In focus: Lavender Bay Home’s bespoke design elements

The AKID team, including principal Alexandra Kidd, interior designer Morgan Reid and product design manager Sarina Suriano, collaborated with trusted trades and artisans to execute their vision for Lavender Bay Home. What makes this project so unique is the extensive integration of custom joinery and furniture pieces—many incorporating Elton Group’s Eveneer Raw in dark-hued Ristretto, pearly Milkwood and the eye-catching Maritime Pine.

“We wanted to create a consistency that goes through all the rooms. To do this, we introduced the veneers into tables, joinery and furniture pieces to blur the boundaries throughout,” Kidd says.

As AKID’s in-house product designer, Suriano crafted designs to mirror and highlight the natural tones of the veneers. A standout is the dining table, inspired by Sydney sandstone, it features carved solid stone plinth legs sitting on a floating organic tabletop of glossy Eveneer Ristretto. Inverting this materiality, the breakfast bar is held up with a semi-circular base in Ristretto with a round Eveneer Milkwood tabletop.

“Designing bespoke furniture for this project was about more than just aesthetics. It’s incredibly rewarding to see these designs come to life through such skilled craftsmanship,” Suriano shares.

Elsewhere, forms and materials repeat, including a curved bedhead that cocoons the bed in Ristretto flanked with custom bedside tables, also in Eveneer. Floor-to-ceiling cupboards, kitchen cabinetry and wardrobes are all enveloped in Milkwood with flush detailing, which when opened reveals the dark luxury of Ristretto to all internal surfaces.

“Integral to the whole process was having open dialogue between the builder, joiners, stonemasons and metalworkers – encouraging and maintaining clear communication between everyone,” Reid says.

The bespoke joinery throughout Lavender Bay House demonstrates a commitment to blending robust materials with cohesive, timeless details.

Photography by Dave Wheeler