Peter Mikic | St. Tropez, France

St. Tropez: Conscious Select × Peter Mikic Studio

Peter Mikic Studio was founded in London in 2006 by Peter Mikic, who moved from Australia to the UK in the 1990s and built his first career in fashion before turning to interiors. That background still shows: an eye for pattern, texture, and finish more typical of a couturier than a decorator, brought to bear on interiors that mix antiques from different periods and countries into something playful, sophisticated, and highly considered. The studio has grown into a team of over 30, working across private residences, yachts, hotels, and restaurants, with Mikic named to House & Garden's Top 100, AD Collector's Top 100, and Elle Decoration's list of top interior designers.

St. Tropez is where that instinct for drama meets its match.

The Project

The project is a holiday home in St. Tropez, designed for a British entrepreneur. Peter Mikic Studio held the interiors, while EeStairs realized the property's centerpiece: two monolithic helical staircases set at the entrance, the first thing seen on walking through the front door.

The staircases are finished in marble and polished plaster, a surface treatment dating back to ancient Rome, built up in careful layers over Fermacell and curved plywood until the soffit reads as one continuous, glowing surface. Bespoke brass stair-lights and a glass-and-brass balcony balustrade carry that material language through the rest of the house, echoed in the coloured marble floors, doorways, and fittings.

Throughout, the scheme is built on contrast rather than restraint: the cool precision of the staircase set against warmer, richly toned rooms, open bookcases and coffered ceilings against lightweight furniture, colour and texture balanced with the same discipline as the marble underfoot.

Staircase design and fabrication by EeStairs.

CS Design Values

Material Honesty. Natural, uncoated, age-gracefully materials chosen over synthetic or trend-driven surfaces.

Sourced with Intention. Reclaimed, vintage, locally sourced, or artisan-made pieces are central to the project.

Built to Last. Design conceived for the longevity of both form and feeling.

Why It's Consciously Selected

A dramatic staircase is an easy thing to get wrong, over-designed into a stunt rather than a piece of architecture. This one holds up because every surface earns its place. The polished plaster is applied by hand using a technique that predates the house by two thousand years. The brass is bespoke, not off the shelf. The whole thing is engineered before it is decorated. Peter Mikic's reputation for playful maximalism works because the craft underneath it is serious, not because the staircase is loud.