Inspiration for a small eclectic living room in Cornwall with a library, beige walls, medium hardwood floors, a wood stove, a brick fireplace surround, a wall-mounted tv, brown floor and exposed beam.

On vous présente enfin notre premier projet terminé réalisé à Aix-en-Provence. L’objectif de cette rénovation était de remettre au goût du jour l’ensemble de la maison sans réaliser de gros travaux. Nous avons donc posé un nouveau parquet ainsi que des grandes dalles de carrelage imitation béton dans la cuisine. Toutes les peintures ont également été refaites, notamment avec ce bleu profond, fil conducteur de la rénovation que l’on retrouve dans le salon, la cuisine ou encore les chambres. Les tons chauds des touches de jaune dans le salon et du parquet amènent une atmosphère de cocon chaleureux qui se prolongent encore une fois dans toute la maison comme dans la salle à manger et la cuisine avec le mobilier en bois. La cuisine se voulait fonctionnelle et esthétique à la fois, nos clients ont donc été charmés par le concept des caissons Ikea couplés au façades Plum. Le résultat : une cuisine conviviale et personnalisée à l’image de nos clients.

Décloisonner les espaces pour obtenir un grand salon.. Faire passer la lumière
This is an example of a large contemporary formal open concept living room in Paris with white walls, ceramic floors, a wood stove, no tv, beige floor, exposed beam and wallpaper.

Photo of a mid-sized modern open concept living room in Cardiff with a library, white walls, limestone floors, a wood stove, beige floor, exposed beam and panelled walls.

土間玄関に面する板の間、家族玄関と2階への階段が見えます。土間には小さなテーブルセットを置いて来客に対応したり、冬は薪ストーブでの料理をしながら土間で食事したりできます。
Design ideas for a small traditional formal open concept living room in Other with white walls, painted wood floors, a wood stove, a stone fireplace surround, no tv, grey floor and exposed beam.

The beam above the fireplace has been stripped back along with the beams to lighten the area and help lift the the ceiling. With the help of a roof window this back area is now flooded with natural light.

Photo of a large open concept living room in Dallas with a home bar, white walls, vinyl floors, a wood stove, a brick fireplace surround, a wall-mounted tv, multi-coloured floor, exposed beam and brick walls.

Inspiration for a mid-sized country open concept living room in San Francisco with slate floors, a wood stove, a wall-mounted tv, exposed beam and wood walls.

1200 sqft ADU with covered porches, beams, by fold doors, open floor plan , designer built
Inspiration for a mid-sized country open concept living room in San Francisco with a library, multi-coloured walls, ceramic floors, a wood stove, a stone fireplace surround, a wall-mounted tv, multi-coloured floor, exposed beam and decorative wall panelling.

Objectifs : -> Créer un appartement indépendant de la maison principale -> Faciliter la mise en œuvre du projet : auto construction -> Créer un espace nuit et un espace de jour bien distincts en limitant les cloisons -> Aménager l’espace Nous avons débuté ce projet de rénovation de maison en 2021. Les propriétaires ont fait l’acquisition d’une grande maison de 240m2 dans les hauteurs de Chambéry, avec pour objectif de la rénover eux-même au cours des prochaines années. Pour vivre sur place en même temps que les travaux, ils ont souhaité commencer par rénover un appartement attenant à la maison. Nous avons dessiné un plan leur permettant de raccorder facilement une cuisine au réseau existant. Pour cela nous avons imaginé une estrade afin de faire passer les réseaux au dessus de la dalle. Sur l’estrade se trouve la chambre et la salle de bain. L’atout de cet appartement reste la véranda située dans la continuité du séjour, elle est pensée comme un jardin d’hiver. Elle apporte un espace de vie baigné de lumière en connexion directe avec la nature.

This living room is complete with a 50" wood burning fireplace, vaulted ceilings and plenty of views of the surrounding landscape. Fireplace is dry stacked in cultured stone from Mutual Materials, in "Loon Lake", shaker style paint grade media cabinets on either side are painted in Sherwin Williams "Downy" and finished with flat black Amerock finger pulls. The floating heath is 3" thick thermal finished basalt and the mantle custom made metal with hooks for fire tools. Flooring is 7" hickory wood plank in a natural finish. Walls are painted in Sherwin Williams "Downy" and the cathedral ceiling is painted in Sherwin Williams "Soapstone". Beams are rough sawn Douglas fir finished in a stain called "Old Dragon's Breath. Ceiling fan is a 60" from Minka in nickle and maple.

