At TRS Bespoke Interiors, we design and handcraft bespoke media units for homes across Salcombe, each with expert craftsmanship, quality materials and a passion for bringing your vision to life, all from our workshop in the Devon countryside.
With every Salcombe home having its own unique character and charm from one street to the next, from the boat sheds and net lofts converted into homes along Island Street to the beachfront properties around North Sands and South Sands, we make sure to take a completely personalised approach to each and every design. No matter where in Salcombe you call home, our team handcrafts each bespoke media unit specifically for you, your individual tastes and your unique home's architectural details and features.
Though our workshop is based inland in the Devon countryside, our craftsmen are regularly on the road down this stretch of the South Devon coast, and that same dedication to handcrafted excellence travels with them into every Salcombe home we work in.
TRULY BESPOKE DESIGNS FOR TOPSHAM HOMES
Salcombe's homes are shaped by its long history as a sailing and fishing town on the Kingsbridge Estuary. Island Street holds many of the town's old boat sheds and net lofts, now converted into homes with high ceilings and exposed timber trusses, whilst Fore Street's buildings sit closer to the water's edge, with colourful frontages and flats built above the shops below.
Further out, along Cliff Road and Devon Road, the steep hillside houses look down over the estuary with narrower, more vertical floor plans, and further still, the larger properties around Snapes Point sit on more generous plots with a different scale of room altogether.
Whatever your Salcombe home's design, we can work with its unique characteristics to create your bespoke media unit.
A bespoke media unit quickly transforms any space into the gathering space of your home, where loved ones get together for film nights, friends catch up for sports events, the kids take their gaming experience to the next level, or you simply unwind after a busy day watching your favourite show.
Each piece is handcrafted from within our Devon workshop under the direction of Tom Stokes, whose over 15 years of international design and craftsmanship experience have shaped a philosophy rooted in personalisation and unwavering quality standards. Traditional hand skills are brought together with modern craft techniques, producing a finish that effortlessly becomes the centrepiece of any room it's in.
Discreet cable storage and extra drawer space keep the finished piece feeling organised and uncluttered while still incorporating a stunning focal point that reflects your unique style and tastes.
"Tom did a fantastic job for me. He thought long and hard about the best way to build my shelves. I wanted floating shelves; they are even better than I imagined. He's also an easy person to have around. Thanks, Tom!"
- Janet Gardiner
LOCAL DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR TOPSHAM HOMES
Salcombe's shopfront conversions along Fore Street often come with narrow, deep floor plans and limited wall space, so fitting a media unit means making the most of your available space, adding bespoke hand finishes and detailling to make it feel truly special and uniquely yours. You might instead live further up the hill along Devon Road, where many of the homes are substantial Edwardian properties. These spaces often feature high ceilings, traditional alcoves, and large bay windows designed to frame the estuary views, which require carefully thought-out designs that complement the room's layout and its period features.
Or perhaps you're a homeowner in Batson, where the mix of bungalows and converted properties tends to bring lower ceilings and more compact living rooms, calling for a design that works quietly within a smaller footprint. Whatever the design of your Salcombe home, we can create a bespoke creation that accommodates all its quirks and uniqueness.
ONLY THE FINEST MATERIALS
For one of the larger properties around Snapes Point, that might mean oak with a fumed finish, paired with custom oak handles and a palette of warm stone and taupe tones that sit comfortably against generous windows looking out over the water. For a home near Millbay, homeowners might prefer a deeper black walnut with a stained finish, brushed bronze hardware and a touch of hand-painted cabinetry for warmth. Whether it's fluted detailing, scalloped edges or a simple, pared-back finish, each one chosen to bring a sleek, modern feel or timeless authenticity to the finished space and to earn its place within the design in a way that helps bring your vision to life.
Every bespoke media unit we design for our Salcombe clients is developed entirely around your individual tastes and your specific home's architectural characteristics, and we take real pride in delivering results that consistently exceed expectations. We remain committed to sourcing only the finest materials available to us, maintaining our unwavering attention to detail and our uncompromising quality standards throughout, so your finished media unit brings together lasting beauty and durability for a design built to serve you for years to come.
UNMATCHED CRAFTSMANSHIP FOR HOMES ACROSS TOPSHAM
From the beachfront homes around North Sands to the hillside houses along Cliff Road, the waterside setting of Millbay and the quieter streets of Batson, Salcombe is a town built up of small, distinct pockets of property, architecture and style. Every one of these areas brings its own charm, character and homes with individual proportions, which we take into account during our bespoke design process every single time.
We understand that your bespoke media wall quickly becomes the focal point of any room it sits in, where film nights, sports events and quiet evenings all happen in the same space. TRS's bespoke approach combines expert craftsmanship with modern techniques to create designs that are elegant, layered with warmth, and made to be lived in, producing results that allow for cinematic experiences with a personal touch.
