When it comes to planning a kitchen redesign or enhancing interior spaces for modern living, where and who do you turn to for help? Aside from traditional high street retailers, Bath business Joel Bugg Furniture & Spaces has been designing and crafting exceptional spaces for their clients for the last 10 years. As they celebrate this milestone year, we hear from Joel directly about what makes his business differ.
It’s quite possible that our name is unfamiliar, as we don’t have a showroom in the city displaying our kitchens and furniture. And this is simply because we don’t sell set ranges of furniture; every interior we shape is unique and so are the designs. But there is a common theme to our work. We dovetail form, flow and function to shape timeless, distinct spaces for modern living.
So how are we different? Well, first and foremost we’re a design practice. Every project we start, starts with a blank piece of paper.
We consider the room, its flow, the story it tells, then we start sketching. For us it’s about crafting furniture that is architecturally harmonious, perfectly proportioned and truly tailored to its environment.
But what distinguishes us in the main is that we are specialists.
With decades of experience, I’ve spent my whole career in furniture design, coupled with being formally trained in design and cabinet making. And I’ve been lucky enough to design fitted furniture for some of the UK’s most outstanding and historically significant architectural buildings. It’s with these foundations that enable us to provide a service and product that is truly bespoke and built to exacting and traditional construction methods. We specialise in heritage and period furniture, which means being Bath based couldn’t be more apt, but I’m equally enthused by mid-century and contemporary design. Moreover, I’m passionate about giving the greatest consideration to every single feature of the furniture I design, from the shapes and sizes of the period moulding profiles in doors, cornices and skirtings through to the type of screw and decorative handle used.
Many of our projects start with the heart of the home – the kitchen. But that’s just the beginning. We design for the whole house, from elegant bathrooms and functional boot rooms to tranquil libraries, stylish dressing rooms and immersive home cinemas. With us you are investing in an interior architectural design service at the outset, challenging how your space works, maximising its potential for improvement. We create master, general arrangement plans combined with a package of full-service drawings for your building team, including plumbing and electrical drawings, lighting plans, flooring and tiling plans.
We always stress that it’s never too early to have a conversation when planning a kitchen or interior spaces in general. Especially if you’re thinking of expanding your home; speak to us at the same time you engage an architect. That way, the interior is considered alongside the structure, ensuring that space flows effortlessly and nothing feels like an afterthought. Ultimately, we spend more time inside our homes than outside, so why not give the same level of attention to the interiors as you do the architecture?
From initial design to final installation, we oversee it all. This includes the sourcing and supply of appliances, bathroom sanitaryware, stone worktops, lighting etc. With one accessible point of contact throughout a project it means nothing falls between the gaps. We often collaborate with architects, builders, interior designers to achieve a shared vision.
Call on 01225 583520 or visit joelbugg.co.uk
