A light-filled family home with an oak kitchen

Residential

Kitchen island styled with lemons beneath white fluted pendants and a backlit oak shelf

Entrance with an arched timber door, arched window to the patio and an oak slatted screen

The brief

A family home that needed its kitchen and living space to match the way the household actually lives: cooking, eating and gathering in one bright room, with storage that keeps everyday things out of sight.

The approach

One full wall of knotty oak cabinetry holds the pantry, ovens and a coffee niche, framed in white so it reads as built-in architecture rather than furniture. A white island with oak stools links the kitchen to the dining table, and a lit oak shelf runs above the handmade-look tiles.

Wall of knotty oak kitchen cabinets with white built-in ovens and a coffee niche

Oak dining table and chairs under a terracotta pendant, with built-in oak cabinets

Run of oak base units with white zellige-style splashback, brass tap and lit shelf

One oak wall, one white island and light from the patio: the house is organised around the kitchen.

Materials and details

Rustic oak, white surfaces, glazed off-white tiles and brushed brass, softened in the bedrooms with painted headboard bands in ochre and green and natural woven pieces. At the entrance, an arched timber door and arched window frame the view to the patio.