Project Baseline,
for Brigil
A lounge, a kitchenette and a dining banquette, every piece designed and built from scratch for the residents of Baseline.
- Client
- Brigil
- Project
- Baseline
- Location
- Gatineau, QC
- Scope
- Full bespoke
- Materials
- Solid oak, veneer, brass
No off-the-shelf adaptations, no catalogue substitutions. Brigil asked for furniture that could anchor three distinct amenity spaces while reading as one coherent collection.
The direction called for sculptural forms, tactile materials and a restrained palette that would hold up to commercial use without losing residential warmth. What follows is the commission, space by space.
A banquette to anchor the room
The lounge is the most public of the three spaces and had to work for small gatherings and quiet moments alike. A custom banquette anchors it: a curved sectional in cognac leather on a cerused oak base.
Between the banquette and the home cinema room, a series of small round tables in solid white oak with matte black metal bases. The proportions were calibrated for standard-height seating, low enough to feel relaxed, generous enough for drinks, books and laptops. A subtle stepped profile on the tops reads as a design detail rather than a structural one.
The warm leather plays against sage walls and a darker stained oak base. Depth without contrast for its own sake.
Bespoke isn't a category for us. It's how we work when a project needs something the catalogue can't deliver.
Three islands, one language
The kitchenette was the technical heart of the project. Brigil wanted three islands that would work as the working core of the space and stand as sculptural objects on their own. We built three custom islands combining solid wood, veneer and a brass foot rail, the repose-pied of bistro tradition.
The primary island is a curved silhouette with vertical grain veneer running its full height. The brass rail runs its length, grounding the piece visually and giving guests on bar stools somewhere to rest their feet. The brass had to follow the curve of the base precisely and sit at the right height for counter seating.
The two smaller islands echo the primary piece while serving different functions, one for prep, one for casual seating. Same wood treatment, same proportional logic, no two pieces identical.
A bean-shaped table for a curved seat
Next to the kitchenette sits the most distinctive piece of the commission: a bean-shaped solid oak table designed for the curved leather banquette behind it. A round table would have left dead space at the corners; a rectangle would have kept diners from facing each other. The bean solves both.
The top is solid white oak in a deep warm stain that reads almost black in low light and shows its full grain in daylight. The legs are solid oak racetrack posts, keeping the visual weight at the floor so the top seems to float just above the seat line.
Two custom leather banquettes were built for the project: the curved sectional in the lounge and a corner configuration designed to nest against the existing architecture.
Project specifications
- Three bespoke kitchen islands, solid wood frames, vertical grain veneer, brass repose-piedKitchenette
- Bean-shaped dining table, solid white oak, deep warm stain, racetrack legsDining
- Two custom leather banquettes, cognac leather, cerused oak basesLounge · Dining
- Round side and cocktail tables, solid white oak, matte black metal basesLounge · Cinema
- Designed and built in Gatineau, QCref.
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