Concept visual of a calm sage-green living room corner with a cream linen armchair, a chunky knit throw, a brass reading lamp and an olive tree by the window

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Rustic luxury interiors, in concept

Sunday Ambience is a new studio, and the visuals shown here are concept boards, the first thing a client receives at the start of a project. They illustrate rustic luxury as we design it: honest, matt materials, rustic warmth and generous empty space. As our clients’ projects are completed, and only ever with their consent, they will be shared here too.

004Love this look? The Reading Corner, coming soon as a room design

Concept visual

Concept boards

Where every design begins

These are concept visuals, and not photographs of finished rooms. A board such as this opens every design, setting out the direction, the palette and the mood before the detail of the layout, the lighting and the shopping list.

Concept visual for a calm living room with a sage green wall, cream linen sofa, olive tree and oak table

Concept visual

A calm living room

Sage walls, a cream linen sofa and an oak table, worked around the light the room already gets. The olive tree sits in the corner that catches the most sun, which is the only spot it would do well in.

002Love this look? The Sage Living Room, coming soon as a room design

Concept visual for a calm, restful bedroom with a sage green wall, oak bed, cream linen bedding, a jute rug and an olive tree

Concept visual

A restful bedroom

A soft sage wall, pale oak and rumpled linen, kept deliberately spare so the room can breathe. Planned around the morning light, with a corner given over to something green.

003Love this look? The Sage Bedroom, coming soon as a room design

Concept visual of a rustic luxury dining nook with limewashed plaster walls, an arched niche, a round oak table, rattan chairs, linen cushions, terracotta pots and olive branches

Concept visual

A warm, sun-washed nook

Rustic luxury at its warmest. Limewashed plaster, an oak table, rattan and terracotta, with olive branches in a stoneware jug. Calm and sun-washed, and built for long lunches.

005Love this look? The Limewash Nook, coming soon as a room design

Concept visual of a soft, homely sitting room with a curved cream armchair, a floral cushion, an aged pine dresser, garden flowers in a stoneware jug and a jute rug

Concept visual

A soft, homely sitting room

The gentler, more homely end of the studio. Curved shapes, aged pine and one floral cushion doing the work, so the room feels collected over time rather than bought in one go.

006Love this look? The Gathered Sitting Room, coming soon as a room design

Concept visual of a calm English cottage sitting room with limewashed walls, a pale oak beam, a linen armchair with one floral cushion, an old oak table, a stoneware jug of flowers and a faded rug

Concept visual

An English cottage sitting room

Limewashed walls, an old oak table and one floral cushion, so the room feels comfortable without feeling busy. A faded rug and a jug of flowers do the rest.

008Love this look? The English Cottage Room, coming soon as a room design

Concept visual of a sparse French farmhouse room with limewashed walls, pale beams, a terracotta tiled floor, a long old oak table with a linen runner, rush-seated chairs, a stoneware jug of olive and lavender, and grey-blue shutters

Concept visual

A French farmhouse dining room

A long oak table on a terracotta floor, rush-seated chairs and grey-blue shutters. Very little in the room, and every piece earning its place.

009Love this look? The French Farmhouse Room, coming soon as a room design

Concept visual of a calm farmhouse kitchen with limewashed walls, pale oak beams, sage green shaker cabinets with brass cup handles, a white ceramic sink with a brass bridge tap, an oak shelf of stoneware, a long scrubbed table with spindle chairs and herbs in terracotta pots on the windowsill

Concept visual

A sage farmhouse kitchen

Sage shaker cabinets, brass handles and a ceramic sink, with an oak shelf of stoneware and a scrubbed table for company. Practical first, and calm with it.

029Love this look? The Sage Farmhouse Kitchen, coming soon as a room design

Concept visual of a light modern rustic living room in a barn conversion, with exposed oak beams, chalky white walls, an oatmeal linen sofa with a chunky wool throw, a jute rug, a low oak coffee table, a plain stone fireplace with stacked logs, linen lamps and an olive tree in a terracotta pot

Concept visual

A barn living room

Exposed oak beams, chalky white walls and a plain stone fireplace. An oatmeal linen sofa and a jute rug keep it soft, and the beams are left to be the main event.

030Love this look? The Barn Living Room, coming soon as a room design

Concept visual of a warm Japandi living room in a Victorian terrace, with chalky limewashed walls, a low oatmeal linen sofa, a round pale oak coffee table with a stoneware bowl, a woven wool rug, a dark wood sideboard, a paper lantern and an olive tree by a tall window with linen curtains

Concept visual

A Japandi sitting room

A Victorian terrace, made calm. A low linen sofa, a round oak table and a paper lantern, with space left around each piece so the tall window can do its work.

032Love this look? The Japandi Sitting Room, coming soon as a room design

Concept visual of a warm minimalist bedroom with chalky limewashed walls, flush built-in cupboards, a low oak bed in creased oat linen with a sage wool throw, an oak stool with a stoneware lamp, linen curtains and a bare branch in a clay jug

Concept visual

A still, simple bedroom

Flush cupboards hide everything, so the room holds only a low oak bed, creased oat linen and a stoneware lamp. Made for rest, and nothing else.

033Love this look? The Still Bedroom, coming soon as a room design

From the journal

What is rustic luxury? Why matt, natural rooms feel so calmRead
Modern farmhouse, modern rustic or rustic luxury? 4 key differencesRead
Limewash walls: what to know before you pick up a brushRead

We would love to hear about your home

Ready-made rustic luxury room designs, coming soon to the Sunday Ambience Etsy shop. Any questions go through Etsy messages, and Rachel replies personally.

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