Mayfair, London W1
Polished Marble Reception Room
Reception refurbishment, marble floor & cove lighting
The project
A refurbished reception room with polished marble flooring and recessed cove lighting, where the light source is completely hidden and the ceiling appears to float.
The effort behind it
The cove was built three times in mock-up until the light scallop disappeared entirely; the final detail uses a 45mm lip and a warm-dim tape at 2200-3000K. The marble was polished in situ over four nights after installation so the joint lines vanish, with the room sealed and the dust extracted to protect finished decoration.
Challenges faced
Working in Mayfair, London W1 brought the classic London constraints: party walls on both sides, no lay-down area, and neighbours two metres from the scaffold line. The Polished Marble Reception Room programme had to absorb structural discoveries made only after opening up, and every delay risked cascading into the finishing trades booked behind us. Weekly look-ahead planning and a just-in-time delivery schedule kept the site moving without ever blocking the road.
Team & involvement
Delivery was led by a working site manager with a core crew of our own trades, supported by structural engineers, building control and specialist subcontractors we have worked with for over a decade. Morning briefings, a live programme on the wall and photographic records of every concealed stage meant the client in Mayfair, London W1 always knew exactly where their project stood.
A successful outcome
Polished Marble Reception Room was handed over on programme and within the agreed budget, with building control sign-off at the first inspection of every notifiable stage. The client moved back in on the date we gave them at tender — and the aftercare visit twelve months later found nothing to put right. That is the standard every DBS project is measured against.
