
London, Greater London
Hempel Gardens Residence
18 photos
London, England
Modern apartment in Canaletto Tower
14 photos
London, Greater London
New Build Apartment in Putney
15 photos
London, UK
Mid Century Apartment in the City of London
17 photos
London, England
City Studio Apartment
15 photos
London, England
Chelsea Family House
13 photos
London, England
Contemporary Eclectic - NW1
8 photos
Featured Review
Will Mac
Relationship
Client
Black & Milk have elegantly transformed our home, in stages, for two years and counting. We rely on Olga's experience and creative talent to achieve a difficult balance: making an architecturally modern house feel warm, comfortable, and "lived-in."Read Full Review
37 Reviews for Black and Milk | Interior Design | London
5.0|37 reviews
Work Quality5.0
Communication4.8
Value5.0
Lucie Orlická
Relationship
Client
It’s been a pleasure to have Olga, Toly and their team working on our project. Their service is excellent and has met our expectations. Highly recommend to anyone who is looking for a talented team of designers!
21 November, 2020
Jonathan G
Relationship
Client
Black and Milk did a fantastic job from start to finish. The redecoration and changes look amazing, with the team picking up our style and needs and running with it - while having a strong point of view on what will work and won’t - which we appreciated.
They were great at managing multiple contractors and handled the disruption of the pandemic while keeping the project on track - safely - really well.
20 November, 2020
Comment from Black and Milk | Interior Design | London:
Jonathan, thank you very much for a nice review. It was great to work with you on the project as well and we really like how your apartment has transformed.
Ramona Florian
Relationship
Client
Working with Black and Milk was such a delightful experience. The team is talented, proactive and engaging. They go the extra mile to get everything right!
17 November, 2020
GC
Relationship
Client
Olga, Anatoly, and their team are professionals and a joy to work with. They took care of everything and made the entire process - from design to installation - smooth and easy, which is no easy task in the midst of a pandemic. Olga's advice was invaluable and I am grateful for her vision, eye for detail, and honesty. With Black & Milk, you can expect nothing but the highest quality of service.
15 November, 2020
Comment from Black and Milk | Interior Design | London:
Thank you for a nice review. Its was a pleasure working with you.
Robbie Reynders
Relationship
Client
We used Black and Milk for our interior design project, and we were really happy with both the process and the results.
The team came up with a beautiful design scheme which ticked all our requirements and was delivered within a set budget.
They really helped us crystallise our thoughts and build bridges between the sometimes opposing views that my wife and I held on what the design should look like. They were also very flexible in adjusting to our ever evolving requirements.
Their communication was prompt, and while the project was delayed due to COVID - which struck right in the middle of the execution phase - we managed to get everything done on budget.
We are still very pleased with the process and minute attention to details. Black and Milk helped us tender the construction work and took the headache out of managing the builders and different contractors on-site to deliver a stunning and elegant flat.
Overall I would highly recommend Black and Milk for the quality of their designs and the service.
15 November, 2020
Clifford Inn Project
Relationship
Client
Professionlism, high standards and ability to execute design in a unique way. These are just some of the qualities that we have had the priveledge to work with when it came to working alongside Black & Milk. Look forward to many more. Thank you for everything so far.
12 November, 2020
Irmantas Adomulis
Relationship
Client
Very much enjoyed working with the BnM team on their joinery projects.
12 November, 2020
Vytenis Ramoska
Relationship
Client
Thanks, guys, keep up the good work! Would love to work with you on the next project.
12 November, 2020
Will Mac
Relationship
Client
Black & Milk have elegantly transformed our home, in stages, for two years and counting. We rely on Olga's experience and creative talent to achieve a difficult balance: making an architecturally modern house feel warm, comfortable, and "lived-in." She has achieved this so well that we recommend her to anyone who compliments our home decor - and there are many compliments! Many of the comments we hear are - quite rightly - that the house has different moods and color schemes on different floors, that are individually distinct but all work together in an inspired harmony.
