Washroom
A proper room aboard
Bathing, storage and task lighting are combined without sacrificing a sense of finish.
Oakums build no. 6
Venissa
An earlier Oakums commission preserved as part of the growing Previous Builds archive.
The visual story
Rich materials and lighting used to transform compact rooms.
Venissa uses slate-blue metro tiles, warm oak and continuous concealed lighting to give the washroom real depth. The bath, shower fittings, basin and storage are tightly planned, but the mirrored surfaces and illuminated ceiling edge prevent the room from feeling compressed.
The darker galley continues the confident palette with deep green cabinetry and pale worktops. Open shelving and a carefully planned passage near the stern show how storage and access have been resolved within the available volume rather than added later.
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.
Material
Depth through contrast
Blue tile, dark cabinetry and oak create a layered, substantial interior.
Lighting
Architecture after dark
Concealed light traces the room edges and turns practical illumination into part of the design.
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 Venissa?
Tell Oakums which ideas caught your attention and how you would want your own boat to work differently.