The architecture carried inside
Material continuity, built-in design, lighting as spatial structure. The interior design service extends the logic of the architecture to every surface and fitting — not as decoration added after, but as part of the same considered whole.
A Soleta home has a natural material language before the interior design work begins: exposed glulam structure, natural fibre-based surfaces, carefully proportioned openings. The interior design service works within and extends that language — selecting the finishes, fittings and built-ins that maintain its coherence rather than contradicting it. The result is a home that reads as one thing, from the structural frame to the kitchen worktop.
We do not source furniture from catalogues or assemble interiors from trend boards. We design surfaces, specify materials, detail built-ins and resolve lighting — working directly with craftspeople and manufacturers whose output we know.
Material and finish continuity
Floor, wall and ceiling finishes are selected to continue the material register of the architecture. The visible structural timber species is pine, which is complemented rather than contrasted for effect. Ceramic selections for bathrooms are made for authenticity of material — not for visual impact divorced from the spatial context. Every finish is presented as a physical sample before it is ordered. You see and handle the actual material, not a screen approximation.
Built-in design and spatial logic
Kitchens, bathrooms, storage and built-in joinery are designed as part of the architecture, not sourced as standard units. A kitchen in a Soleta home is dimensioned and detailed to fit the specific space, to relate to the structural grid and to express the same material honesty as the rest of the house. Built-ins are designed by our team and made by the craftspeople we work with — not selected from a manufacturer's range.
Lighting as architecture
Lighting design starts with the natural light — how it enters, how it moves through the day, where it gathers at dusk. Artificial lighting is designed to support that logic rather than to replace it. We specify fixed lighting as an architectural decision: where recessed, where surface-mounted, where wall-washed, where absent. Decorative lighting is selected last, for warmth and character, within the framework the architectural lighting establishes.
Floor, wall and ceiling finish selections — all rooms
Finish examples for walls, flooring and visible timber structure
Kitchen design and specification
Bathroom design and specification
Built-in joinery design and specification
Lighting design — fixed and architectural
Furniture specification (full service option)
Coordination with construction team during Build
Scope and what is confirmed separately
The Interior Design service is available as a full package — from finish selections through to furniture specification and procurement coordination — or as a finishes-only service covering floors, walls and ceilings. Furniture procurement, where included, is coordinated by our team but priced separately from the interior design fee. The scope of the service for your project is confirmed in writing before work begins. Interior design is most effective when it begins at the design stage, not after Build is complete — late-stage changes to built-ins or finish substrates carry significant cost implications.
The materials we specify are chosen partly for how they look on the day the home is completed, and partly for how they will look in ten or twenty years. Natural timber darkens slightly and mellows. Stone develops a patina. Linen softens. We consider this trajectory when making selections — a home should improve with habitation, not look its best only in the first photographs.
Interior design
Extend the architecture inside
Tell us about your project. We will explain which interior design scope suits your stage and brief.