Location: Southern California
Type: Full-Scope Residential Interior
Completion: Spring 2025
Design House: Ardenel Studio
A Home That Breathes with the Landscape
Perched quietly in the California hills, this home by Ardenel is a study in sculptural restraint and material richness. Blending the warmth of hand-finished wood with the tactility of woven textures and ceramic silhouettes, the interiors reflect a modern residential design language rooted in serenity.
More than a showcase of high-end custom furniture, this is a space designed to be felt as much as seen—where every piece holds weight, yet nothing feels heavy.
1. Framing the Welcome: Architectural Entry, Natural Stillness
From the moment you step through the shaded entry, the tone is set—charcoal eaves, raw timber steps, and potted foliage lead you into a space of textural contrast and warmth. The threshold isn’t grand; it’s grounded. Glass doors invite light, while carved wooden elements nod to organic form.
This home doesn’t impose—it invites.
2. Living Lightly: A Conversation Between Form and Function
The main living area feels like a quiet sculpture garden. Wide-plank oak floors ground low-slung leather armchairs and a rich olive-green curved sectional. Soft natural light filters through linen sheers, casting shadows that dance across a hand-carved coffee table and woven rug.
Here, Ardenel embraced sculptural interiors without excess—just honest materials and intentional lines.
3. Earth-Toned Geometry: The Dining Room as a Statement
Anchoring the home’s heart is a dining room defined by bold shapes and balanced textures. A burnished brass pendant floats above a custom red marble table—its smooth surface echoing the geometry of the blackened oak chairs below. A large carved artwork on the wall mirrors the natural drama of the table’s veining.
This is modern drama, softened by hand.
4. Intimacy in Texture: A Corner for Quiet Moments
In a wood-paneled alcove, Ardenel created a small sanctuary. A custom banquette in nubby earth-toned textile wraps around a green pedestal table, framed by vintage spindle-back chairs. Layered ceramics, playful pillows, and low candleholders make the space feel quietly lived-in.
This is where morning coffee turns into conversation, or reading turns into stillness.
5. Kitchen, Composed: Functional Craftsmanship
The kitchen unfolds as a masterclass in warm minimalist design. Pale oak cabinetry meets softly veined marble and matte black fixtures. Objects are placed with intention—ceramic cups, wooden bowls, and cast vessels line the open shelving, adding soul to utility.
This is high-end custom furniture used the way it should be: beautifully, and every day.
6. Where Rest Feels Artful: The Bedroom Retreat
A hand-painted mural in soft green strokes wraps the bedroom in a landscape of calm. Layered bedding in linen, wool, and cashmere mirror the tones of nature outside. An abstract art piece leans casually against the wall, while a tartan armchair adds subtle visual tension.
The bedroom reflects Ardenel’s belief that rest should feel like returning to self.
7. Passage and Pause: Moments Between Rooms
Even the transitional spaces in this project are considered. A hallway vignette features an exaggerated high-back sculptural chair and a vintage rug. Nearby, a table topped with bold red heliconia blooms adds life and verticality, offering a pause of visual poetry between rooms.
These moments matter. They’re part of the rhythm.
Conclusion: Sculptural Interiors, Quietly Lived
This Southern California project exemplifies Ardenel’s core philosophy: that a home should be more than styled—it should be sensorial. Through restrained palettes, bold yet tactile forms, and layers of warm neutral tones, we crafted a residence that invites stillness, curiosity, and connection.
It’s not about following trends. It’s about designing spaces that feel like memory in the making.
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Modern Living with a Classical Soul