The team's creative flair is matched by project management. Costings and bills are presented professionally. The network of service people they rely on are first-class. If you're wallpapering a room or redoing a bathroom, have it done by the people Olga and Anatoly recommend!
As a client, I especially appreciate how Olga's design sensibility is flexible around budgets. In every phase of our project from living room to bedrooms to bathrooms, we were presented with options in the budget, budget+, and Really Going For It brackets of price (and fame of the brand). No one tier was presented as the Right or only option. Rather, there's an easy flexibility around mixing and matching the high-end and the normal. It's the sort of talent that professional stylists show when they're matching expensive shoes with an ordinary t-shirt, which requires more thought than dressing someone head to toe in Prada.
During the lockdown our family has had many occasions to be thankful for the lovely feeling of our home, and this is one of many reasons we recommend Black & Milk so highly.
10 May, 2020Last modified:10 May, 2020
Comment from Black and Milk | Interior Design | London:
Thank you for a very detailed review. Toly and Olga
Seow Behling
Relationship
Client
Very impressed with Olga and Anatoly’s professionalism and delivery. They are both a joy to work with and provided pragmatic yet creative ideas and designs. They listened to our needs and are meticulous in their execution. I would highly recommend Black and Milk.
6 November, 2019
Detail Movement Interiors
Relationship
Colleague
I had the pleasure of working with Black and Milk as a freelance interior designer on a couple of beautiful projects. I was immediately impressed by their attention to their clients' needs and their open and honest communication with them. Not only that but the level of detail that Olga goes into, making sure that everything is just perfect for the client, is really valuable. The studio is absolutely great, the colleagues are one of the friendliest and most caring people I've ever met and I would gladly work with them again in the future. If you are looking to redesign your whole house and have that perfect interior, look no further because Black and Milk is your best choice.
11 February, 2019
Megan Murphy
Relationship
Client
I hired Black & Milk because I knew their speciality was designing for new build flats and other smaller spaces - in this case a 1,300 square foot white box in Hammersmith. What I loved about working with them wasn't just their passion and vision, but that they really embraced how I wanted to use the space and what would work best for my family. Olga and Anatoly work directly with furniture makers so many of the pieces in this project are custom, designed specifically for the smaller proportions of city living. We were not easy clients. But I couldn't be more pleased with the result and I'm so grateful to have gotten a chance to work with them.
18 December, 2018
Catherine Cullinane
Relationship
Client
Olga, Anatoly and team have been pivotal in helping us make our house into a beautiful home we love!
Redecorating was a done to an incredibly high standard and each new piece was chosen to reflect our needs and taste, as well as our Victorian style house.
It was an absolute pleasure to work with them and I am forever grateful for my gorgeous home.
14 December, 2018
Comment from Black and Milk | Interior Design | London:
Cath, thank you so much for the nice review. We really enjoyed working with you too.
Veronica M.
Relationship
Client
We are now nearing completion of our project and B&M have been just exceptional. They are always professional but also very personable and it has been an absolute pleasure to work with them.
Olga is the brain behind the design and Anatoly makes it all happen.
Olga has the most amazing taste. She not only helped us create a stunning flat but also managed to increase our storage space by 40%! She always brought brilliant ideas to the table and was very patience with us all throughout the creative process. We trusted her 100% and were incredibly impressed with the quality and uniqueness of the pieces that she suggested for us, some even being bespoke.
Our hat goes off to Anatoly. He is very thorough and has made this a stress-free experience for us, which is quite an achievement! He dealt with all the suppliers and overcame all logistics and last-minute challenges. He is impossibly resilient and thanks to his hard work and perseverance we have just the home that we wanted.
All in all, we could not be happier with the end result. We can highly recommend Black & Milk.
10 December, 2018
Comment from Black and Milk | Interior Design | London:
Hi Veronica, thank you for your review. We both very much liked working with you and could not be happier with the result.
