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Lagos, October 2026. Studio Mogore, an interior design studio founded by Amanda Omogiafo, opens to new commissions with the launch of its website, studiomogore.com. The studio creates residential, commercial and hospitality spaces, from private homes and guest residences to offices, bringing together furniture, materials, art and craftsmanship in interiors that feel personal and are made to last.

"Design has shaped the way I see the world for as long as I can remember, long before I had a word for it," says Omogiafo. "I followed many other interests, and each one quietly led me back here. What moves me is the whole life of a project: conceiving an idea, working it through with the people who make it, and watching it become a room someone lives in. I once assumed everyone saw things this way. Realising they did not was when I understood it was a gift, and Studio Mogore is how I mean to use it."

Two recent projects show the range of the studio. Toda, a family home in Ikoyi, pairs soft taupe with dark timber, fluted joinery, painted landscapes and deep upholstered seating. Kaol, a guest residence in Ikoyi, gathers olive, rust and walnut rooms around an oval timber table beneath an amber glass chandelier.

Every project is designed by the studio and made with a close circle of Lagos-based joiners, upholsterers, metalworkers and finishers. Omogiafo leads each project personally, and the studio stays involved on site from the first conversation to the final styled shelf.

Studio Mogore works with clients in Lagos and abroad, including Nigerians living overseas who are building or furnishing a property at home. Each of these projects runs on scheduled design reviews, held in person or by video, with written updates and photographs at every stage. "Building at home from abroad asks a great deal of trust," says Omogiafo. "We earn it through clarity: every stage, cost and decision is set out in advance, and our clients watch the work take shape as though they were standing in the room."

The studio's understanding of hospitality comes from Urban Pumpkin, Omogiafo's guest apartment business in Lagos, where she designed and furnished spaces lived in by new guests every week and learned what holds up to daily life. Studio Mogore carries a family name, and is built in that spirit of something passed down: considered, lasting and made to be kept.