A route behind the conversation
The garden door has its own clear approach, so a trip outside does not interrupt the people sitting down.
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ROOM 101 · Living Room
The October room with nowhere to rush
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A timber-clad rural self-build, conceived for Herefordshire.
The garden is expansive; the sitting group is close enough for a conversation. Brown leather, open teak frames and a celadon wall give this timber self-build a place to settle on an October afternoon.
See the product sourcesTHE DESIGN
The furniture makes a smaller room within the timber structure. A broad sofa faces two open-framed chairs across a low table, with space to approach from the side. The glazing remains visible above and between them rather than becoming a wall to furnish against.
The Hoxton sofa has enough weight to hold the group together. The Kendari chairs answer it with less bulk: leather suspended inside a timber frame, with the floor visible below. Their differences matter more than matching every finish.
Books occupy the solid wall where they can be reached from a chair. The Fields print brings a sharper patch of colour into the celadon; the lamps stay close to the seats. As the garden darkens, attention can turn inward without the room needing to change its arrangement.
WHY THE ROOM WORKS
Low furniture makes room for the weather, without leaving the people exposed.
Colour palette
- Celadon
- Chocolate
- Pale maple
- Cherry red
Keep the horizon
The low sofa leaves the view legible from the entrance. The room borrows its sense of space from the landscape.
Two kinds of leather seating
The substantial sofa is balanced by open teak chair frames. Light passes between the seats, so brown leather does not become a continuous dark block.
A pattern close to the floor
The diagonal wool rug adds movement beneath otherwise quiet furniture. Celadon can remain a broad, restful wall colour.
WHAT TO BORROW
Look at the room after the garden has gone dark. A book, a reachable lamp and a view towards the other seats should give it somewhere else to turn.
THE PIECES BEHIND THE DESIGN
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Hoxton Brown Leather 3 Seater Modern Chesterfield Sofa
Living With Luxury
The Hoxton’s broad brown leather back gives the open timber room a grounded centre. Its low, continuous outline leaves the garden view visible across the seating group.
£4,399.95
Kendari Antique Brown Leather and Teak Wood Modern Sling Chair
Living With Luxury
The Kendari’s open teak frame gives the brown-leather seating group some air. A pair can face the sofa without blocking the long garden view.
£509.95
Sita Reclaimed Wood & Iron Coffee Table
Chocolate Brown
Nkuku
The Sita’s reclaimed top and slender iron frame make a useful centre between substantial leather seats. The open base preserves the view across the timber floor.
£750.00
Poise Adjustable Floor Lamp in Brass + Sphere V
The Roost
An adjustable brass stem brings reading light to the chair without asking the whole room to brighten.
£375.00
Fields Print by Atelier Cph
The Roost
The red Fields print supplies the concentrated colour this otherwise quiet timber room needs.
£119.00
Diagonal Melt Cream & Brown Hand-Knotted Wool Rug
Designed by Henry Holland - Beige / 170 x 245cm
The Roost
The diagonal cream-and-brown pattern moves across the floor, giving the low furniture a direction without another strong wall colour.
£3,430.00
Renwal Velvet & Linen Cushion Cover: Brown · 60 x 40 cm
Brown · 60 x 40 cm
Nkuku
Brown velvet adds a quieter, tactile layer to the leather sofa, linking the seat to the room's timber without adding another colour.
£55.00
Mayla Throw
Natural · 140 x 200 cm
Nkuku
The natural throw is the layer within reach on an October afternoon, rather than another permanent colour statement.
£180.00
Endo Reclaimed Iron Vase: Small · Aged Black
Small · Aged Black
Nkuku
A small aged-black vessel gives branches a dark outline against the celadon wall without competing with the print.
£42.00