Nicola Bustin
Relationship
Client
I cannot recommend Black & Milk highly enough. Olga was highly professional and very sensitive to my "likes and dislikes", she took account of my home life and family lifestyle and was very careful to ensure that what we chose would work for me on all levels. She has beautiful taste and excellent design skills and extensive knowledge of interior design stockists and suppliers . All items of work were delivered on time and within budget.
Before I engaged Black & Milk I had a beautifully designed architectural house and now I also have an elegant and welcoming home.
20 November, 2017
Elena
Relationship
Client
It has been a pleasure working with Olga and Anatoly! They are a very professional team who offer high quality services. Olga is the creative mind with good project management skills and Anatoly looks after the business side of things.
Olga's guidance was invaluable in creating a modern and cozy feel for my new luxury block apartment in London. She is good listener, responsive and honest in her approach, who adapts to individual style and is able to provide with strong and honest direction when needed.
She brings functionality to design and has an innate ability to combine textures and colours for creating a desirable feel to a space.
I would not hesitate in using their services again and fully recommend them.
18 November, 2017
Danil Lysenko
Relationship
Colleague
I worked with guys from Black and Milk on an interior photography project, they are a friendly and professional team. Everything was prepared and well organised on the day and they were very helpful during the work and afterwards. Great people to deal with,
16 November, 2017
G K
Relationship
Client
Olga is very approachable and easy to work with. She understands her clients’ needs very well and comes up with interesting and creative solutions. Her designs are creative but she is also open to suggestions and guidance. She listens well.
I was very happy with her design from the beginning. She is very good at delivering the design and feeling the client is seeking.
14 November, 2017
Craveirissima
Relationship
Colleague
Olga and Anatoly are great professionals extremely passionate and dedicated to what they do. Their differing backgrounds fully complement each other and things in the company always felt organised and clear. I worked with them in a variety of projects at different stages and they were always friendly and professional towards me, suppliers and the clients, always with an eye for doing both what was best for the company and for the client while looking for ways to serve them better.
I learned a considerate amount while collaborating with them and feel that anyone who works with them in any capacity - be it as a client, collaborator or contractor would be very pleased with the process and the results.
9 November, 2017
Louise Daghlian
Relationship
Client
High level of professionalism and excellent attention to detail. Lots of creative ideas and very enjoyable to work with. Perceptive interpretation of our wishes leading to a great result.
9 November, 2017
Niamh Ward
Relationship
Client
I found Anatoly and Olga superb to work with. They have great taste, are pragmatic and not pushy - happy to customise the plan to meet clients' most immediate needs.
In particular, Olga's feel for space and flow meant she made some small changes to our original architect's designs that truly transformed the space and elevated it to the next level. On a big project (family home renovation and extension), our spend with Black and Milk was a relatively small proportion but one of the highest returns in terms of value. Would happily recommend them to anyone!!!
7 November, 2017
Comment from Black and Milk | Interior Design | London:
Dear Niamh,
Thank you for such a nice review. It was a pleasure working with you and we were happy to help! Enjoy your new home!
Thank you for such a nice review. It was a pleasure working with you and we were happy to help! Enjoy your new home!
Bajcyk Construction LTD
Relationship
Colleague
Black and milk - very professional on every stage of work, accurate and determined to give you 100 % satisfaction, work with this company ( designers ) is pure pleasure because they know their profession.
Highly recommended.
6 November, 2017
MAXIMILIAN TUNG
Relationship
Client
Anatoly and Olga are simply great! On the creative side, Olga has been invaluable in helping us design and come up with a look and feel for our new apartment – very modern without being “luxury hotel-commercial”. Her eye for detail, scale and proportion is also impeccable. In fact, my wife and I would go so far as to say she is more demanding on getting things right for our apartment than we are! She would also suggest ideas and products that we otherwise would never have considered which was great and paid huge dividends to the final look of our apartment! Anatoly, on the other hand, micro-managed the entire implementation of our project efficiently and always with complete transparency – he basically handled all the nitty gritty details that we all dread (especially given that we are based overseas) and followed the project through in terms of timing and budgeting. He even went so far as to get our apartment ready with temporary furniture during our visits to London whilst the apartment was still a work in progress! In a nutshell, he made the project painless and worry-free for us. We couldn’t be happier with Black & Milk! Always professional but always friendly and approachable!
