Driving down a narrow residential street in Balham you come across home after home all hiding their secret environment within. As you open the door to this home, the secrets spill out, full of light, texture and a smooth journey through separate living spaces. All connecting to one another in their colour pallets, layers of textiles and connecting doorways. As you make your way towards to Kitchen area you are immediately struck by a view to a green space at the rear of the house. Stepping down through a wooden hallway, you are met with floor to ceiling glazing blurring the boundary of internal and external living quarters.

Our mission within this room, was to create pieces of furniture that served the family without it feeling fixed or overwhelming. All the walkways needed to be generous to meet the scale of the room and encourage fluid movement through the space. Within rooms like this, it is easy to add too much furniture, to add and add, multiple islands, lots of tall storage solutions, but that would have taken away for the feeling and comfort of this home. It needed to be able to breathe, to allow the family to settle in the space and not to feel overwhelmed by furniture. Keeping this functional and sufficient to the needs to the clients, we believe that we created a practical space that feels soft, and familiar to their every day lives.

The free standing larder dresser in Dead Salmon brings a softness to the colour pallet. This piece houses all of the families cooking and baking supplies, taking the bulk store away from the cooking area. We then have two dressers either side of the oven and chimney. One has the integrated fridge and freezer, swell as storage for cook books. The other end closer to the island seating and dining table houses appliances and crockery.

Overall the kitchen has a balance of functionality and space for eclectic pieces found on their travels as a family sensitive colours and material such as an earthy grey marble connect it all together resulting in a familiar space that puts you at ease within. 

Location
Balham, London

Date of Completion
2023

Photography
Peter Molloy

Styling
Libby Hobbs

Colours
Dead Salmon, Studio Green, Old White and School House White

Stone
Elegant Grey

Hardware
Burnished Brass

Interior Cabinetry
Oak

Frame Style
Flat panel shaker with mould and cockbead