Inspiration for a tropical open concept living room in Angers with beige walls, medium hardwood floors, a wood stove, brown floor, exposed beam and wood walls.

Reclaimed oak from a local architectural salvage yard was purchased for the floors. The wall lights and armchair are vintage. The chair was reupholstered in Designers Guild velvet and a hand-printed cushion was designed in bespoke colours. Original ceiling beams and exposed brick chimney breast add texture. The items on the shelves were all found in local antique shops.

薪ストーブとロフトのあるリビング。 越屋根のハイサイドライトから光が落ち、緩やかな風が室内を流れる。
Photo of a mid-sized scandinavian open concept living room in Other with a home bar, white walls, dark hardwood floors, a wood stove, a stone fireplace surround, a wall-mounted tv, brown floor, exposed beam and wallpaper.

Oakland, CA: Addition and remodel to a rustic ranch home. The existing house had lovely woodwork but was dark and enclosed. The house borders on a regional park and our clients wanted to open up the space to the expansive yard, to allow views, bring in light, and modernize the spaces. New wide exterior accordion doors, with a thin screen that pulls across the opening, connect inside to outside. We retained the existing exposed redwood rafters, and repeated the pattern in the new spaces, while adding lighter materials to brighten the spaces. We positioned exterior doors for views through the whole house. Ceilings were raised and doorways repositioned to make a complicated and closed-in layout simpler and more coherent.