6 November, 2017Last modified:6 November, 2017
Pret A Vivre
Relationship
Colleague
Olga is very demanding and keen to please her customers but the Pret a Vivre team is always pleased to work with her. She clearly sets out the deadlines right from the start of the project and makes sure that they are met. She knows how to combine her project management skills and creativity with her sub-contractors technical knowledge. Pret a Vivre highly recommend Black and Milk and we look forward to working with you again in the near future.
13 January, 2017Last modified:17 January, 2017
kristuwa24
Relationship
Client
B&M are a professional team, that managed to help me choose all the big and small details for our new apartment. I truly recommend them as a high class professionals who will help you to creat the cozy home atmosphere you always wanted.
8 December, 2016
catherine emmerich
Relationship
Client
It was such a pleasure working with Olga! She respected my traditional taste and gently persuaded me to combine a few modern pieces with some of the antique furniture which I already had, and to part company with a couple of items which simply didn’t work in the room. The result looks much more contemporary but I feel it reflects my taste and personality. Olga was extremely patient with me and never expressed any annoyance even when I was quite difficult to please! She was always courteous, pleasant and efficient. I recommend her whole heartedly.
29 November, 2016
Comment from Black and Milk | Interior Design | London:
Thank you Catherine. It was a pleasure creating design for you.
photopd
Relationship
Colleague
A beautiful home, wonderfully thought out and a great sense of an 'lived in' interior with a personal touch very unique to Black & Milk. A great pleasure to be involved.
28 November, 2016
Comment from Black and Milk | Interior Design | London:
Phillip, thank you for a nice review and for taking time to produce such beautiful images. Photo credit for Hampstead project http://www.philipdurrant.co.uk/
catherine421
Relationship
Colleague
Black and Milk are a fabulous design agency with a lovely clean modern aesthetic and are a pleasure to deal with!
24 November, 2016
neilbathia
Relationship
Client
I used Black & Milk to provide interior design services for my new build apartment in Shoreditch and I could not be more happy with services they have provided.
Olga's design process is extremely impressive, using state of the are CAD drawings, mood boards and various other visualisation techniques along the way. Even for someone like myself who is a tad lacking when it comes to the creative, I was able to get a very good feel of what apartment would look like prior to any of the furniture or joinery arriving.
In addition, I must say Olga's eye for detail is amazing. She has listened very carefully to my wishes and executed a design far beyond my expectations. Her team took care of all aspects of design, placing orders, handling delivery and any snagging issues that may have arisen. She was also incredibly patient throughout the entire process and even did a complete redesign for me at no further cost when I changed my mind about my initial.
It's been a real pleasure working with Olga. She is personable, efficient, incredibly creative and really good fun to be around. I will not hesitate to use Black & Milk again for my next residence. Though with the job they have done on this place I'm not sure I will want to move anytime soon!
23 November, 2016
Comment from Black and Milk | Interior Design | London:
Neil, your feedback makes us very happy. Thank you. Olga and the Team.
Karina Goncharova
Relationship
Client
I used Black and Milk sourcing service to furnish our for-bed flat in St Johns Wood. I’m an interior design enthusiast and knew what I wanted to buy but didn’t have the time. I was introduced to Olga through my personal connections. She gave me access to her suppliers and helped me to select furniture and matching fabrics so it forms a cohesive interior with pieces I already had. Her team took care of invoicing, ordering and logistics. Very happy with the service and my new interior.
20 November, 2016
Comment from Black and Milk | Interior Design | London:
Thank you Karina, I hope you enjoy your new home
rawahbadrawi
Relationship
Client
Olga was a fantastic talent in helping us source the right furniture for our newly expanded home. We built a basement and we wanted a "loft" feel. Olga came up with a great seating arrangements there, sourcing a fabulously comfortable, modern and interesting sofa and table/pouf that had a dual function. This was useful considering the limited space. She also sourced chic lighting for our main lounge and dining area and it matched pics we had showed her. Based on the success, good pricing and timeliness of the initial order, we solicited Olga for our new guest bedroom which she furnished in perfect style. It was a pleasure working with her and the firm.
