About me

I am Alastair Humphries and have two passions in life that have formed my work life: Interiors and Food.

I did my BA in Interior Design at Guildhall University and my Masters at the Royal College of Art London. After graduation, I moved to Amsterdam to work for the design studio of Gritchnik Designs running the interior design section.

I left London for my other passion – food. Created the very successful Nia brand in restaurants in Sussex across 4 sites, looking for interesting buildings to house the restaurants and utilising my design skills to set the backdrop for the restaurants: from an old printing factory to a disused dairy with an old cowshed that became the private dining room at the Steyning site.

After selling the restaurants, I bought an old Farmhouse in Brittany that had 4 abandoned cider presses. I completely renovated the main Farmhouse that guests could rent to host up to 10 – for a more intimate stay one of the cider presses was converted into a 2 person room.

I sold my French business in 2020 and returned to Brighton where I met my current partner who is American. We became obsessed with Save old Houses in the USA and bought a dilapidated 7 bedroom red brick and clapboard house on the outskirts of Pittsburgh that had not been loved in a long time! 
It has beautiful original features that had to be saved and formed the starting point for this beautiful interior.

I have undertaken many Commercial and Residential Interiors featured in several Interior Journals: 25 beautiful homes, French Elle decoration, Marie-Claire homes and This is Life in Sussex.

Please see below examples of my work and our cottage in Dorset where I now live with my Partner and two Weimaraners.

Iain Humphries

Visit my Portoflio Page to read about my past, current, and future project including:

  • nia restaurant group – brighton, shoreham & steyning
  • summer house – rye
  • maison deveer – brittany, france
  • cocina mexicana – zona rosa, brighton
  • kemptown apartment – brighton,
  • frederic sauer house – pittsburgh, pennsylvania
  • well bean cafe – brighton
  • wimborne house
  • dorset home

Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions connected to my availability, services, and costs. If you provide your phone number or email address I will be happy to arrange a call or a meeting over a coffee to discuss your needs.

Tel: 07474360077     email: hello@alastairhumphries.com