Our mission is to create beautiful, livable spaces that meet our clients aesthetic, functional, and economic goals, while respecting the environment.
Our perspective is informed by a respect for historical architecture coupled with an appreciation of the playfulness and freshness of modern design.
Our experience and expertise applies to all types of projects: on smaller residential and renovation work we can produce the drawings necessary for permitting and construction, on larger commercial and new-construction projects we focus on the interiors and work in tandem with architectural and engineering teams.
Our approach is flexible and responsive. We work with some clients who know exactly what they want and we help them achieve it. Others are less sure and we guide them through the design process, helping them to formulate their own aesthetic as we go.
Our network of collaborating professionals, formed through ten years of practice, includes architects, builders, artists, and artisans who share our vision.
Jessica Helgerson Interior Design is based in Portland, Oregon but we are currently working on projects in New York, San Francisco, Balboa Island, and Anchorage, Alaska. We enjoy the diversity and learning opportunities offered by working in communities other than our own.
Designer: Jessica Helgerson Interior Design Project: Del Popolo Restaurant Location: San Francisco, USA Photography: Aaron Lietz The conversion of an abandoned building in San Francisco’s Nob Hill neighborhood to a restaurant. Our scope included designing a new wooden store-front façade. The restaurant features Neapolitan-style wood fired pizzas, and the wood oven is the central focus […]
Designer: Jessica Helgerson Interior Design Project: Saul Zaik House Location: Portland, Oregon, USA Photography: Lincoln Barbour Saul Zaik House is a single-family house that was recently completely renovated by Portland-based Jessica Helgerson Interior Design. From the designer: This project was a thorough remodel of a 1950s house by prominent Portland architect Saul Zaik. Though the house
Interior Design: Jessica Helgerson Interior Design Project: Tiny House Location: Portland, Oregon, US Photographs: Lincoln Barbour This little house is where Jessica (Jessica Helgerson Interior Design) and her family have been living for the last several years. It sits on a five-acre property on Sauvie Island, an agricultural island on the Columbia River 15 minutes
Interior Design: Jessica Helgerson Interior Design Senior designer: Emily Knudsen Leland Project: Gothic Office Location: Portland, Oregon, US Photographs: Lincoln Barbour Designed by Jessica Helgerson, this luxurious private gothic office is in an 1870s historic gothic revival building in downtown Portland. At the start of the project we presented our client with a number of
Jessica Helgerson studio recently has moved into new offices in Portland. Located in downtown Portland’s Old Town, our office is situated in the historic Railway Building, built in 1872. It features beautiful brick walls, high ceilings, a mezzanine loft conference room, and huge windows facing out towards Portland’s 1st Avenue, which is a major line
Library House is an extension and refurbishment project completed by Jessica Helgerson Interior Design. Description by JHID: This project was a complete remodel plus an addition to a small structure which was originally the public library in the Sellwood neighborhood of Portland. When the library moved to a larger facility, this building was repurposed as
The Brooklyn Brownstone house in the Fort Greene neighborhood from Brooklyn belongs to a young couple with a penchant for pop art, bright colors and modern and fresh design.