Sycamore living room, dark slatted timber wall with a horizontal linear fire and a glass coffee table styled with books

Sycamore

Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne

A Whole Home Project

Sycamore

A contemporary home built on contrast and quiet confidence, held in warm darkness.

Location Gosforth, Newcastle
Scope Whole home, concept to completion
Service Full Service Design
Conversation, Concept, Creation

Sycamore is a contemporary property taken back to its bones and built up again in a quieter voice. Slatted timber panelling, a horizontal linear fire, a round black dining table, dressing surfaces in gloss and brass.

The brief was to hold darkness with grace. Rooms that feel tonal rather than dim. A palette carried by charcoal, taupe, burgundy and brushed brass.

A full-service project, managed from first concept to final placement. Our in-house workroom produced the headboards and soft furnishings to keep the scheme coherent from one room to the next.

Room One

The Living Room

Slatted timber panels frame the hearth wall, the fire a horizontal line cut cleanly into the detail. Books and small objects in brass and ceramic, nothing loud.

The sofa sits low, upholstered in a soft neutral so the architecture of the wall is allowed to lead the room rather than compete with it.

The Sycamore living room, dark slatted timber wall, horizontal linear fire and Chanel styling on a glass coffee table
Secondary angle of the Sycamore fireplace wall
Seating perspective of the Sycamore living room with natural light
Room Two

The Dining Room

A black table at the centre, held by four upholstered chairs in a diamond weave. A chrome pendant above, Crittall doors leading through to the hall. A room for conversation rather than display.

The Sycamore dining room, chrome geometric pendant over a black table, red roses and diamond-pattern chairs with Crittall doors leading through to the hall
Diamond-weave upholstery on the Sycamore dining chairs, held tight against a blurred drinks cabinet beyond
Sycamore
Room Three

The Master Suite

A taupe scheme, not grey. Linen curtains in the bay window, the bed set to face the morning light.

The dressing area carries the same palette, with brass on the joinery and handles.

The Sycamore master bedroom, panelled taupe velvet headboard with twin lamps lit
Dark velvet cushion detail in the Sycamore master bedroom
Pewter pots and magnolias against the dressing mirror in the Sycamore master suite
Room Four

The Dressing Room

Dark cabinetry faced with brass hardware, an island counter running the centre, patterned flooring that keeps the room honest.

Sycamore dressing room, dark cabinetry with brass accents and island counter
Dark mirrored dressing unit cut to the sloped eaves, pewter pots of greenery above and magnolias below
Orchids against dark brass-lined cabinetry and a white boucle chair pulled to the dressing counter
Room Five

The Second Bedroom

A quieter counterpart to the master. A textured velvet headboard in warm mushroom running the width of the room, a pair of faceted bronze lamps holding the nightstands, chocolate throw across the foot of the bed, tweed and rust cushions stacked against the pillows.

The lighting is kept deliberately low, amber against the headboard. A room that reads as a wind-down rather than a centrepiece.

Sycamore second bedroom, a mushroom velvet-panelled headboard running the width of the wall, a pair of faceted bronze lamps with white shades, chocolate bedspread, tweed and rust cushions
Side view of the second bedroom, mushroom headboard in soft amber light, a folded towel on the bed and the faceted bronze bedside lamp lit
Close detail of tweed and rust cushions stacked against the pillows
Close detail of the faceted bronze bedside lamp, white shade lit, against the mushroom velvet headboard
Room Six

The Third Bedroom

Cream on cream, restrained. A heavy textured linen pelmet runs the length of the window with matching curtains drawn in generous folds, a white orchid sits on the sill, a glass-based lamp with a gold-lined shade holds the bedside. The palette is the same as the linen itself.

Built for a guest to land in and stop thinking.

Sycamore third bedroom, a heavy textured linen pelmet and matching curtains framing a window with a white orchid on the sill, mirrored bedside table with a glass lamp, cream bedding
Two pillows with tonal linen-and-silver weave propped against a cream headboard
Close detail of the textured linen pelmet and drape, white orchid just in frame below
The glass-based bedside lamp with a gold-lined shade, next to a small green plant and a pewter vessel on a white mirrored bedside table
Room Seven

The Entry & Hall

The bit of the house you walk through the most, treated as seriously as any other room. A dark oak shelf-niche lit from behind in warm amber, holding black stoneware vases of magnolia and dried grasses. Beyond, a cream-panelled corridor lined with black-framed glass doors, brass bar handles reaching the length of each.

A welcome made of materials, not words.

The Sycamore hallway, a dark oak shelf-niche with white magnolias in a black vase and lit from behind in amber, next to a cream panelled corridor with black-framed glass doors and long brass handles
Close tableau of the lit hallway niche, white magnolias and dried grasses in a black stoneware vase, pine cones in a pewter bowl below
A pair of lantern-style table lamps with brass bases and black linen shades, lit against the dark console
A single white magnolia close up, sitting in a pewter vase with trailing eucalyptus against a dark oak shelf
Detail

A Niche, Considered

A dressing corner held through the mirror. Lamp glow, a white orchid at the window, pewter against linen. One of the quieter pieces of the house, and all the better for it.

A tableau through the mirror, bedside lamp lit and pewter planters against linen curtains
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A contemporary home, warm, grown up, built for the evenings. Managed from first concept through to the last cushion, with every decision considered end to end.

Aubury & Co, on Sycamore

Lauren Reece and Cheryl Renton, principal designers at Aubury & Co
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Lauren Reece & Cheryl Renton

Lauren and Cheryl lead Aubury & Co together. Between them, close to three decades of practice in property and interior design, a shared love of considered detail and a long view, and a keen eye for materials, textures and the small decisions that make a home feel right.

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