Finish materials play an enormous role in shaping the design of your custom home. When working with Turkel Design, homeowners complete a thorough Materials Visualization Survey that illustrates how different combinations of materials can influence a home’s design. We understand how critical visualization is in guiding you to make the right material selections, so we create renderings of the home to show how material combinations for flooring, ceiling liner, cabinetry finishes, beams, cladding, and more will look and feel.
The choices you make are meant to last. That’s why we curate a collection of finishes that work together in proven combinations. While all are linked by their standard of quality and feeling of warm materiality, they allow plenty of room for inspiration within this systematized design process. Our team can recommend the best options to achieve your design goals.
Keeping It Light
The bright, airy kitchen and dining area of Town Cove Retreat in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, benefits from light-colored finishes, including wood products such as driftwood-stained glulam beams and white oak flooring, and solid white cabinetry finish. These finishes, which glow in the sunlight that streams in through clerestory windows and lightwells, contribute to a New England vacation home that feels modern yet timeless—a place to relax and while away the summer.
A Touch of Warmth
In sunny Palm Springs, California, Desert House demonstrates how the right finish materials can create a warm, organic look for a modern home. Edge-matched Douglas fir glulam beams, polished concrete floors, and thermally modified ash ceiling liner project strength and durability as well as a refined beauty.
Dark Victory
Darker finishes can deliver elegant results, as seen in homes such as Mulmur Hills Farm in Ontario. In particular, the walnut cabinetry—used throughout the home in inspired cabinetry moments— reveals richness and texture thanks to the natural light that enters through lightwells and retractable walls of glass. The interiors take inspiration from the Canadian forests and farmland that surround the home.
In a heavily wooded location, darker wood finishes—balanced by plenty of natural light–can bring the feeling of nature indoors.
Custom Design to Fit Your Lifestyle
This brief look at material finishes represents a taste of what homeowners can expect when they embark on our interactive design process. Our team guides each client through a curated selection of materials, finishes, and fixtures, each resulting in a unique home that fits their taste and lifestyle.
Contact us to discuss how you want to live.
