The Studio

Brushed concrete, warm timber, and the corner of McColl.

Designed by Hare Interiors. Contemporary luxe without the bite. The room reads more like a small architectural studio than a salon floor, which is the point.

A long view across the M11 floor. Brushed concrete, warm timber chairs, matte black mirror running the wall.

The brief

A space designed for stays.

Most salons are built like waiting rooms with chairs added in. Hare Interiors started somewhere else: a colour appointment is a three‑hour conversation, and the room has to carry it. The fittings are matte black so they disappear. The mirrors are framed in steel so they read as architecture. The chairs are warm timber so the floor doesn't read as clinical.

Paper‑cream walls, soft daylight from the corner window, a single skylight that does most of the work in the late afternoon. The retail wall, which most salons make a feature of, is here a quiet shelf at the back. The room belongs to the client and the stylist, not to the brands behind them.

A close detail of tools laid out at one of the stations: a Japanese cutting shear, a wide‑tooth wooden comb, a folded black towel, an unbranded amber glass bottle of water.
Detail Station, Tuesday morning
A colourist mixing tint in a small black ceramic bowl, a thin sienna swirl folding through cream.
Detail Tint room

Staking its luxurious place on the corner of Newmarket's McColl Street, M11 Studio has solidified its reputation for excellence.

Denizen Magazine

Come in.

The room is best understood by sitting in it. New clients are usually booked with a senior stylist first; we'll match you to the right chair from there.