Notesfromthestudio.

Writing on craft, materials, and the long art of making a room. Published when there is something worth saying — roughly once a month.

On why we never specify a brand-new surface when an aged one will do — and the slow art of letting a room find its own finish.

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Why we keep a wall of every material we have ever specified, and what it teaches us about restraint.

Notes from a recent site visit to a 17th-century villa outside Lucca — on shadows, shutters, and the discipline of a north-facing room.

We spend more time in corridors than we admit. Why we treat them as rooms in their own right.

The post

A long letter, four times a year, printed on heavy cream paper and posted from the studio.