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Lightwell Residence
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Lightwell Residence
Lightwell Residence distils warmth, clarity, and architectural rhythm into a home that feels both refined and instinctively liveable.
Project Type: Residential, Custom New Home
Light moves through this home like a slow inhale — brushing across the grain of oak, folding into the creases of crisp white walls, and catching gently on aged bronze. Built for a young couple with an appreciation for both beauty and stillness, this residence doesn’t shout. It lingers.
At the heart of the home, a skylit kitchen anchors the open-plan layout with clarity and intention. Raw oak joinery, veined stone, and clean lines frame the space with ease, elevated by finely resolved detailing. Nearby, a cocktail cabinet is hidden in plain sight. Open it and the house seems to shift gear — ready for rhythm, for conversation, for the clink of ice at the glow of dusk.
Ceiling lines tilt and fold to guide light through the home throughout the day, lending architectural interest to an otherwise pared-back palette. Full-length sheers diffuse the light, softening its movement and providing a quiet counterbalance to the precision of clean lines and structured form. Subtle shifts in tone and texture bring depth and variation, while the overall composition remains calm and assured. Upstairs, a secluded master retreat offers a moment of pause — private, light-filled, and gently elevated above the home’s central flow.
This is a home defined not by statement, but by sensibility — where every detail, surface, and movement of light contributes to a quiet sense of elegance.
Photographer
Elise Scott
Architect/Designer
One Wolf Design
Stylist
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Builder
Avela

Project Name
Lightwell Residence
Location
Watsonia North
Year
2022
Type
Residential








































