Belgravia, London SW1
Belgravia Townhouse
Kitchen, backlit slatted wall & island
The project
A walnut veneer kitchen wrapped around a backlit slatted wall, with a full-height stone island that anchors the room. The veneer was sequence-matched across nine doors so the grain reads as one continuous board from the tall units to the pantry.
The effort behind it
Sequence-matching cost us an entire log. Two leaves were rejected for colour drift after spraying, and the workshop re-cut them rather than accept a visible break. The backlighting behind the slats was mocked up at three different LED temperatures in a blacked-out bay until 2700K was chosen, because anything cooler turned the walnut grey.
Challenges faced
The Belgravia Townhouse brief looked simple on paper and was anything but on the bench. Working in Belgravia, London SW1 meant tight delivery windows, a live household, and materials that each behaved differently through the seasons — timber moving against stone that never does. The walnut veneer & honed stone combination demanded tolerances of ±1mm across long runs, and every component was dry-assembled in the workshop before a single van left for site.
Team & involvement
A dedicated team carried the project from first survey to final sign-off: a lead designer working directly with the client, bench joiners who made every component by hand in our London workshop, and fitters who treated the finished rooms in Belgravia, London SW1 as if they were their own. The same hands that cut the timber installed it — no handovers, no lost detail, one point of responsibility throughout.
A successful outcome
The finished work was signed off in a single visit, with no snagging list — the outcome we aim for on every commission. The client has since referred two further projects in Belgravia, London SW1 to the workshop, and the Belgravia Townhouse pieces remain in daily use exactly as installed: drawers that still close silently, doors still true, and timber that has mellowed rather than worn.
