Open Concept Living Room Design Photos with Concrete Floors and Brick Walls

Weather House is a bespoke home for a young, nature-loving family on a quintessentially compact Northcote block. Our clients Claire and Brent cherished the character of their century-old worker's cottage but required more considered space and flexibility in their home. Claire and Brent are camping enthusiasts, and in response their house is a love letter to the outdoors: a rich, durable environment infused with the grounded ambience of being in nature. From the street, the dark cladding of the sensitive rear extension echoes the existing cottage!s roofline, becoming a subtle shadow of the original house in both form and tone. As you move through the home, the double-height extension invites the climate and native landscaping inside at every turn. The light-bathed lounge, dining room and kitchen are anchored around, and seamlessly connected to, a versatile outdoor living area. A double-sided fireplace embedded into the house’s rear wall brings warmth and ambience to the lounge, and inspires a campfire atmosphere in the back yard. Championing tactility and durability, the material palette features polished concrete floors, blackbutt timber joinery and concrete brick walls. Peach and sage tones are employed as accents throughout the lower level, and amplified upstairs where sage forms the tonal base for the moody main bedroom. An adjacent private deck creates an additional tether to the outdoors, and houses planters and trellises that will decorate the home’s exterior with greenery. From the tactile and textured finishes of the interior to the surrounding Australian native garden that you just want to touch, the house encapsulates the feeling of being part of the outdoors; like Claire and Brent are camping at home. It is a tribute to Mother Nature, Weather House’s muse.

‘Oh What A Ceiling!’ ingeniously transformed a tired mid-century brick veneer house into a suburban oasis for a multigenerational family. Our clients, Gabby and Peter, came to us with a desire to reimagine their ageing home such that it could better cater to their modern lifestyles, accommodate those of their adult children and grandchildren, and provide a more intimate and meaningful connection with their garden. The renovation would reinvigorate their home and allow them to re-engage with their passions for cooking and sewing, and explore their skills in the garden and workshop.

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A complete modernisation and refit with garden improvements included new kitchen, bathroom, finishes and fittings in a modern, contemporary feel. A large ground floor living / dining / kitchen extension was created by excavating the existing sloped garden. A new double bedroom was constructed above one side of the extension, the house was remodelled to open up the flow through the property. Project overseen from initial design through planning and construction.

Photo of an industrial open concept living room in Sydney with white walls, concrete floors, grey floor, vaulted and brick walls.

This is an example of a large industrial open concept living room in Barcelona with red walls, concrete floors, blue floor, vaulted and brick walls.

Concrete block walls provide thermal mass for heating and defence agains hot summer. The subdued colours create a quiet and cosy space focussed around the fire. Timber joinery adds warmth and texture , framing the collections of books and collected objects.

Design ideas for an expansive modern open concept living room in Other with white walls, concrete floors, a standard fireplace, a brick fireplace surround, a wall-mounted tv, grey floor and brick walls.

Design ideas for a small mediterranean open concept living room in Palma de Mallorca with white walls, concrete floors, grey floor, wood and brick walls.

Inspiration for a contemporary open concept living room in Sydney with white walls, concrete floors, a standard fireplace and brick walls.

Design ideas for a mid-sized scandinavian open concept living room in London with concrete floors, a wood stove, a concrete fireplace surround, a freestanding tv, exposed beam and brick walls.

Contemporary rustic design that blends the warmth and charm of rustic or traditional elements with the clean lines and modern aesthetics of contemporary design.

We created a dark blue panelled feature wall which creates cohesion through the room by linking it with the dark blue kitchen cabinets and it also helps to zone this space to give it its own identity, separate from the kitchen and dining spaces. This also helps to hide the TV which is less obvious against a dark backdrop than a clean white wall.

Mid-sized scandinavian open concept living room in London with concrete floors, a wood stove, a concrete fireplace surround, a freestanding tv, exposed beam and brick walls.

Photo of a large contemporary formal open concept living room in Other with concrete floors, a wood stove, a brick fireplace surround, a built-in media wall, grey floor, coffered and brick walls.

Inspiration for a mid-sized open concept living room in London with a library, white walls, concrete floors, a ribbon fireplace, a wall-mounted tv, grey floor and brick walls.

Inspiration for a mid-sized contemporary open concept living room in Adelaide with white walls, concrete floors, a standard fireplace, a brick fireplace surround, grey floor, timber and brick walls.

En fachada, colocamos ventanas de madera iguales a las originales pero con prestaciones muy superiores.
This is an example of a large industrial open concept living room in Valencia with concrete floors, a wall-mounted tv, grey floor, exposed beam and brick walls.

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