Exclusivity
Your design is yours. We do not recycle layouts between clients or lift schemes from a catalogue, because your building and your habits are not the same as anyone else’s.
About Zamzam Decor
Design that is drawn carefully and built properly.
We are a Nairobi studio of designers, joiners and project supervisors who believe the drawing and the building should never be separated.
Kenya Practice
Designing across the country
Free Site Visit
Anywhere in Nairobi
3D Visuals
See it before you build it
Workmanship Guarantee
On all installations
Studio
Design, workshop and site under one roof
Our story
Started in a workshop, grown by referral
Zamzam Decor began as a small joinery workshop making kitchens for Nairobi homeowners who wanted something better than the standard flat-pack. Clients kept asking the same question: “could you design the rest of the house as well?”
That question became the business. Today we hold a full design practice and a production workshop under the same management — interior and exterior design, kitchens and cabinetry, and complete fit-outs for residential, commercial, hospitality, religious and institutional clients.
Almost all of our work still arrives the way it did at the beginning: someone who has stood in a finished Zamzam Decor space tells someone else about it.
- Studio on Argwings Kodhek Road, Hurlingham
- Design, fabrication and installation in-house
- Projects across Nairobi and the wider Kenya market
- Residential, commercial, religious and public sector
What guides us
Five commitments we hold ourselves to
These are not slogans on a wall — they are the standards we are judged against on every site.
Precision
Measure twice, cut once, and never let a site assumption reach the workshop. Millimetre accuracy is what separates a fitted kitchen from an installed one.
Honest Pricing
Itemised quotations, material options at three levels, and a rule that any variation is agreed in writing before it happens.
Communication
A named contact, weekly progress updates and photographs. You should never have to ask what is happening on your own project.
Responsible Sourcing
Locally milled hardwoods and Kenyan suppliers wherever the specification allows, with imports reserved for what genuinely cannot be matched here.
Accountability
One contract, one team, one guarantee. If something is not right at handover, it is ours to put right.
Our journey
How the studio grew
A decade of steady expansion, driven almost entirely by client referral.
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2014
The workshop opens
Zamzam Decor starts as a specialist joinery workshop building bespoke kitchens and wardrobes for Nairobi homeowners.
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2016
Design practice added
Growing demand for whole-house work leads to an in-house design team, space planning and the first 3D visualisation service.
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2018
Commercial fit-outs
The studio takes on its first multi-floor office fit-outs in Westlands and Upper Hill, adding phased delivery for occupied buildings.
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2020
Hospitality & religious work
Boutique hotel and mosque projects bring specialist detailing — acoustics, high-traffic durability and traditional craft — into the practice.
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2022
Institutional projects
Government and institutional refurbishments introduce formal tender documentation, compliance reporting and audit-ready delivery.
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Today
Nine disciplines under one roof
From a single utility room to a complete building, the same studio, workshop and site team see every project through to handover.
Our capability
What we can take on
A single point of responsibility across the full scope of interior and exterior delivery.
- Space planning and layout redesign
- Interior concept and material specification
- Photo-realistic 3D visualisation
- Bespoke kitchens, wardrobes and joinery
- Gypsum ceilings, cornices and feature walls
- Wall panelling, cladding and decorative finishes
- Flooring — tile, timber, vinyl and carpet
- Painting, texturing and specialist coatings
- Electrical layouts and architectural lighting
- Plumbing coordination for kitchens and bathrooms
- Façade treatments, canopies and terraces
- Landscaping, paving and perimeter features
- Window treatments, upholstery and soft furnishing
- Furniture supply, procurement and styling
- Signage, branding elements and wayfinding
- Full project management and site supervision
The team
Who you will actually be working with
Every project is assigned a designer, a workshop lead and a site supervisor — the same three people from start to finish.
Lead Designer
Owns the brief, the layout, the material palette and the 3D visuals. This is the person you sit with at concept stage and who signs off the final styling.
Workshop Lead
Translates approved drawings into cutting lists and manages fabrication of every cabinet, panel and joinery item before it leaves the workshop.
Site Supervisor
Runs the installation programme, coordinates trades, protects finished areas and sends you the weekly progress report.
In their words
Clients on working with us
We had been quoted twice for our Lavington maisonette and both felt like guesswork. Zamzam Decor walked the house, produced drawings we could actually understand, and the final bill matched the estimate. The kitchen alone changed how we use the ground floor.
Amina & Yusuf K.
Residential Client, Lavington
Our office fit-out ran over two floors while staff were still working. The team phased the programme around us, kept the site clean, and handed over on the date they promised. Clients notice the reception the moment they walk in.
Peter Mwangi
Operations Director, Westlands
For the prayer hall we needed someone who understood both the craft and the tradition. The detailing on the mihrab and the acoustic work in the main hall exceeded what the committee imagined.
Sheikh Abdirahman H.
Masjid Committee, Eastleigh
Frequently Asked
About the studio
Still have a question? Call +254 799 007 610 and speak to a designer directly.
We are in Hurlingham, along Argwings Kodhek Road at Maralal Oasis, Nairobi. Visitors are welcome during working hours — call ahead and we will have the relevant samples ready.
Start your project
Let us design something worth referring
Book a free consultation and see how a studio with its own workshop approaches your space.