LONDON TOWNHOUSE
An impressive Notting Hill townhouse has been completely renovated with bespoke integrated furniture by a respected British designer and maker
Established British furniture designers and makers, William Garvey, have recently worked alongside leading architects on a private project in Notting Hill, London.
This inspirational design collaboration led to the specification of bespoke furniture across six floors of this impressive stucco-fronted home.
Architectural in concept, fabrication and finish, William Garvey embraced this unique project, demonstrating its ability for holistic design and manufacture that has the ability to furnish any space.
Family room: Media unit with adjustable shelves, speaker cloth wrapped front panels and high quality runners and hinges – designed to house plasma TV with integrated speakers and AV equipment.
Playroom: Two bespoke display units including open shelving with integrated LED lighting – one unit designed to include an interactive screen, speakers and AV equipment.
Kitchen: Full height kitchen cabinet with adjustable shelves, informal dining bench made from oiled solid English oak with cantilevered seating and a dining top in Glacier White Corian. Also in the kitchen, a glass cabinet with LEDs and Glacier Ice Corian back panel and a fireplace cabinet to house LED screen and speakers.
Spa: Shower enclosure, Japanese bath and Japanese basin table all in oiled cedar of Lebanon and a sauna bench in Scandinavian timber.
Study 1 & 2: Each with bespoke recessed book shelves with adjustable shelving, made from close grain oiled walnut with a vertical back panel.
Formal reception room: Walnut display unit with integral LED lighting and chunky open shelving – designed to accommodate Moroccan doors, which the homeowner supplied.
Formal dining room: Bespoke storage cupboards, also designed with dumb waiter housing unit for discreet accessibility.
Private living room kitchenette: Walnut bespoke furniture with folding doors, stainless steel countertop and sink, mixer tap and Gaggenau appliances.
Master bedroom: Bed cantilevered from the wall, made of walnut and designed with integral steel frame support, under-lighting and two concealed drawers. Walnut shelving with angled LED strips and reading spotlights. Walnut display unit with open shelving, six flush drawers and integrated lighting. Shoe storage display unit with integral lighting.
Family bathrooms 1, 2, 3 & 4: All with walnut vanity units with white Corian countertop cantilevered on steel brackets from the wall, with adjustable shelves, mirrored doors, vertical LED strip lights set behind frosted glass and integral under-cabinet lighting. Bathroom one features a medicine unit with white Corian counter on steel brackets with glazed medicine cupboards to create a tall wall unit. Designed with adjustable shelves, stainless steel clothes rail, sliding doors and small cupboard.
Bedrooms 2, 3 & 4: All with a bespoke bed headboard with mitred drawers and integral LED lighting. Cupboards designed with adjustable shelves, stainless steel clothes rail and a centre cupboard with top hung cabinet at the top and removable panel to conceal fireplace.
Dressing rooms 1 & 2: Bespoke interior wardrobes designed with adjustable shelves, stainless steel clothes rail, sliding doors and integral lighting.
Guest rooms: Lounge and kitchenette fitted with walnut bespoke furniture with folding doors and stainless steel countertop.
Bedrooms 1, 2 & 3: Bespoke bed headboard with mitred drawers and integral lighting and matching cupboards designed with adjustable interior shelving, stainless steel clothes rail and bottom sliding doors.
Bathrooms 1 & 2: Walnut basin vanity unit with adjustable shelves, mirrored doors, integral lighting and a white Corian countertop. Bathroom two features an additional unit for a WC and bidet.
Cloakrooms 1, 2 & 3: Each with a bespoke walnut vanity unit with adjustable shelves, mirrored doors and integral lighting.
Staff quarters: Bedroom cupboards with adjustable shelves, coat rail, standard hinges and doors with kitchen furniture featuring base and wall units along with stainless steel sink, brassware and Siemens appliances.
Laundry: Base and wall units with adjustable shelves and long stainless steel handles, along with stainless steel sink, mixer tap and Miele appliances.
Each piece of handmade furniture within this project was well considered, precisely planned and drawn and tailored to the space and the individual requirements.
Were there any design hurdles? There were a few challenges to overcome, with one being the need for adjustable shelving with integral lighting. This element required free movement of both the shelves and LEDs from one position to another, without affecting the operation when in a new position. One hundred per cent bespoke, this design was not in existence at the time of specification and so had to be exclusively designed by Bill Garvey, who made a discreet furniture system that remains completely invisible from view.
Bill Garvey, Managing Director at William Garvey says: “This was hugely time consuming for us, requiring great care and a high level of accuracy. Nevertheless, the end results powerfully add to the overall effect of a perfectly integrated interior, which the architect was trying to achieve.”
This one project alone captures William Garvey’s high aptitude for the design and creation of bespoke wooden furniture. For instance, the progressive nature of the modern linear furniture met with the straight grain of walnut that retains a more traditional look, demonstrating how transitional design continues to be big in interiors.
Conversely, the distinct mix of materials also defines this residential project, welcoming a blend of quality raw wooden furniture with stark glacier coloured solid surfaces, to create varying tone and texture.
