The process was very easy and fast: in a second meeting, after a couple of weeks, we produced fresh samples and three-dimensional drawings of the project, supported by a rough indication of budget and time schedule. A final meeting on site covered a thorough survey of the home and helped to decide details about custom-made materials, final drawings, delivery time and costs.It took us just a week to finalize our production drawings, to order all the necessary materials and allocate the work to our craftsmen: the production in our workshop was finished in a fortnight. Then, our same craftsmen were able to install everything on site in a week.

The project
The project consisted of three main parts: the kitchen with a special cupboard overlooking the living room; the wall panelling in the dining room with a small seating area inside the bow window, a niche for the wine and a wine refrigerator in the corner; the bookshelves, dividing the dining from the sitting room.In line with the owners’ needs, we designed a unique interior using minimalist forms and custom-made materials. The subtle contrast between the different materials gives a sophisticated impression. At the same time, we found that the connecting element of the old and new areas had to be the choice of the correct veneer woods, the custom-made finishings, and the colour palette of the different materials.

The room divider is focal at connecting the two main living spaces, the traditional room and contemporary one, becoming the main feature of the two rooms. It is conceived as a ‘transparent cloud’ which divides and links the two spaces and the two styles of the house. The inspirational idea was a pile of traveling trunks. Each one was made of a different kind of thermo-treated oak in three different tones – to remind the couple of their many travels.Hand-lacquered thin sides, randomly positioned, give rhythm to the space and create a walk-in passage and several see-through windows between the two rooms. The vertical risers allow room to see the fireplace of the old sitting room, but they are not large enough to pass through. Oak shelves are organized like small trays to display many pieces of art, vases and books the owners collected over the years.

A wall panelling for the wine
The young couple loves wine and they asked for a space where they can really enjoy this.We chose a dead corner between the kitchen and the dining room. There, we designed a hand-lacquered niche for the decanter and wine glasses with a wine cellar underneath and a honeycomb rack for bottles made of solid wood above. This niche was incorporated into the wall panelling made of engraved oak. The lacquered niche is prominent and a wide horizontal strip emphasizes the grain in the wood.Inside the bay window, we designed a cosy seating area with asymmetrical leather soft benches and a small one-leg table in between. The table top was of pure grain leather cut at an angle of 45 degrees. The palette of colour was carefully chosen and decided together with the owner and the result is amazing!