Pelhams Walk: A Home in Oak and Stone

At Pelhams Walk, HUX worked with Zulufish to deliver bespoke joinery across the home, creating a cohesive interior that supports everyday family life while offering a more refined setting for entertaining. The design focuses on natural materials, considered storage and a calm, open-plan layout.

The Brief

Set within an Esher family home, the project focused on creating a cohesive interior through bespoke joinery, supporting daily life with young children while offering a more refined setting for entertaining.

The clients were inspired by their South African heritage, with a focus on natural materials, depth of tone and a sense of understated richness. The aim was to translate this into a unified scheme, balancing warmth with a more restrained, contemporary approach.

Key objectives

• Ensuring the space could transition easily between everyday use and entertaining

• Creating a connected, open-plan layout

• Introducing natural, tactile materials

• Balancing family functionality with a more elevated aesthetic

The Approach

The design is anchored by a generous kitchen island, positioned to connect the main living space with the garden beyond. It acts as both a functional centrepiece and a natural gathering point.

A layered material palette brings warmth and depth, combining timber, stone and woven textures. Natural light plays an important role, enhancing these materials and reinforcing the connection to the garden.

Key design elements

• Central island shaping the layout and flow

• Oak cabinetry introducing warmth and structure

• Stone worktops offering contrast and durability

• Large openings to maximise natural light and connection to the exterior

The Detail

Refined detailing sits alongside the more tactile elements, adding a subtle layer of sophistication without overpowering the scheme.

Details include:

• Brass accents for a quiet sense of polish
• Backlit wine cooler integrated within the joinery
• Open shelving for display and personal objects
• Considered storage to maintain a calm, uncluttered space

Extending the Design Language

Beyond the kitchen, the material language continues into the main living space, creating a sense of cohesion across the open-plan layout.

Polished concrete walls introduce a more architectural layer, offering contrast to the warmth of the timber used throughout the scheme. Floating shelves in Mundy, Birds Eye Maple veneer are integrated into the space, with concealed lighting adding depth and a softer, ambient quality in the evenings.

A ‘faux’ chimney breast was introduced to structure the room, creating two recessed niches for shelving. This intervention brings a sense of balance and proportion, allowing the joinery to feel anchored within the wider architecture rather than applied.

In the WC, contemporary oak acoustic slat panels are used to form the cistern housing, combining function with a more tactile, architectural detail. These elements, while smaller in scale, contribute to the overall cohesion of the project, ensuring each space feels connected and intentionally resolved.

The Result

The spaces balances warmth with restraint. Rooted in materiality and proportion, the home feels both lived-in and elevated, designed to adapt naturally between daily routines and more considered occasions.

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