Care and supported living

Ruskin supported accommodation

Location: Wales
Images: Visuals and as built

Visual of a lounge in warm evening light: a deep grey sofa, a dark timber sideboard, tall plants and glazed doors to the garden — Design visual

The brief

Supported accommodation taken room by room from first idea to finished space: a lounge opening onto the garden, a living room divided by open shelving, a panelled dining room, a breakfast bar over a slatted radiator cover, a small recording studio, a calm bedroom, a utility room and a garden room at dusk.

Each one started as a design visual, so every decision was seen before a trade arrived. Several are now built, and the photographs below show them as they stand.

Visual of a living room divided by open timber shelving full of books, with a green armchair and glazed doors to a lit garden — A living room divided by open timber shelving full of books, with a green armchair and glazed doors to a lit garden

Visual of a dining room with dark green panelling, a round table, green velvet chairs and a woven pendant — A dining room with dark green panelling, a round table, green velvet chairs and a woven pendant

Visual of a kitchen breakfast bar over a slatted timber radiator cover, with framed shirts on the wall and two stools — A kitchen breakfast bar over a slatted timber radiator cover, with framed shirts on the wall and two stools

Visual of a small recording studio with two boucle armchairs, slatted timber panelling, planting and soft wall lights — A small recording studio with two boucle armchairs, slatted timber panelling, planting and soft wall lightsTap a point

Visual of a calm single bedroom with a timber headboard wall, white drawers, a round rug and a bedside lamp — A calm single bedroom with a timber headboard wall, white drawers, a round rug and a bedside lamp

Visual of a utility room with a washer and dryer side by side under dark cupboards and a timber worktop — A utility room with a washer and dryer side by side under dark cupboards and a timber worktop

Visual of a timber garden room at dusk, lit from inside, with a deck, planting and low lights along the path — A timber garden room at dusk, lit from inside, with a deck, planting and low lights along the path

Before, and as designed

The garden before: gravel covered in rubbish, bags and broken boards — The garden

Design visual of the garden with a timber garden room, a deck and lighting — The garden

The living room before: grey sofas, grey laminate and bare walls — The living room

Design visual of the lounge with a deep grey sofa, a dark sideboard and glazed doors — The living room

The kitchen before: dark units, a tiled floor and bags left by the door — The kitchen

Design visual of the kitchen breakfast bar over a slatted radiator cover — The kitchen

The box room before: bare white walls, a clothes rail and a window — The box room

Design visual of the box room as a calm single bedroom — The box room

From visual to finished

Seen first, then built.

Design visual of the panelled dining room — Panelled dining roomDrag to compare

The dining room as built: deep blue wall panelling behind a glass table and grey chairs — Panelled dining roomDrag to compare

Design visual of the living room with open shelving — Open shelvingDrag to compare

The shelving as built: oak-effect open shelves with a plant and books against the blue panelling — Open shelvingDrag to compare

Design visual of the breakfast bar over a slatted radiator cover — Slatted radiator coverDrag to compare

The slatted radiator cover as built, stained dark, with a plant on its top — Slatted radiator coverDrag to compare

One wall, four stages

01Before
02Framing
03Painting
04Finished