Eight directions

A lookbook that specifies, not a mood board

Every direction below is a real specification. Cabinetry construction, stone family, metal finish and the colour temperature the room is lit at, because a palette chosen under 4000K showroom light is a palette chosen wrong.

Bright and spacious kitchen interior with modern wooden cabinetry and glass dining table.

01

Pick one, then break it

Eight complete directions

Most clients arrive with two of these and leave with a hybrid. That is fine: the point of a specified direction is that you can see exactly which part you are changing.

Alabaster kitchen direction

Alabaster

White on white, with the joinery doing all the talking.

Palette
Warm white, bone, pale oak
Cabinetry
Frameless slab, matte lacquer
Stone
Honed white quartzite
Metal
Brushed nickel
Light
2700K, CRI 95
Ember kitchen direction

Ember

Terracotta against deep walnut, for a room that reads warm at night.

Palette
Terracotta, walnut, cream
Cabinetry
Rift walnut with a painted island
Stone
Leathered granite
Metal
Antique brass
Light
2700K on five scenes
Monolith kitchen direction

Monolith

One stone, used everywhere, including the doors.

Palette
Graphite, smoke, steel
Cabinetry
Stone-clad slab fronts
Stone
Porcelain slab, book-matched
Metal
Blackened steel
Light
3000K, hidden sources
Verdant kitchen direction

Verdant

A deep green perimeter with a pale island as the light source.

Palette
Forest green, chalk, oak
Cabinetry
Painted inset, five-piece door
Stone
Honed marble island
Metal
Unlacquered brass
Light
2700K with in-cabinet accent
Linen kitchen direction

Linen

Soft-textured cabinetry with a nearly invisible hardware line.

Palette
Oatmeal, flax, pale grey
Cabinetry
Textured melamine, integrated pull
Stone
Fine-grain quartz
Metal
Matte stainless
Light
3000K, linear cove
Carbon kitchen direction

Carbon

Matte black joinery against a single pale stone.

Palette
Carbon, chalk, brass
Cabinetry
Matte black frameless
Stone
White quartzite waterfall
Metal
Satin brass
Light
2700K, low accent
Saguaro kitchen direction

Saguaro

Desert warmth without the turquoise and the terracotta pot.

Palette
Sand, sage, caramel oak
Cabinetry
White oak with a sage island
Stone
Honed quartzite
Metal
Bronze
Light
2700K, warm accent
Atelier kitchen direction

Atelier

A working kitchen dressed as a workshop, with visible structure.

Palette
Steel, ash, oxblood
Cabinetry
Steel frame with ash infill
Stone
Stainless work counter, stone perimeter
Metal
Raw steel
Light
3000K task-forward

02

Virtual walkthrough, included at Signature and above

See the kitchen before we take the old one out

Every Signature and Bespoke project is modelled from the plan set. You walk through the room, check the sight lines from the sofa and move things while moving them is still free.

Rendered contemporary kitchen with an island and pendant lighting
Open a sample walkthroughSilverleaf project, 3 min
  • Walk it before it exists

    Your plan set is modelled and rendered, then toured on a headset at the studio or shared as a link you can open on a phone.

  • Decisions get cheaper

    Changing an island length in a model costs an afternoon. Changing it after the cabinetry is released costs a change order and three weeks.

  • Lighting previewed at 2700K

    We render the room at the colour temperature it will actually be lit at, so the stone and the cabinetry read honestly.

03

How to use it

Three ways clients actually use this page

  • Name the direction

    Arriving with "Ember, but with the Verdant island" saves an hour of adjectives and gets us to a drawing faster.

  • Swap one variable

    Keep the cabinetry, change the stone. Because each direction is fully specified, you can see exactly what one change costs.

  • Rule things out

    Knowing you hate unlacquered brass is as useful to us as knowing you love it, and it is faster to establish here than in the library.

Finished kitchen by Lumen Kitchen Design

Bring a direction. Leave with a plan.

Ninety minutes at the studio with the full materials library and the direction you picked here.

Design fee credited against your project. Consultations booking 3 to 4 weeks out.

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