Indoor living room with a large window showing a cityscape of tall buildings, including the Empire State Building. The room has a cream-colored sofa with black and cream geometric pillows, a black side table, and a wooden coffee table with books.

Homes, Collected & Composed

Hi, I’m Erik, founder of Holmes Johnson, a Vancouver-based studio creating interiors for clients across North America.

I create interiors through observation, editing, and thoughtful accumulation. Rather than imposing a signature style, I look closely at the architecture, the light, the people who live there and the things they have collected over time.

I bring together different eras, styles, and sources, combining vintage and new, familiar and unexpected. I preserve what has character, refine what isn’t working and introduce what is missing, allowing materials, objects, and histories to come into conversation.

Through thoughtful layering and a strong eye for proportion and balance, the result is a home that feels collected without feeling cluttered, rooms that are considered without feeling prescribed, and interiors that are distinctly personal.

Man with glasses wearing a black leather jacket and a mustard-colored shirt, sitting on a patterned cushion in a cozy room with a bookshelf and lamps in the background.

More About Erik

I guide clients through the design process from initial concept through the final details, balancing creative direction with the practical realities of bringing a project together.

Before founding Holmes Johnson in 2022, I spent years working in luxury retail and high-end furnishings. That experience gave me a deep familiarity with furniture, materials, art, and the details that make a space work, while sharpening an instinct for proportion, quality, composition, and how environments shape the way we experience them.

Today, I bring that experience to residential projects ranging from focused room updates to larger cosmetic renovations, as well as kitchen and bath design, art advisement, and outdoor spaces.

No two projects should look alike. What remains constant is the judgment behind the decisions.