Details that speak
Bespoke walnut carpentry, integrated lighting and a corner to work without leaving home
- Project type
- Home study and office design
- Location
- Caracas, Venezuela
- Year
- 2025
- Category
- Bedroom
They needed somewhere to work at home that did not feel like an improvised annex. I designed a full room of walnut carpentry: wardrobe, shelving with lit glass cabinets, niches and a floating desk with a green stone top. The room works on its own; it does not depend on a loose piece of furniture to function.
By the window I left a reading corner: a low armchair, a side table and the mushroom lamp that appears in almost every view. It is not a hotel office; it is somewhere you can also stop. The view of the classical building opposite does the rest.
Almost all the lighting is integrated: a perimeter strip in the ceiling, LEDs under the desk modules and light inside the glass cabinets. By day the window leads; by night the carpentry switches itself on and the room stays usable without turning on a ceiling light.
A study small in square metres and large in use: work, store and look out of the window without changing rooms. The carpentry does the heavy lifting; the rest is light, views and a couple of well-chosen pieces.