Every project we take on in Salcombe starts with time spent understanding the property itself, from the way light moves through the room across the day to the particular quirks of a period building or the clean lines of something more recently built. It's only once we understand the home properly that we begin designing, so the finished media unit feels as though it was always meant to be there, handcrafted specifically around the way you and your loved ones actually live.
FOR THE WHOLE HOME
Whether you’re looking for a bespoke kitchen with stunning veined Calacatta marble, handcrafted rift-sawn oak veneer bathroom cabinetry, or a bespoke dressing room that instantly adds a sense of understated luxury and timeless elegance to your space, we can design one-of-a-kind spaces for the whole home. From bespoke home studies and alcove units to bespoke storage in hallways, boot rooms and utility rooms, we can workshop whatever you envision; our dedicated team of skilled craftsmen and designers can handcraft whatever you envision from within our Exeter-based workshop – it just starts with a conversation.
BESPOKE MEDIA UNIT FEATURES
Every aspect of your living space is considered as part of our bespoke media unit design process, with each Salcombe home having its individual media unit handcrafted entirely around your exact room’s layout and design, as well as considering the way you personally plan to use it.
Bespoke media unit features can include anything from:
Fitted Media Walls: Handcrafted media walls built specifically for your room, pairing handcrafted cabinetry with discreet cable management designed entirely around your setup and your needs.
Bespoke Storage and Cabinetry: From secret pivot doors and hidden compartments to open shelving and handcrafted cabinetry, every piece is uniquely designed for your specific needs and use cases while adding a sense of personality and elegance that effortlessly serves as the room’s focal point.
Integrated Lighting: Lighting solutions built into the design itself, bringing warmth and a sense of subtle drama to the finished piece that makes any viewing experience feel truly cinematic.
Bespoke Luxury Features: Elevate your bespoke media unit to that of luxury through any handcrafted design features you desire, whether that's a sleek fireplace, a handmade concealed home bar, discrete integrated charging stations or solid wood panelling. These enhancements tie your media unit into the rest of the room, each one hand made in our Devon workshop to your precise specifications.
Floating and Wall-Mounted Units: For a lighter, more contemporary feel, our floating and wall-mounted media units pair fine materials with clever design to keep the look effortless and uncluttered.
WHY TOPSHAM HOMEOWNERS CHOOSE TRS FOR THEIR BESPOKE MEDIA UNITS
Salcombe homeowners tend to come to us with a property that already has plenty of character built in, whether that's a waterside view worth designing around or a period feature that needs a more thoughtful approach, and our bespoke process means we can build a design around exactly what's already there, instead of asking the homeowner to compromise around it.
Whether you're a homeowner near South Sands or along Devon Road, we bring the same level of care to designing a media unit that fits the room precisely, without losing the sense that the design was made specifically for that individual home.
Our immersive 3D design service also means you can walk through your new media unit, room by room and angle by angle, long before any of it has been built, giving you complete confidence in the design well ahead of the first cut being made.
OUR PROCESS
1. CONSULTATION
Tell us what you want so we can understand your requirements and your unique vision.
2. Site Visit
We come to the site to see where it is that we will turn your vision into reality
3. Quote
A personalised breakdown of everything that will be required for the project.
4. 3D Visualisation
A breathtaking 3D walkthrough that allows you to experience the design from every angle.
5. Manufacture
Once you are happy with every aspect of the design, we manufacture the project.
6. Installation
We install your project on site and bring your bespoke furniture dream to fruition.
MEET THE FOUNDER
TRS Bespoke Interiors is founded and led by master craftsman Tom Stokes, whose over 15 years of international experience across New Zealand and the UK has shaped a design philosophy rooted in the belief that every home deserves something truly one of a kind. Having honed his skills across some of the most demanding and creatively ambitious projects in both countries, Tom brings a rare and genuine fusion of craftmanship mastery and artistic vision to every bespoke creation that leaves our Devon workshop, and it is this unique combination of skill, passion and experience that sets TRS apart from every other option available.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FOR BESPOKE MEDIA IN TOPSHAM
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Yes, many of the homes we work with along the Strand and Fore Street are listed, and our team is well practised in designing around those constraints, working with existing cabling routes and period joinery wherever possible instead of altering original features. Every design is planned around what the building allows first, never assuming anything along the design process, prioritising your satisfaction and upholding our unmoving quality standards at every stage..
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This is one of the most common layouts we work with in Topsham's Victorian terraces, and it's a particularly good starting point for a fitted media wall built directly into the alcove space either side of the chimney breast, keeping the design close to the wall and making the most of a layout that's already there, never forcing a standard-sized unit into a space it wasn't built for.
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Absolutely, the converted sail lofts and warehouse buildings down on the Quay often have exactly this combination, and it's a feature we design towards, not around, using the extra height and the texture of the existing brickwork to inform a bolder, more statement piece, always working to bring out the individual character of the room instead of covering it up.
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