About — Studio L1

The work starts with the person.

I’m an interior architect. I design homes around the person living in them — not around a style, a trend, or a template.

A home is tied to our deeper dreams, so it is worth taking the time to discover them and plan the home around what matters.

The Persona Method gives that discovery a starting point: a way to understand your identity, preferences and motivations before any room is designed.

Lisete Kivimägi

Interior Architect · Founder, Studio L1

How it works · the Studio L1 Method

This is the continuous life cycle of our design journey.

Six stages, each answering one question. Every decision, project and client journey in Studio L1 is drawn from them.

The stages work as one ecosystem, but each can stand alone, so you can enter the process where you need it.

The method is built for home design, but it can also help you explore lifestyle, personal growth and the deeper dreams behind the life you want to build.

Studio L1

The Method

01Free

Identity

“Who am I, before any room design?”

Your values, your motivation, your preferences. Know yourself before designing your life. Everything downstream depends on getting this right first.

You getPersona IDFreeYour essence, written as one of the fifteen design personas. The design rules follow from it.The Persona BookUS$89The portrait: who you are, what drives you, your colours, the people and the era.

02In your result

Lifestyle

“How do I actually want to live?”

The way you want to live, based on the persona profile. The habits, rituals and priorities that make up how you actually spend your hours.

You getPersona LifestyleFreeBrands, wardrobe, music, books, travel, scents — chosen because they fit you.The Persona BookUS$89Your wardrobe and cultural influences, and fifteen directions to draw inspiration from.

03US$9

Environment

“How does my home have to be and why?”

Spaces that support your energy, focus and wellbeing. The architecture itself — light, layout, material, flow.

You getHome IDUS$9Your identity translated into what the space actually has to do for you.The Home Design WorkbookUS$49Your dreams and preferences put together as a brief you can hand to your builder.

04From US$109

Experience

“How does it feel to be here?”

See your space coming to life — how the home feels to move through.

You getHome AtelierFrom US$109Design your own home with the Studio L1 Intelligence system.A Signature serviceFrom US$495Hand it to a professional interior architect for the detailed level.Your preferences, palette, materials and design rules are already in the reasoning.

05First to open

Wellbeing

“How can this home benefit me the most?”

Small intentionally made improvements, that make your home become the sanctuary of everyday life. Ordinary moments get calmer, easier, better.

You getRitual Corner™US$219Habits small enough to actually do. The reset, the evening light, the spice corner.

06Soon

Future Possibility

“What am I building toward next?”

You are not stagnant; you are growing and changing, and so should your home.

You getDream Life PortalFree to enterYour results saved in one place, with the option to change what you like and keep a journal of your becoming.The Dream Life JournalUS$25A deeper dive into your true desires in life.

Not a checklist, and not a course. You can enter it anywhere.

The aim

The main purpose is always to design the best life for someone.

Design should do more than look good and function well. It should give you personal support and help you live a more conscious life.

It draws on neuroarchitecture, psychology and conscious living practices.

We spend nearly 90% of our life indoors. Let the space around us help us become the best version of ourselves.

Not rulesThe library of decisions behind it is pre-checked by an interior architect.

No generic AI outputsThe library and all of its reasoning is pre-curated and controlled by an interior architect. The AI is putting it together and delivering it to you.

Drawing on the scienceNeuroarchitecture, psychology and environmental science, with professional interior architecture reasoning.

Real methods, real projectsThe Studio L1 Intelligence system is based on real interior architecture methods used in real projects, so you can design your own room with professional tools.

The world is not black and whiteFifteen design personas, and the two closest to yours are calculated and named alongside it. Nobody sits neatly inside one direction.

The tools to change your mindLater, and with confidence, because the reason for every decision is written down beside it.

Why it exists

Decision fatigue can become one of the biggest hidden costs of building or renovating.

Not the tiles, not the joinery — the weeks of going round in circles, questioning decisions, changing your mind, and sometimes making changes at the last minute.

When you don't fully trust the reasoning behind a design decision, it becomes easy to doubt it later. Another image appears. Someone suggests something different. The pressure of the project builds. And suddenly a decision that seemed right becomes a decision you want to change.

That is where time and money start to disappear.

Studio L1 makes the reasoning visible. Every decision has a reason behind it, so you can understand why it works for you, how it connects to the rest of the home, and what you are actually choosing.

You don't have to blindly trust a designer's taste.
You can trust the reasoning.

Intentionality is the true luxury.

How it began

There are endless choices and not enough systems or reasoning why this should work for you.

I created the Persona Method as a fun, playful way to discover your identity in design and architecture. It gives you a starting point before the endless choices begin.

A home is one of the biggest dreams we have. The method gives you a clearer way to understand what you want, so you can make decisions with more confidence.

This method fills that gap: a deeper framework and reasoning, so you can build a home that truly works for you — whether you design it yourself or work with an architect.

It can begin with your spaces, your habits, your ideal places — or simply the deeper dreams you want your home to support.

What you can do today

Small effort with huge impact.

Ritual Corners are small intentional setups that take little effort and give everyday life more value.

One dedicated area can be as small as one m² — a coffee corner, reading corner, meditation space or setup made around a habit that matters to you.

You can start creating one today, without a large budget.

What you get

Every product and service, and what each one costs.

Your Home ID is built from the free test; the tools and the services read from both. Stop when your room is solved, and every step credits toward the next.

01

The persona test Free

Ten minutes. Your persona — one of fifteen directions, with the reasoning shown.

Free · No account needed

Take the test 02

Your Home ID

What your home has to do, given who you are — palette, materials, light, design rules. Built from your free persona result.

US$9 · Instant · yours to keep

See what’s inside 03

The books & guides

Decide it yourself, guided. Three books — two to write in, one to browse.

From US$25 · The set US$129
14 days, no questions