Renovation plan · home office 3.35 × 3.96 m

Olive & Oak Studio

A calm work room for four: one shared oak bench desk set across the window light, so no screen faces the glare. The lavender wall becomes olive limewash behind an oak slat panel that also soaks up call echo, and the beams vanish into a cove-lit ceiling band.

Floor area: 13.3 m² · 143 sq ft

Palette and materials

Warm whiteThree walls and the ceiling, matte

Olive limewashThe old purple wall, softly clouded

White oakDesk top, shelving, slat panel, door

Sage feltDesk divider, pinboard trim

Moss boucléTask chair seats

Matte blackDesk frame, pendant, lamp arms

Grey marbleExisting floor, diamond-polished

Surface by surface

Surface	Now	After
Ceiling	Bare slab, two deep beams, tube light, old fan	Gypsum band at 2.63 m boxes in both beams; warm cove light around the raised centre; 8 downlights in the band
Walls	Pale yellow, marks and nail holes	Putty, primer, two coats of warm-white matte emulsion
Feature wall	Lavender paint	Olive limewash; 200 cm oak slat panel on black acoustic felt with an LED wash along the top
Small-window wall	Bare	Built-in oak shelving either side of the window, closed cupboards below, low cabinet under the sill
Floor	Swirled marble, dull	Diamond-polished; felt pads on the desk sleds
Big window	Steel rod, one brown curtain	Linen curtains on a black rod with rings, ceiling high
Door	Printed laminate	White-oak laminate on both faces, matte black lever and hinges; opens against the wall, clear of the desk

Furniture and built-ins

Item	Size	Finish
Bench desk for four	240 × 112 cm	White-oak veneer top, black powder-coat sled frame, cable tray underneath
Desk divider	210 × 38 cm	Sage acoustic felt, clamps to the desk
Task chairs ×4	Standard	Mesh back, upholstered seat, five-star base on castors
Shelving ×2	123 × 36 × 255 cm	Oak veneer, five shelves, push-latch cupboards below
Window cabinet	89 × 42 × 81 cm	Oak veneer, one shelf; plant on top
Credenza	160 × 41 × 62 cm	Oak, black legs; printer and router inside
Slat panel	200 × 245 cm	Oak slats on black acoustic felt
Pinboard and glass board	75 × 100 and 95 × 100 cm	Cork and back-painted white glass, beside the door
Reading chair and side table	Lounge size	In the bright corner by the big window
Plants	1.4 m and tabletop	Tall plant by the window pier, calathea on the window cabinet

Clearances: about 75 cm behind the chairs on the shelving side and 80 cm on the credenza side, enough to push back and walk past. The desk runs toward the window so everyone gets side light. Fewer people? Drop to a 180 cm desk for two and move the reading chair to the slat wall.

Lighting

Ambient · coveWarm 3000 K LED, about 9 m around the raised centre, dimmable. Use “Evening lights” to see it.

General · downlightsEight 7 W COB downlights in the ceiling band.

Task · pendant and lamps180 cm linear LED pendant over the desk at 2.2 m, 4000 K for screen work, plus two arm lamps.

Accent · slat wash2700 K strip along the top of the slat panel.

Electrical points

Where	Height	What
Entrance	1.2 m	Board on the latch side: cove, downlights, pendant, fan
Under the desk	Floor	Floor box under the desk centre: four 6 A sockets, two USB-C, LAN; cables run up into the desk tray
Credenza	0.3 m	Two 6 A sockets and a LAN point for the printer and router
Reading corner	0.3 m	One 6 A socket for a floor lamp or charger
AC	2.3 m	16 A point over the door; drain out through the small window wall

Order of work

Week 1Remove the tube light, rod and old boards. Chase wiring for the floor box, run the AC pipe and point, frame the ceiling band. Order the desk, shelving and slat panel; factory pieces take 10–15 days.
Week 2Board and joint the ceiling, form the cove. Putty and prime all walls.
Week 3Paint, then limewash the feature wall. Polish the marble. Fit the shelving, cabinet and slat panel.
Week 4Lights, switches, AC and fan. Laminate the door, fit the blind, bring in the desk and chairs and style the room.

Room sizes are estimates from your photos and video, with the ceiling at 10 ft (3.05 m) as given. Measure on site before ordering anything made to size.

The marble floor in the model is the flat's real floor, taken from the bedroom scan. Wood, linen, bouclé, hessian and plaster textures are CC0 scans from Poly Haven.

The photos are path-traced in Blender Cycles. The reading chair, side table, plants, vases, basket, books, clock and lamps are CC0 models from Poly Haven.

In the 3D model the light is baked from the same path tracer as the photos: sun patches, soft shadows, bounce light by day and lamp pools by evening.