01
Oak, underfoot
The board you stand on, its grain running the way it will run.
Level 3 of five · Light & finish
Real materials,
in real light.
The floor underfoot. The stone, the joinery, the paint. Seen at the hour you choose, not a render lit at noon. Finish stops being a swatch on a screen and becomes the actual surface of the room.
M · 01
Finish at 1:1, not a chip in a hand.
A swatch tells you a colour. Full size tells you the grain, the joint, the scatter, the weave, how the surface behaves under your own feet and hands. Each finish below is drawn the way it reads in the room.
02
Honed stone
Read the grain of the stone, not a flat colour on a screen.
03
Ceramic field
Joint width and setting out, seen where your foot meets it.
04
Woven wool
The weave close enough to reach for, not a thumbnail swatch.
05
Lime plaster
How the wall holds light across its face, not a paint chip.
06
Terrazzo
The scatter and scale of the aggregate, judged at full size.
Patterns drawn to scale. Actual surfaces are measured live in Deployment 01.
L · 02
Light at the hour you choose.
A render is lit once, usually at noon, usually flattering. The same room reads a different way at first light and again after dark. Walk it at the hour that matters to you and see how the finish answers the light.