About Elementerre

Behind the Studio

Elementerre Studio designs real homes for real people, spaces that are as beautiful as they are true to those who inhabit them.

Guiding this vision is Shenel Shaikh, a Duke University-trained attorney-turned-designer whose passion and precision lend each project a rare balance of discipline and creativity.

Shenel’s design sensibility reflects the effortless beauty and free spirit of her home state of California, drawn as much from its culture as from its natural landscape. Blending her warm, modern style with a lifelong love of antiques and cultural exploration, she’s developed a signature point of view, one that pairs polished, intentional design with the warmth and wear of a life well lived.