One bedroom is reimagined as a studio for craft or contemplation. Venetian blinds draw incoming daylight into a soft, working luminosity, while a custom worktable—with a plan recalling garment cutting patterns—introduces an idiosyncratic, makerly logic. A companion rug traces those organic lines, echoing a landscape map. Small, intentional gestures complete the scene: asymmetrical dried florals, a singular fabric lamp with a beaded cord reminiscent of a wooden bracelet, and a textile pendant that brings Nordic and East Asian sensibilities into quiet alignment.
The master bedroom carries the apartment’s overarching serenity into a more cocooned register. A wabi-sabi temperament is articulated through rough-textured pots, a found coral and a slender display ledge for a hand-woven wool work inspired by Spanish tapestries. Above the headboard, a larger woollen piece recalls a snowy mountain mirrored in a blue lake, offering a tactile focal point with atmospheric depth. A related work in beige and brown appears in the living area, its palette shifting toward desert plains and long migrations—a meditation on time and place that threads the home together.
Upholstered bedheads in velvet bring a gentle luster to both bedrooms, paired with cushions whose accented edge stitching reiterates a garment-maker’s care. The second bedroom’s bay window evolves into a reading nook, where layered textiles lend warmth and a sense of intimacy.
Above the bed, a graphic bronze wall lamp introduces a precise, sculptural counterpoint. Adjustable in height and angle, it serves both bedside and bay window, embodying the project’s commitment to craftsmanship in service of daily use.
In the shared spaces, custom glass lamps—rounded and generous—take on dual roles. By day, they sit as sculpture. By night, they glow like lanterns, animating corners and softening the edges of the room. Across the home, light meets uneven textures and soft geometries in nuanced ways. Clay, timber and woven textiles register the sun’s passage and evening’s approach with subtle shifts that make time feel close at hand.
Throughout, Soil Studios works in a palette of earth, sand and charcoal that steadies the interior and clarifies its lines. Clay vessels and textured textiles absorb and reflect light. Walnut and other timbers warm the touch. Linen curtains breathe. The home feels composed yet open to change, like a shoreline over seasons.
Small gestures carry meaning. Dried reeds and autumn branches sit in quiet arrangements—‘frozen life’ that invites pause, grounding attention in the present while acknowledging nature’s impermanence. In their humble way, these installations frame a way of living: attentive, tactile, attuned.
