The brief was to bring Bar Build’s identity to the Cotswolds, softened from their sleeker head office into something warmer. A reception area and an enlarged kitchenette open into a long, narrow office lit by natural light across two central desk banks. The shell was blank, white walls with little beyond its original beams and stone. We built impact through scale rather than structure: a large reclaimed dresser filled with curiosities and books, one long desk running the room’s length, and planting throughout. The challenge was balance, giving the space warmth without undermining its function as an office. Curiosities were grouped into fixed units rather than left loose, keeping character without daily upkeep. The result carries Bar Build’s established wood tones while feeling distinctly its own, contemporary but true to the building’s bones.