The Studio

The Studio

Cinquième Gauche is a full service interior design studio located in Los Angeles

Laetitia Wajnapel

Interior Designer - Owner

Born and raised in Paris, Laëtitia started her career as a journalist before moving to London looking for new adventures.

There, she launched her own space in the digital world, which she ran for over a decade. This was a multilayered creative endeavor including styling, design, photography and writing. It quickly gathered a large audience and many accolades in the press.

Storytelling has been a constant in Laëtitia’s career. She’s explored many different ways to share her vision of the world - her design practice is one of those. She also loves to observe people and listen to their stories. This translates to her design practice where she works following a human-first process, getting to know her clients’ idiosyncrasies and needs in order to create the best possible environment for them to thrive in.

When working on projects, she is always keen on preserving the historical character of the properties she designs while enhancing and modernizing their functionality. Spaces tell stories too, a designer’s job is to write them.

Degrees and qualifications

Bachelor in History - Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
Masters of Arts, Film/Cinema/Video Studies - Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne

Recent Press

Services

  • We define the visual theme and all design details for your project.

  • We carefully plan layouts for each space in your home.

  • We love creating unique pieces of furniture to reflect our client’s tastes. We also offer custom cabinetry design.

  • We draw on our knowledge of materials to help source the perfect finishes and fixtures for your project.

  • Thoughtful furniture curation designed to make your house a home.

  • We work with General Contractors to ensure your project stays on track and on budget.

We work on a flat fee basis based on complexity, square footage and project length.

Feel free to contact us about your project and specific needs.

“Furniture and sculpture obey a lot of the same rules, but you don’t have to be able to sit comfortably on a sculpture. Furniture has to be somewhat practical, but I like furniture that borders on sculpture, and you need a pure room for furniture to be in, too. Most rooms, if you put something in them, it gets lost because they’re so cluttered, so the more pure the room, the more the people and the furniture can come forth.”

— David Lynch, Room to Dream