Interiors — Sunlit Studio

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Every image on this page is a Sunlit Studio concept. These are not photographs of houses I have built. Concepts are labeled; photographs, when they appear, will be labeled too. Why I work this way.

Living & Family Rooms

Where the room has to work every day, not just photograph well.

Drawing room with panelled walls, glazed cabinetry and a linen sofa — Sunlit Studio concept

Living room corner with floral curtains, linen sofa and a wall of books — Sunlit Studio concept

Living room with a green overmantel panel, landscape painting and paired brass sconces — Sunlit Studio concept

Living room with a smoked oak ceiling and tall glazed doors to the garden — Sunlit Studio concept

Living room with a beamed ceiling, gilt landscape painting and a linen sofa — Sunlit Studio concept

Great room with a coffered ceiling, limestone fireplace and arched built-ins — Sunlit Studio concept

Great room with a vaulted beamed ceiling and a limestone fireplace — Sunlit Studio concept

Playroom with built-in shelving, a window seat and a small round table — Sunlit Studio concept

Kitchens

Cabinetry, stone and light decided together rather than one at a time.

Kitchen with a long island, three brass lanterns and a smoked oak ceiling — Sunlit Studio concept

Kitchen opening to a seating area, brass lanterns over a dark oak island — Sunlit Studio concept

Kitchen with sage cabinetry, a plaster hood and a marble range surround — Sunlit Studio concept

Kitchen with paired brass lanterns over a dark oak island — Sunlit Studio concept

Kitchen island with brass lanterns, blue and white jars and plaid stools — Sunlit Studio concept

Cream kitchen with paired lanterns and four upholstered stools — Sunlit Studio concept

Kitchen in rift oak with a plaster hood and a marble slab backsplash — Sunlit Studio concept

Kitchen with a greige island, alabaster pendants and a marble backsplash — Sunlit Studio concept

Kitchen window over the sink with a brass sconce and marble counters — Sunlit Studio concept

Dining Rooms

Built for a full table on a Tuesday.

Long dining room with paired lanterns centred over a wood table — Sunlit Studio concept

Dining room beneath a smoked oak barrel vault with a marble fireplace and water view — Sunlit Studio concept

Dining room with a tiered alabaster chandelier and a limestone fireplace at night — Sunlit Studio concept

Bedrooms

Pattern on the walls, everything else quiet enough to let it work.

Bedroom with green toile wallpaper, matched lamps and a bell lantern — Sunlit Studio concept

Canopy bed beneath a beamed ceiling with green drapery — Sunlit Studio concept

Bedroom with a dark green wallpaper panel above white wainscoting — Sunlit Studio concept

Sage bedroom with a cane headboard and a framed gallery wall — Sunlit Studio concept

Bedroom with a cane bed, brass chandelier and floral curtains — Sunlit Studio concept

Bedroom with an arched window seat and sage panelled walls — Sunlit Studio concept

Bedroom with a slender four-poster bed and a brass chandelier — Sunlit Studio concept

Bedroom with a papered ceiling, upholstered headboard wall and alabaster pendant — Sunlit Studio concept

Bedroom with chinoiserie wallpaper, a green canopy bed and an arched window — Sunlit Studio concept

Bedroom with a wood canopy bed, green floral wallpaper and a striped chair — Sunlit Studio concept

Bathrooms

A small room can carry a stronger idea.

Bathroom wrapped in green botanical toile with a marble vanity and arched mirror — Sunlit Studio concept

Entry & Foyer

Thirty seconds of a house decide how the rest of it reads.

Entry foyer with a barrel vaulted brick ceiling in herringbone and olive double doors — Sunlit Studio concept

Hallway corner with panelled wainscoting, a taupe door and a brass sconce — Sunlit Studio concept

Entry hall with a brass lantern and doors open to the garden — Sunlit Studio concept

Studies & Libraries

Rooms that ask you to sit down and stay.

Home office with deep green joinery, a wood desk and a brass picture light — Sunlit Studio concept

Reading chair at a tall window between built-in bookcases — Sunlit Studio concept

Mudrooms & Laundry

The rooms that get used hardest, given the same care as the rest.

Mudroom with green joinery, herringbone brick floor and a built-in bench — Sunlit Studio concept

Mudroom with a brass lantern, hooks and a door open to the garden — Sunlit Studio concept

Laundry room with a hanging rail, stone counter and a pleated shade — Sunlit Studio concept

Laundry room with sage cabinetry and a window over the counter — Sunlit Studio concept

Laundry room with sage cabinetry and a door open to the garden — Sunlit Studio concept

Mudroom with open lockers, an oak bench and botanical wallpaper — Sunlit Studio concept

Mudroom in taupe with a papered ceiling and a bench with baskets — Sunlit Studio concept

Porches & Outdoor

The part of the house you actually live in from May to October.

Covered porch with a sage beadboard ceiling, dining table and lounge seating — Sunlit Studio concept

Covered porch with white columns, a lantern and bluestone paving — Sunlit Studio concept

Exteriors

Where the discipline starts.

White house at dusk with a balustraded terrace and lit windows — Sunlit Studio concept

Symmetrical house with a gambrel roof and lantern-lit entry — Sunlit Studio concept

Stone house at dusk with steep gables and a gravel forecourt — Sunlit Studio concept

Stone and stucco house with an arched entry and lit windows — Sunlit Studio concept

Stone and stucco house with a turret and a cedar roof — Sunlit Studio concept

White shingle house with a gambrel roof, columned porch and stone terrace — Sunlit Studio concept

Front entry with olive double doors, limewashed brick and a brass lantern — Sunlit Studio concept

House at dusk with a covered porch, outdoor fireplace and lanterns — Sunlit Studio concept

Details

Where two materials meet is usually where a room is decided.

Wallpaper meeting a striped curtain above painted wainscoting — Sunlit Studio concept

Material study — sage and cream cabinetry, marble, brass fittings and oak — Sunlit Studio concept

Quartzite countertop with a stacked ogee edge above cream cabinetry — Sunlit Studio concept

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