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Why we specify oak by the tree
Our joiner chooses boards from a single trunk, so the grain runs on from room to room.
Our joiner selects oak boards from a single trunk for each project. It costs more and takes longer.
Grain as a thread
When the boards come from one tree, the grain runs on from floor to bench to cabinet. The house feels made of one material rather than assembled from many.
We number every board and keep the offcuts for small pieces — a shelf, a stool, a frame.
Elise Vermeulen
Founder, Enfilade Studio
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Essay
The case for fewer doors
Every door is a decision. We remove most of them, and make the ones we keep worth walking through.
Materials
Limewash, honestly
It cracks, it clouds, it changes with the weather. That is exactly why we keep specifying it.
Lighting
Lighting a hallway you actually walk through
Hallways are where a house is read in sequence. We light them like a gallery, not a corridor.