In Brief Our client has occupied their mid-19th Century farm house in a small attractive village in Staffordshire for many years. As the family has grown and developed, their lifestyles and living patterns have changed. Although the existing property is particularly generous in terms of size and space, the family circumstances had changed, and they needed extra living space to accommodate older members of their family. The layout and shape of the farm house’s living accommodation didn’t provide the functional space for everyday modern family life. Their kitchen is located at the far end of the house, and, in fact it is furthest ground floor room away from the garden. This proves challenging for the family during the warmer, sunnier months when they wish to spend more time eating and drinking outdoors. The only access they have to the garden is from a gate at the rear of the property. The quickest way to get there is through the back door which leads onto their rear driveway. The family virtually need to scale the perimeter of the house to access their garden. The family would also like to comfortably welcome additional older family members to the household. Although their relatives want the security of being within the family hub they also want their own space, privacy and independence from the core of the family. We were appointed by our client to help them create a design solution that responds to the needs of the family, for now, and into the foreseeable future. In Context To the rear of the farmhouse our clients had still retained the red bricked historic bake house and granary barn. The family wanted to maximise the potential of the redundant building by converting it into a separate annex to accommodate their older relatives. They also sought a solution to accessing the back garden from the farmhouse. Our clients enjoy being in the garden and would like to be able to easily spend more time outside. The barn offers an ideal use of vacant space from which to create additional living accommodation that’s on the ground floor, independent, private, and yet it’s easy to access the hub of the family home. Our Approach The client’s home is in a small village in the Staffordshire countryside, within a conservation area. Their attractive mid-19th century red bricked farmhouse occupies a prominent corner position next to the church at the entrance to High Street. Its former farm buildings and yard have been sold for residential conversion and redevelopment but to the rear the farmhouse still retains its historic bake house with granary above. The barn is a two-storey red brick building with a clay tiled roof and the upper floor can still accessed by an external flight of stone steps. Over the years the bake house has only been used by the family for storage and needed some repairs. The barn's style is a great example which reflects the way that former farming activity was carried out back in the mid-19th Century. The new living space within the barn solves three problems in one. The empty barn provides the perfect space for developing extra en-suite, ground floor living accommodation for the family, creating additional flexible space on the first floor of the barn for the family’s hobbies. The conversion provides a to link the main farmhouse with barn, the garden and the drive way. It will also give a new lease of life back to the historic barn preserving and enhancing its originality. Design Approach Every element of the historical barns restoration was given careful consideration, to sensitively retain and restore the original character. The property has some significant features of heritage value all lending to its historical character. For example, to the rear of the barn there is an original beehive oven. Historical Gems A beehive oven is a type of oven that’s been used since the Middle Ages in Europe. It gets its name from its domed shape, which resembles that of an old-fashioned beehive. The oven is an extremely rare example and is a feature that our team and our clients wanted to restore and incorporate into the new design. The conservation officer was in favour of retaining the beehive oven to preserve it for future studies. Our clients also have a well in the front garden of the farmhouse. The old well is located exactly under the spot of the proposed new en-suite WC. We liaised with the conservation officer and they were happy for the well to be covered rather than preserved within the design. We discussed the possibility of making a feature of the well within the barn to our clients and made clear that highlighting the well would be costly in both time and money. The family had a budget and timescale to follow and they decided against incorporating the well within the new design. We ensured that the redundant well was properly assessed, before it could be infilled and capped with a reinforced concrete slab. Another aspect of the barn that we were all keen to preserve were the external granary steps and door. They are part of the building’s significance and character; their loss would weaken the character and heritage of the old granary barn. We ensured that the steps and door should be retained and repaired within the new design. It was imperative for clients and our team to retain the historical features that form the character and history of the building. The external stone steps and granary door complement the original design indicating the buildings former working purpose within the 19th Century farm complex. An experienced structural specialist was appointed to produce a structural report, to ensure all aspects of the building were sound prior to planning. Our team worked closely with the conservation officer to ensure that the project remained sensitive and sympathetic to the locality of the site and the existing buildings. Access Problems Solved Despite being in a Conservation Area, the conservation officer and the planners were happy with a seamless contemporary glazed link from the main farm to the granary barn. The new glazed link, not only brings a significant amount of light into the interior of the farmhouse, but also granary barn, creating an open and fluid area within the home, rather than it just being a corridor. The glazed hallway provides the family with direct access from the main farmhouse to the granary barn, and it opens outdirectly onto their garden space. The link to the barn changes the way that the family currently live for the better, creating flexibility in terms of direct access to the outside space and to the granary barn. Working Together We worked closely with the conservation officer to ensure that our initial design for the planned scheme was befitting of its place in the Conservation Area (and suited to a historic structure). It was our intention to create a modern and refreshing space which complements the original building. A close collaboration between the client, the conservation officer, the planners and our team has enabled us the deliver a design that retains as much of the working aesthetic of the buildings as possible. Local planners were keen to see the building converted to residential use to save it from disrepair, allowing the chance to create a unique home with significant original features, such as the beehive oven, the stone steps and the granary doors. We have sensitively and respectfully designed the barn incorporating new architecture with a sense of the old history from the existing buildings. This allows the current work to be interpreted as an additional thread to the historical context of the buildings, without affecting their character. The former barn has been sympathetically transformed inside and out, corresponding well with the historical significance of the immediate farm site and the local area. We’ve created a new sleek, contemporary glazed link for the family to the outside of their house, whilst developing additional living space that retains the historical core, ethos and detail of the building. In addition, the clients can also now take advantage of the unrivaled views of the church opposite, from the upper floor of the historic barn. Feeling inspired? Find out how we converted a Grade II LIsted Farmhouse.

70年という月日を守り続けてきた農家住宅のリノベーション 建築当時の強靭な軸組みを活かし、新しい世代の住まい手の想いのこもったリノベーションとなった 夏は熱がこもり、冬は冷たい隙間風が入る環境から 開口部の改修、断熱工事や気密をはかり 夏は風が通り涼しく、冬は暖炉が燈り暖かい室内環境にした 空間動線は従来人寄せのための二間と奥の間を一体として家族の団欒と仲間と過ごせる動線とした 北側の薄暗く奥まったダイニングキッチンが明るく開放的な造りとなった

While the rest of the house is light and airy, I wanted my clients to have a cosy room to light the fire, snuggle up and watch movies Area rug zones the seating area. Lots of plants!

Photo of a country living room in West Midlands with grey walls, a wood stove, a brick fireplace surround, beige floor and exposed beam.