Elm Road house
A kitchen-diner and a main bedroom for a family of four (sample).
Walls
Limewash, clay
W01
Floor
Oak boards, oiled
F01
Joinery
Aubergine lacquer
J01
Worktop
Travertine, honed
K01
Seating
Wool bouclé
U01
Fittings
Brushed brass
H01
Scheme board for the kitchen-diner (sample).
The brief
Two small rooms and a corridor at the back of a 1930s house, dark by four in the afternoon. The family wanted to cook, eat and do homework in one place.
Rooms
Kitchen-diner, main bedroom
Size
52 m²
Time
14 weeks
Builder
The client’s own
What we did
- Opened the back wall and moved the sink under the new window
- Aubergine lacquer joinery to hide the larder and the bins
- A honed travertine worktop that patinas with use
The main bedroom
Upstairs, a quiet room in sage and walnut, with wall lights on both sides of the bed and a wardrobe along the whole end wall.
Walls
Sage green
Bedsides
Walnut veneer
Bedding
Linen, natural
Wall lights
Brushed brass
Book a design consultation
Two hours in your home: we measure, talk through how you use the rooms and leave you with a written list of next steps. $250 (example prices), taken off the design fee if you go ahead.