Joinery
Made to fit
Storage, bed surrounds and passage cabinetry follow the hull rather than fighting it.
Oakums build no. 49
Pole Pole
A richly detailed Oakums interior with warm timber, tailored sleeping spaces and carefully resolved washroom joinery.
The visual story
Tailored joinery from bedroom to washroom.
Pole Pole uses richly toned oak as a continuous architectural frame, balanced by pale wall panels, striped blinds and carefully placed lighting. The sleeping area feels enclosed and comfortable without losing daylight from the large cabin windows.
Full-height cupboards, under-window storage and illuminated low-level details use the available volume intelligently. Stone-effect shower surfaces and crisp white sanitaryware introduce a cleaner contrast while retaining the warmth of the surrounding joinery.
Design in detail
An individual boat, held together by one clear idea.
The photographs show how colour, light, fitted joinery and practical decisions work together. The choices belong to this commission; the same design discipline can be taken in a completely different direction for your own Oakums.
What the photographs reveal
Character with purpose.
A beautiful boat still needs to support cooking, relaxing, storage, movement and life on the water.
Texture
Warmth with contrast
Oak grain, fabric blinds and stone effects give compact rooms visual depth.
Lighting
Useful at every level
Ceiling, task and low-level lighting support both atmosphere and everyday use.
Selected photographs
A considered record of the build.
Each page uses up to ten genuinely different photographs, selected to reveal the rooms, materials and craftsmanship without repeating the same view. Only facts confirmed by Oakums are included.
A starting point for your own brief
Take the inspiration, not the template.
Every photograph can prompt a useful conversation about proportion, materials, lighting or storage. Oakums will use those preferences to create a coherent boat around your own priorities rather than reproducing somebody else's interior.
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Inspired by Pole Pole?
Tell Oakums which ideas caught your attention and how you would want your own boat to work differently.