From the first visit to the property, we fell in love with the house’s lush gardens and wanted to bring them into all the spaces. The client was eager to introduce contemporary features and glazing solutions throughout the house to gently bring the design into the 21st century.
After carefully considering the client’s brief and use of their existing home we set out a plan of works that were split into two phases.
First, complete remodelling of the ground floor, to open up the rear of the house to the garden and create a natural flow through the living spaces. Upstairs, a new family bathroom was to be added and the master bedroom was to be remodelled with the creation of a new en-suite room. All the house windows were to be replaced, in keeping with the original design and new large windows to the rear to maximise views into the garden.
Phase two was to add a contemporary, timber clad side and rear extension, housing a spacious study, a private hideaway for the client.
As the house has been the family home for many years, we focused on providing a solution that enabled the house to retain its character while fulfilling the brief of creating a contemporary home. We worked tirelessly on exploring various solutions that gently gave the 100-year-old home a more contemporary feel.
Working in partnership with the construction team at Stuart Barr CDR the end result is a transformed house with a contemporary open-plan kitchen living space with a bespoke exposed edge plywood kitchen by Barr Kitchens which flows into the dining space with Mondrian doors by IQ Glass bringing the garden into the house. The crittal theme stretched throughout the house, linking all internal spaces and establishing a connection between rooms.
The house benefited greatly from the replacement and addition of new windows, transforming dark and enclosed spaces like the staircase into stunning design features.
Upstairs, the new family bathroom boasts with luxurious marble flooring while providing ample space for the entire household. The master bedroom benefited from the addition of a window overlooking the garden with a cosy window seat for sitting and taking in the views.