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Case study

Backlit Shelving Wall & Dining Room

Scope
Living and dining room fit-out — a floor-to-ceiling backlit shelving wall, veneered panelling, a stone-effect feature wall and a bespoke dining table
A floor-to-ceiling shelving wall of black open niches, each one backlit, split either side of a central wood-veneer panel carrying a framed artwork under a picture light.
Design visual
The same shelving wall seen from the dining area, through perforated black screens, with a ring pendant over a dark dining table and a textured stone wall beyond.
Design visual
The shelving wall from an angle, showing the depth of the lit niches and the veneered centre panel running full height.
Design visual
The dining table against a split-face dark stone wall flanked by fluted timber panelling, with twin ring pendants above and slim black wall lights either side.
Design visual

About this project

A living room drawn as one piece of joinery rather than furnished as a room. The shelving runs the full 3,160mm from floor to ceiling in 18mm board, and splits either side of a 1,000mm veneered centre bay that carries the artwork and its picture light. Every niche is lit on its own, which is what makes the wall read as a grid of lit boxes rather than a bookcase with a lamp on it — and why the setting out was drawn before anything was made: rows 430mm high, niches from 205 to 325mm wide.

The dining end takes the same palette in bigger pieces. Its wall is 3,430mm of panelling across and the same 3,160mm high: an 1,842mm stone-effect panel in the middle, a 794mm fluted veneer return either side, and a 40mm profile milled into 18mm board so the ribs read at a distance. The table stands against it under twin ring pendants, and perforated black screens divide the two halves of the room without closing either off.

Key details

  • Floor-to-ceiling shelving wall, 3,160mm high, in 18mm board with a black finish
  • Shelf rows 430mm high, niches from 205 to 325mm wide, each one individually backlit
  • A 1,000mm veneered centre bay carrying the artwork, with a picture light over it
  • Dining wall panelled 3,430mm across: stone-effect in the middle, fluted veneer either side
  • Routed MDF panelling, a 40mm profile milled into 18mm board
  • Bespoke dining table standing against the stone panel
  • Perforated black screens dividing the living and dining halves
  • Twin ring pendants over the table, with slim black wall lights either side

Materials used

Drawings & dimensions

Shelving wall

Overall height
3,160 mm
Shelf rows
430 mm
Niche widths
205–325 mm
Veneered centre bay
1,000 mm
Carcass board
18 mm

Dining wall

Overall
3,430 × 3,160 mm
Stone-effect panel
1,842 mm
Fluted returns
794 mm each
Fluting profile
40 mm deep
Base board
18 mm
Dimensioned elevation of the shelving wall: 3,160mm overall height, shelf rows of 430mm in 18mm board, niche widths from 205 to 325mm, and a 1,000mm centre bay.
Shelving wall — dimensioned elevation
The same shelving elevation drawn in its finishes, black carcass either side of the wood-veneer centre bay, beside three dimensioned plan sections through the unit.
Shelving wall — elevation in finishes, with plan sections
Axonometric drawing of the shelving wall, shown as a wireframe and as a solid, with the centre bay and the 3,160mm height marked.
Shelving wall — axonometric
Elevation of the dining wall: 3,430mm wide by 3,160mm high, an 1,842mm stone-effect panel between two 794mm fluted veneer panels, with a detail of the 40mm milled profile.
Dining wall — elevation, with the fluting profile detailed

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