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Rethink Design StudioRichard Leo Johnson
Wall Color: Heaven - Regal Wall Satin, Latex Flat (Benjamin Moore)
Trim Color: Super White - Oil, Semi Gloss (Benjamin Moore)
Ceiling: Phillip Jeffries Extra Fine Arrowroot in Hyacinth - Grizzel and Mann
Chandelier: Sputnik Chandelier - Lost City Arts
Sofa: Antique - Jere's Antiques (reupholstered and restored)
Sofa Fabric: D1865-16 - Designer's Guild
Sofa Paint Color: Grenada Villa - Benjamin Moore
Lounge Chairs: Antique (restored)
Ottoman: Antique coffee table (repurposed)
Ottoman Fabric: Christopher Farr Design Adras - Indigo, Grizzel and Mann
Rug: 11x11 Stripe, Milk - Yerra
Small Mirrors: No.411
Planters: Plaster Hourglass Planters - BOBO
Deck Flooring: IPE Click and Lock Flooring - Handydeck
Blakes LondonThis is an example of a classic formal living room in London with purple walls, light hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace and a wall mounted tv.
Poppy Noble Interior DesignThe lounge in a beautifully renovated barn was in diamond need of some TLC. It was dark and ill used.
Once the beams were lightened and a vellum was fitted the room started taking shape.
This L-shaped room needed to be re configured. Creating a library area with bespoke shelving and a seating area opposite has given this part of the room a new lease of life.
Making use of all of the nooks and crannies has meant that the room has a few choices of area to sit. The deep return to the right of the fireplace was crying out for an accent chair, shelving and floor lamp.
Schell BrothersDesign ideas for a medium sized shabby-chic style formal open plan living room in Other with purple walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround, a wall mounted tv and brown floors.
Dotter & Solfjeld Architecture + DesignPhotography: Frederic Neema
Medium sized contemporary formal open plan living room in San Francisco with purple walls, medium hardwood flooring, no fireplace, no tv and brown floors.
Medium sized contemporary formal open plan living room in San Francisco with purple walls, medium hardwood flooring, no fireplace, no tv and brown floors.
Flawless Interior DesignThis is an example of a large classic formal open plan living room in New York with purple walls, marble flooring, no tv, white floors and no fireplace.
Company CCompany C
Inspiration for a large modern formal open plan living room in Boston with purple walls and medium hardwood flooring.
Inspiration for a large modern formal open plan living room in Boston with purple walls and medium hardwood flooring.
UserValérie Broquisse
Design ideas for a large traditional formal enclosed living room curtain in Paris with purple walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace and no tv.
Design ideas for a large traditional formal enclosed living room curtain in Paris with purple walls, medium hardwood flooring, a standard fireplace and no tv.
Barnes Vanze Architects, Inc.Gordon Beall
Photo of a classic formal living room in DC Metro with purple walls, a standard fireplace and a wooden fireplace surround.
Photo of a classic formal living room in DC Metro with purple walls, a standard fireplace and a wooden fireplace surround.
Nostalgia Fine Antique Fireplaces LtdRestored antique Victorian Carara marble fire surround with classical corbels supporting the shelf, surrounding a wood burning stove, all set on a slate hearth
Storey DesignA purple wall against black furniture makes for a handsome combination
This is an example of a medium sized midcentury formal enclosed living room in Seattle with carpet, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround, a wall mounted tv and purple walls.
This is an example of a medium sized midcentury formal enclosed living room in Seattle with carpet, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround, a wall mounted tv and purple walls.
UserDesign ideas for a small shabby-chic style formal enclosed living room in Atlanta with purple walls, dark hardwood flooring and brown floors.
Croft ArchitectureIn 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.
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H&A My Design, Inc.This is an example of a medium sized classic formal enclosed living room in Los Angeles with purple walls, a standard fireplace, a tiled fireplace surround and no tv.
Jody Sokol DesignThis room was designed as a Hampton's adult only room to hang out with family and friends.
Photo of a small contemporary formal enclosed living room in New York with purple walls, light hardwood flooring and no fireplace.
Photo of a small contemporary formal enclosed living room in New York with purple walls, light hardwood flooring and no fireplace.
Michael Friedes Design AssociatesShowcasing the homeowner's collection of porcelain Japanese figurines, led the design direction for an Asian-inspired living room.
Photo: Steve Baduljak
Poppy Noble Interior DesignOur client was an avid reader and memorabilia collector. It was important for there to be an area to showcase all of these items for all to see.
Having access to cozy corners to read and relax in was also important
1st OptionPhoto of a medium sized victorian formal open plan living room in London with purple walls, painted wood flooring, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround and a freestanding tv.
Grace Home FurnishingsThis is our Fall 2012 vignette at our showroom in Brentwood. It features the Grace Home Collection© Clark sofas, Alistair Chair and Woodward Buffet.
Photo by Teamwork Design
AlcroFotograf: Jonas Ingerstedt
Stylist: Jill Windahl
Kulör: Tak: 712 Landsort, 718 Chianti, 759 Fudge, Fönsternisch 3 Alabaster
This is an example of a scandi formal open plan living room in Stockholm with purple walls and no tv.
This is an example of a scandi formal open plan living room in Stockholm with purple walls and no tv.
Formal Living Room with Purple Walls Ideas and Designs
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