Work journal · Residential
Adlington Road, Wilmslow
An entrance hall, staircase and arrival, quietly reimagined.
The first thing you see, finally given the attention it deserves.
Not every project is a whole house. Here the brief was a single, important space, the entrance hall and staircase, done exceptionally well. It’s the first thing you see every time you come home, so it’s worth getting absolutely right.
- Location
- Wilmslow
- Discipline
- Residential interior design
- Scope
- Entrance hall, staircase & circulation
- Year
- 2025
The brief
We were asked to rework the entrance hall, staircase and circulation into a calm, confident arrival, the space that quietly sets the tone for the whole house. Warm, tactile and considered from the second the front door opens, with everything made to measure around the architecture of the home.
From concept to completion
Every detail is drawn before it’s built. This is the panelling design for the stairs and landing, the mouldings, the beading and the paint specification, all worked out on paper first so there are no surprises on site.
The build
Then the work that makes it all possible. New wall panelling and a textured plaster feature went in, every bead and cornice fitted and hand-painted, with the floors protected underneath. This is the unglamorous middle that everything beautiful depends on.
Before & after
From a dated staircase to a proper moment of arrival.
The staircase was the heart of it. We kept the structure but transformed the feel, panelled walls, a soft new runner, a sculpted bottom step, and a bespoke oak window seat tucked beneath that hides everyday clutter.
The finished arrival
A backlit round mirror set into a textured plaster panel, a curved oak console with reeded detailing and a marble top, herringbone floors and gentle, layered light. Every surface is there to be touched, and nothing shouts.
A place to pause
The bespoke oak window seat, soft bouclé above, hidden storage below, the kind of practical, beautiful detail that makes an entrance work as hard as it looks.
Behind the scenes
And finally, the fun part, shoot day. Here’s our photographer capturing the finished feature wall, tethered to a laptop to get every detail just right. It’s always a lovely moment, seeing a space we’ve lived with on paper for months finally finished and styled.
