For many years Looks Generous worked exclusively in hospitality. That lens hasn't left us. We design homes the way we design restaurants: considering how one arrives, where one lingers, how movement unfolds, and how energy is sustained across a night. A house, like a dining room, should know how to hold people.

The scullery, arguably the heartbeat of the home, operates as a quiet "back of house." or is becoming increasingly termed a "dirty kitchen." Absorbing the mechanics of hosting while remaining visually expressive, the Scullery is wrapped in an Italianate ceiling fresco that elevates even the practical rituals. It is designed for ease: a space that works hard so the hosts don't have to.

In this renovation the television was deliberately removed from the main living space and relocated to a separate media room. The living area is instead arranged for conversation, music and stories. The clients don't entertain by formally seating twelve at a table; they host in groups.

Reflecting on this, we introduced a sumptuous, lounge-like banquette that allows people to gather loosely before drifting to the kitchen bench, then back again, plates and glasses in hand.

There is a quiet retreat from the vast and performative. Open-plan minimalism no longer feels aspirational to everyone. The spatial and aesthetic needle is moving toward warmth, enclosure - rooms that hold you rather than expose you.

We extended the hospitality narrative further in the powder room. Much like a restaurant bathroom offers a momentary shift in atmosphere, this space provides contrast. Red marble, mirror and fresco form a compressed, immersive experience — a reprieve before re-entering the social currents.