Styled in — A wide entry vignette — moody portrait artwork in a black frame, lantern pendant, layered antique runner, and pale plaster walls catching the morning light.
Louvered Sideboard with Oak Top
The Heirloom Greene
Garden sage with restored oak top and brushed brass
This sideboard arrived as a heavy, dated piece — too good to lose, too much wood to read modern. The client wanted something that could anchor a long entry wall without darkening the room. Kara stripped the oak top back to its raw grain and finished it in matte hard-wax oil, then refinished the louvered doors and drawer fronts in a quiet garden sage that flatters both the warm wood and the cooler plaster walls. The brass hardware was kept and polished — small cup knobs on the upper drawers for a tailored rhythm, longer bar pulls on the centre stack to draw the eye. It now feels like a piece the architecture was built around.
