Tasked with completing the final layer of a character villa extension, Ritual Interiors — the Auckland studio led by award-winning spatial designer Claire Hammond — set out to thread personality through the home’s architectural bones, conjuring a space that feels as though it has always been there. The living room was reimagined as a calm, tactile retreat; one that holds heritage and the homeowner’s own narrative in the same breath. At its heart sits a bespoke shelving unit, conceived to house and quietly celebrate a treasured pottery collection, its structured joinery tempered by considered, layered furnishings.
To bring the room to its resolution, Ritual Interiors turned to Dawson & Co. Anchoring the space, the Baker Modular Sofa lends an effortless softness and an easy, lounging architecture — its generous feather filling built for the long hours. Nearby, the Wren Lounge Chair by Tolv, designed by Cameron Foggo, offers a moment of refined repose; its hand-sanded oak frame and visible tenon joins a quiet nod to the golden era of Danish woodworking. Between them, the sculptural Society Side Table by Natadora sits like an objet — cylindrical forms in oak, steel and marble stacked with such restraint that the materials are left to speak for themselves, grounding the room with a sense of intention.
