PATHIO STUDIO — AUSTIN, TEXAS
Make them want to stay awhile.
Pathio designs personality-filled interiors for Austin businesses, hospitality spaces and short-term stays—backed by a decade of commercial design experience.
Pictured: selected commercial experience by Nay Reyes prior to PATHIO
Small spaces. Big experience.
Pretty isn't the whole point.
PATHIO designs spaces for people to walk into, experience and remember—from neighborhood businesses to hospitality spaces and stays around Austin.
We think about how your space looks, of course. But also where people go, how they feel, what makes them stay—and what makes them want to come back.
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Nay Reyes — Founder + Principal Designer
What we design
Places people actually want to be.
01
BOUTIQUE COMMERCIAL
- Small businesses
- Retail
- Wellness
- Workplace + community spaces
For businesses that need their space to work as hard as they do. We bring together flow, function and personality to create places customers notice—and want to come back to.
02
HOSPITALITY + SHORT-TERM RENTALS
- Cafés + restaurants
- Boutique stays
- Short-term rentals
- Guest experiences
The kind of places people stay a little longer, tell someone about, or book again. We design around the guest experience—from the first impression to the details they remember afterward.
03
DESIGN CONSULTING
- Design Intensives
- Space Planning
- Materials + FF&E
- Targeted Design Support
Sometimes you don't need the whole thing—you just need a designer in the room. Bring us the layout that isn't working, the finishes you can't decide on, or the ideas you've been staring at for too long. We'll help you get unstuck and leave with a clear way forward.
Selected work
See what we mean.
Founder + principal designer
Meet Nay.
I'm Nay, the designer behind PATHIO. I spent more than a decade working in commercial interiors, furniture and project management—learning what it actually takes to move a space from an idea on paper to something people use every day.
Along the way, I worked alongside clients, architects, contractors, manufacturers and project teams on everything from interior and furniture projects to the thousand little decisions nobody sees once a space is finished.
10+ Years Commercial Interiors Experience
B.S. Interior Design — UTSA College of Architecture
How we work
First we figure it out. Then we make it happen.
01 — DISCOVER
We start with the questions.
What's working? What's not? Who's using the space? What do you want them to feel? We get clear on the business, budget and big idea before we start designing.
02 — DESIGN
This is where it starts to feel real.
We turn what we learned into a direction—planning the space, choosing materials, furniture and finishes, and working through the details that give it personality.
03 — IMPLEMENT
Good ideas still have to work in real life.
We collaborate with your contractor, vendors and project team to help carry the design from drawings and decisions into the actual space.
04 — REVEAL
Then we bring it all together.
Furniture, styling and those final details that take the space from almost there to ready for the people walking through the door.
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