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Collection by Joan Squeri

simple /clever use of materials

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The Doolittles were famously private, their marble dining table ringed by just five chairs. Leonard has commissioned 18 more, to be positioned around the art tables for dinner parties.
The Doolittles were famously private, their marble dining table ringed by just five chairs. Leonard has commissioned 18 more, to be positioned around the art tables for dinner parties.
Local artist John Bisbee created a decorative screen out of nails for the end of the base cabinet. Stuart built the drawers using traditional wood-on-wood slides and proportionally spaced dovetails, which operate differently in summer and winter. “Those idiosyncrasies effect the way you interact with it,” Stuart notes. “The kitchen is experiential in that way.”
Local artist John Bisbee created a decorative screen out of nails for the end of the base cabinet. Stuart built the drawers using traditional wood-on-wood slides and proportionally spaced dovetails, which operate differently in summer and winter. “Those idiosyncrasies effect the way you interact with it,” Stuart notes. “The kitchen is experiential in that way.”
As there is no en suite, a small sink behind sliding timber doors in the master bathroom provides for convenient washing up.
As there is no en suite, a small sink behind sliding timber doors in the master bathroom provides for convenient washing up.
The brick wall was intended to introduce an element of warmth into the living room.
The brick wall was intended to introduce an element of warmth into the living room.
The use of brick in the apartment was inspired by the external facade of the block.
The use of brick in the apartment was inspired by the external facade of the block.
External staircases inspired the graphic design of the bespoke floor tiles.
External staircases inspired the graphic design of the bespoke floor tiles.
The original mosaic tiles in the balcony were retained and serves as an important design inspiration for the rest of the apartment.
The original mosaic tiles in the balcony were retained and serves as an important design inspiration for the rest of the apartment.
The decision to have a patterned brick lay was a decision made on site.
The decision to have a patterned brick lay was a decision made on site.