What this venture lacks in shade, it greater than makes up for in texture. Brushed chrome steel, comfortable Corian, and light-weight oak mix with the age-old timber ceiling beams and stone partitions authentic to the construction, previously a barn, for a very placing supplies palette.
The staff behind Jack Trench, a bespoke kitchen design agency in London, was tasked with changing the barn right into a visitor home. With such sturdy textures in play, the choice was made to go for a minimalist design. “We stored the kitchen design as clear and pared-back as attainable in order to not detract from the barn’s stonework and authentic roof beams,” says founder and firm director Trench.
Let’s take a tour.
Images courtesy of Jack Trench. Structure by Llewellyn Harker Architects.
Above: An open kitchen and dwelling space contains the ethereal first ground. Behind the weathered-oak paneled wall is a staircase that results in the lofted sleeping quarters.
Above: An outsized image window now replaces the double barn doorways that have been as soon as there. The window extends all the way in which to the ground, which proved to be a problem for the design staff when it got here time to put in the floating cupboard and range in entrance of it. “This meant that we needed to assemble the cantilevered elevation in opposition to glass, a feat that examined our design engineering expertise to the restrict.”Above: The cupboards and kitchen island are clad in Corian and topped with brushed chrome steel counters.
Above: The weathered oak paneled quantity conceals the steps that result in the loft and homes a double pantry, refrigeration, and under-stair storage. It was constructed and examined off-site earlier than getting put in.Above: “Notably satisfying was designing the chrome steel backsplash and upstand that homes the bespoke downdraft extractor and particularly the built-in full-length plant trough, designed for use as a container for herbs.” The stovetop is by Barazza, the ovens by Gaggenau.Above: The flooring is ‘fumed’ (smoked) strong oak.Above: A peek on the lofted bed room, the place the identical supplies palette continues.Above: The view from the outside.
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