Client consultation at the table

Method

A method, not a mood.

Six phases, from the first conversation to the day we hand over the keys.

00How we work

One method, run the same way every time.

From the first conversation to the snag list, the work moves through six phases. The same principals stay on the project from the first sketch to the last fit.

01The six phases
01

Listen

We start with the brief, the budget, and the light. Mostly the light. The first conversation is about the people who will use the room, not the room itself.

Client consultation at the table
The first conversation, at the table
02

Study

Back in the studio: references, plans, and the first material directions. We work the references against the site before a single wall is drawn.

Studio workspace
References and plans, on the studio wall
Digital material moodboard
First material directions
03

Draw

Drawings and a full material schedule. Nothing goes to site without a sample in the hand. The schedule names every plaster, stone, wood, and metal by finish.

Material moodboard of plaster and stone
The material schedule, sample by sample
04

Build

On site, weekly. We build what we draw and fix what the drawing missed. The hand that drew it is the hand that checks it against the wall.

Site visit during the build
On site during the build
05

Craft

Joinery and finish, made in our workshop and fit by hand. Oak, stone, and matte metal, prototyped, built, and brought to site as one fitted piece.

Joinery and furniture workshop
Joinery, made and fit by hand
06

Hand over

We hand over a finished room, on time, snag list closed. The keys go back, the protective film comes off, and the room is yours to live in.

Sunlit living room with a long limewash wall
Handed over, ready to live in

Our promise · 100% on time

On time, or 50% of our fee waived.

We put the timeline in the contract. If we miss the agreed handover date, half of our fee is waived. We have never had to.

0%Delivered on time
0%Of our fee waived if we run late
0Phases, every commission
Commission a space

Ready to start the first conversation?

Tell us about the room, the light, and the people who will use it. We will take it from there, on time.

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