The palette is neutral on purpose: timber brown, cream, grey and black. It stays calm for years, and it still feels like a particular house rather than a catalogue room.

In the living room, a large cloud-marble wall is flanked by vertical timber slats. The veining does the decorating. A dark sofa faces the television wall, with a small coffee table and a line of pendant lights above.

Built-in cabinets run to the ceiling. Storage is inside the architecture, not added afterwards. Glass and a little metal keep the timber from feeling closed in. The same language continues into the bedroom, so the townhouse reads as one interior.