Oak, three ways
The same plank of oak can look like three different woods. We leave the samples in the room for a week before choosing.
Sheet 05
Arroios, Lisbon
Raw, oiled and limed oak on the studio ledge.
Clients often choose a finish from a photograph. A week later, in their own light, it looks nothing like the picture.
So we cut three samples from the same plank, raw, oiled and limed, and leave them on a windowsill in the room itself. Morning, noon, a cloudy afternoon.
By the end of the week the choice is usually obvious, and it is rarely the one people expected.
It starts with a visit
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