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The Artefact Home

Light sculpted duplex

A completed duplex where lighting leads the design, from coffered ceilings washed in cool light to a glowing moon relief above the master bed.

Living room with curved cream sofas, circular wall lights and a coffered ceiling washed in cool light

Client

Private residential client

Sector

Residential

Design concept

The client wanted a home that felt calm by day and quietly dramatic by night. Rather than decorate towards that, we made light itself the material of the project.

Every ceiling was redrawn as a sculpted plane. Recessed coves, linear channels and stepped coffers carry concealed LED lines, so each room changes character entirely between daylight and evening.

The palette stays deliberately neutral, soft greys, warm beige and pale timber, so the architecture of light reads clearly. Colour arrives in measured doses through art, wine toned cushions and olive accents.

Scope of work

  • Full interior design and execution
  • Living rooms, dining, bedrooms and stair lobby
  • Lighting design throughout
  • Furniture, art and styling
Lounge wall of glowing circular sconces beside curved sofas with wine toned cushions
Lounge wall of glowing circular sconces beside curved sofas with wine toned cushions
Dining space with backlit textured piers framing a large abstract painting
Dining space with backlit textured piers framing a large abstract painting
Master bedroom with an illuminated moon relief above the bed and linear ceiling lights
Master bedroom with an illuminated moon relief above the bed and linear ceiling lights
Living room facing a recessed television wall under stepped ceiling coffers
Living room facing a recessed television wall under stepped ceiling coffers
Marble dining table styled with brass candlesticks and autumn leaves beneath the artwork
Marble dining table styled with brass candlesticks and autumn leaves beneath the artwork
Television lounge with a curved boucle sofa and cove lit ceiling beside the stair
Television lounge with a curved boucle sofa and cove lit ceiling beside the stair
Guest bedroom with paired portrait artworks and a suspended glass globe light
Guest bedroom with paired portrait artworks and a suspended glass globe light
Lounge with vertical light lines on the wall and the staircase beyond
Lounge with vertical light lines on the wall and the staircase beyond
Wide view of the main living room with a rust armchair in the foreground
Wide view of the main living room with a rust armchair in the foreground

Detail

Key features

01Sculpted ceilings with concealed cove lighting and linear LED channels
02Feature walls of circular sconces that read as installations after dark
03Curved modular sofas arranged for conversation rather than the television
04A glowing moon relief above the master bed with tracked ceiling lines
05Textured plaster piers backlit either side of the dining room artwork
06Bespoke TV walls in washed stone panels with floating cabinetry

Outcome

The Artefact Home shows what a disciplined lighting concept can do for a family home. The duplex photographs like a suite of gallery rooms, yet every scene is a living space first, comfortable, practical and easy to inhabit.

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