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Eastern Suburbs House.
Full kitchen, dining, library and feature stair joinery for a modernist residence in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs. American walnut, hand-troweled plaster, solid brass. One brief, twelve revisions, eleven months in build.
The brief
A kitchen that belongs to the architecture.
The architect designed a quiet modernist residence around a long north-facing living rail and a central feature stair. Our brief was joinery that wouldn't compete with the architecture — millwork as part of the building, not furniture imposed on top.
We worked alongside the architect from concept stage. Twelve revisions on the island plan. Three timber samples on site, on three different days, at three different times of light. A pre-mill of every cabinet face from carefully selected American walnut so the grain reads as one continuous panel across the full kitchen run.
Concealed cold storage. Touch-latch on every door. A hand-troweled plaster feature wall framing the open fireplace. The brass detailing acts as the only deliberate ornament. The suspended stair is structural walnut on a folded steel spine.
- Architect
- SkyGrove · Available on request
- Builder
- Available on request
- Photography
- Available on request
Material selection
Australian, hand-picked.
American walnut
Quarter-sawn for the kitchen run and library. Hand-selected boards so the grain reads continuously across every drawer face and door. Hand-oiled — no varnish, no stain. The grain darkens slowly with sunlight over the first six months.
Hand-troweled plaster
Feature wall around the fireplace and the central stair landing. Applied wet on wet by a single trowel-hand over three days. The texture catches morning and evening light differently.
Solid brass detailing
Cup handles, edge inlays, and stair tread spines. Machined locally. A living finish — the brass dulls, marks, and patinas with use. The piece looks better at five years than it does the day it's installed.
Process
From sample to install.
01 · Selection
02 · Workshop build
03 · Hand-finish
04 · On-site install
The finished room
Three weeks of install, ten years of use.
The piece arrived on a Wednesday morning, was installed by Saturday afternoon, and looks the same today as it did the day it went in. That's the brief, done.
— Architect, Eastern Suburbs residence
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