We grew up together in Germany and have always been close. Life took us on different career paths - and sometimes to different continents - but our bond stayed strong.

Now we're bringing our experiences together as brother and sister in business - and we are using it to solve a problem we have watched boutique hoteliers struggle with for years: finding trusted, considered art that feels like part of the experience, not an afterthought.

STILLSHAUS started with a simple frustration: walking hotel after hotel and noticing the same thing — walls that had nothing to say. After 40 years in hospitality, from apprentice to GM, Norbert knows exactly what makes a guest feel something the moment they walk into a room.

Birgit spent her career as an art director and stylist, shaping how major brands look and feel to an audience — from TV campaigns to global names like Samsung, Puma and Maybelline.

Between the two of them, they built STILLSHAUS to solve the one problem every boutique hotel GM recognises but rarely has time to fix — bringing the same considered eye that shapes world-class brands to the walls guests actually see.