Bouclé lounge with a Persian rug and paper pendants beneath a glass-block wall

Case study 02 · Commercial buildout

Fashion Brand Headquarters

A two-story warehouse in Placentia reimagined as one home for content, design and operations — raw where it works, soft where people gather.

Location: Placentia, California
Type: Headquarters, two stories
Scope: Design, renderings & procurement
Signature finishes: Terracotta plaster, white oak, bouclé, brass

The brief

One building, many ways of working.

The team needed a space that could shoot content in the morning, host a buyer meeting by noon and still feel like their own. Darrim kept the warehouse bones — concrete floors, exposed trusses, steel windows — and layered warmth only where people pause: a terracotta plaster coffee bar, a bouclé lounge beneath glass block, and a white oak stair that ties the two floors together.

Behind the scenes sit a cyclorama shoot studio, curtained fitting rooms, a beamed conference room for twelve and a soft blush powder room upstairs. Darrim led design, renderings and procurement throughout the buildout.

A walk through the building

Room by room.

Terracotta plaster coffee bar with white oak cabinetry and brass

Ground floor · Arrival

Coffee bar & stair

The first thing anyone sees: a terracotta plaster wall over white oak cabinetry and brass, with a white oak stair rising beside it to the second floor.

Curved bouclé seating on a Persian rug beneath glass block

Leather sofa and layered vintage rugs in the studio lounge

Ground floor · Gathering

The lounge

Curved bouclé seating, paper pendants and a Persian rug soften the glass-block wall — a place to meet, pitch and pause between shoots.

Ground floor · Content

Shoot studio

A white cyclorama wall under the exposed trusses, left deliberately quiet so the product always leads.

Curtained fitting rooms with oval mirrors and round platforms

Makeup station with a bulb-lit mirror wall and director's chairs

Ground floor · Styling

Fitting rooms

Curtained fitting rooms with oval mirrors and round platforms sit beside a bulb-lit makeup station with director's chairs, so hair, makeup and styling never leave the floor.

Design studio with a butcher-block cutting table, glass globe pendant, dress form and wood flat-file drawers under a timber beam

Studio · Design & sampling

The design space

Where the collection begins: a butcher-block cutting table under a string of glass globes, sample rails, a dress form and deep wood drawers for patterns and swatches, all beneath a reclaimed timber beam on warm oak floors.

Beamed conference room with a long table for twelve

Second floor · Meetings

Conference room

Exposed beams, a long table for twelve and a single paper lantern — calm enough for buyer meetings, warm enough for long days.

Close-up of the Hollywood-mirror glam station with globe bulbs over a marble vanity

Blush powder room with a vintage-style vanity

Second floor · Details

Powder rooms & glam

A soft blush powder room, the brand logo inlaid in penny tile and a Hollywood-mirror glam station for shoot days.

Designed in 3D first

Walk the headquarters in 3D.

The full Coohom model maps the whole building before the buildout began — the coffee bar and stair, the lounge, the shoot studio, fitting rooms and design space under the timber beams.

Open the live model to rotate, zoom and look through every room.

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