5 July, 2016
Battersea Builders
Relationship
Colleague
We worked with Olga on her project in Fleet Street. The apartment was small but Olga had the vision to transfer the property into a beautiful studio flat making use of every square inch of space.
The end result was a very high end well proportioned flat in a very central location.
We would highly recommend Black and Milk to future clients.
30 November, 2015
joe_hall_toronto
Relationship
Received an estimate
Olga Alexeeva of Black&Milk Residential came to our flat to discuss building a side return and other renovations. She was smart and creative -- listening to our wishes and still managing to propose changes we hadn't considered but which make enormous sense. She was polite and efficient and quickly produced a number of sketches of possibilities that would transform the flat. She was also realistic in taking into account our budget and not pressing for more extensive renovations that we could not afford? Althouugh she was unable to project manage our renovations due to prior commitments, she provided us with contact information for a builder she had used and recommended.
17 June, 2015
marcella franchi
Relationship
Client
Olga is a brilliant interior designer with a good sense of making the most use of space. Her design skills are excellent. Although there were difficulties with the builders and kitchen delivery the end result was pleasing. Olga's sense of space and colour matching are inspiring.
4 March, 2015
GIQ Design
Relationship
Colleague
Olga was really great to work with. The project Olga hired us for was a small flat, and a lot of cabinetry needed to fit into a small space! We provided the kitchen and the built-in wardrobe with enclosed desk area. As an Interior designer, Olga has a great eye for detail and colour. She created a stunning colour pallet to work on and luckily for us we were able to provide exactly what she wanted. I feel however that Olga really excels when it comes to spacial planning of a room, she was able to create a luxurious and comfortable flat with the smallest of foot prints. Designing with her was a pleasure, and it was incredible to see how every revision of the floor plan leaded to having more and more space to fit all that was needed for the kitchen and wardrobe.
20 October, 2014
takram1972
Relationship
Colleague
I worked with Black and Milk on a refurbishment project and found the whole experience really easy. Olga's approach to her work is not just about being professional, she has a very creative mindset and is able to visualise exactly what the space / client needs and is looking for.
We worked with a limited space to help rebuild the city studio apartment but the results as you can see are fantastic. I would thoroughly recommend Black and Milk for your interior design requirements!
6 October, 2014
moomin12
Relationship
rented a flat in London designed by the company
Very functional and well-designed studio: smart use of space with plenty of storage.
Living area is pleasant, with a large sofa, comfortable working space and an additional compact table that could extend to a 2m dining table. The murphy bed above the sofa is easy to use, large and very cosy. When lying in bed watching the large flat screen TV on the opposite wall, you feel like you are in a pretty and serene hotel room
Bathroom is a very good size, clean and new.
The kitchen is fully equipped and very bright, featuring a sliding door that could be closed when cooking
A very tastefully decorated studio which makes truly impressive use of space: comfortable, functional and pleasant to spend time in. And very importantly, wonderful landlords who responded to my every need in no time.
Thank you!
4 October, 2014Last modified:15 October, 2014
Commented: ?Hey, its quite all right as its a wine fridge and you don't use it that often
17 November, 2020
Commented: Hello, gorgeous ceiling light over the table. Where is it from please?Hello. Happy to help. The light is from giopato and coombes
15 November, 2020
Commented: Floor Color/TypeHi Kim, its a natural pre-finished oak
7 November, 2020
Commented: Beautiful kitchen. Where did you purchase the counter stools?Hi There, the bar stools are by Norr 11
3 September, 2020
Commented: The sofa looks incredible!thanks, its from arketipo
25 May, 2020
Commented: I love the circular dots artwork.Sorry it's a one off by Damien Hirst
28 January, 2020
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