Brunswick Parlour transforms a Victorian cottage into a hard-working, personalised home for a family of four. Our clients loved the character of their Brunswick terrace home, but not its inefficient floor plan and poor year-round thermal control. They didn't need more space, they just needed their space to work harder. The front bedrooms remain largely untouched, retaining their Victorian features and only introducing new cabinetry. Meanwhile, the main bedroom’s previously pokey en suite and wardrobe have been expanded, adorned with custom cabinetry and illuminated via a generous skylight. At the rear of the house, we reimagined the floor plan to establish shared spaces suited to the family’s lifestyle. Flanked by the dining and living rooms, the kitchen has been reoriented into a more efficient layout and features custom cabinetry that uses every available inch. In the dining room, the Swiss Army Knife of utility cabinets unfolds to reveal a laundry, more custom cabinetry, and a craft station with a retractable desk. Beautiful materiality throughout infuses the home with warmth and personality, featuring Blackbutt timber flooring and cabinetry, and selective pops of green and pink tones. The house now works hard in a thermal sense too. Insulation and glazing were updated to best practice standard, and we’ve introduced several temperature control tools. Hydronic heating installed throughout the house is complemented by an evaporative cooling system and operable skylight. The result is a lush, tactile home that increases the effectiveness of every existing inch to enhance daily life for our clients, proving that good design doesn’t need to add space to add value.

Un recentissimo trilocale che si affaccia sulle colline di Scanzo è parte di un complesso abitativo contemporaneo caratterizzato da un’architettura che gioca su piani sfalsati. Da qui, l’idea di movimentare anche il suo interno. Questo progetto è stato seguito dalla cantieristica iniziale ed è proprio in quella fase che si è deciso di dare luce alla zona giorno aprendo una porzione di soletta per renderla un tutt’uno con la parte alta mansardata. L’ingresso, che ha una sottile fascia controsoffittata e farettata, dà un ampio respiro alla casa, che si presenta come un openspace. Una bellissima scala aerea con una struttura in ferro verniciato di grigio antracite e dei sottili corrimano in acciaio lucido guida lo sguardo verso la parte alta dell’appartamento: lo studio-libreria che si affaccia sul soggiorno. Per creare un proseguo di materiali la scala si connette ad un piccolo ballatoio in ferro verniciato e cristallo, che lascia filtrare i raggi luminosi del velux sovrastante verso il divano ad angolo in basso. Questi elementi industriali si abbinano ad un arredo dai tratti puliti, quasi essenziali, caratterizzato da un mobile office sospeso e un mobile Tv basso e contenitivo dai toni grigio chiaro. Risaltano cromaticamente le pareti e gli sfondati dai colori vivaci. Per la zona living è stato infatti scelto l’arancione, un colore che esprime vitalità, dinamismo ed espansione. Nello stesso conole e dall’aspetto contemporaneo è anche il sistema modulare di mensole Space Branch sopra la televisione. La cucina total white esprime la sua essenzialità con un piano in Corian bianco, che diviene un tutt’uno con le vasche del lavabo e le trame dello sgocciolatoio incise a laser su disegno. La laccatura delle ante e del Lacobel lucido di retro restituiscono ulteriore luminosità. In contrasto cromatico la cappa a ioni, il piano cottura e i forni Smeg totalmente neri. Un ambiente essenziale i cui elementi distintivi si riconoscono per lo stile pop, come il tavolo Omelette, che spicca per colore donando un tocco creativo. Interessanti anche i pavimenti, in cui tappeti di parquet in rovere si intervallano ad un gres grigio medio, che entra anche nei bagni. Questi sono caratterizzati da piastrelle della collezione Tex di Mutina posate su disegno. Nel bagno padronale il mobile principale sospeso laccato grigio medio presenta un top in Corian bianco sottile che si movimenta su due piani e due diverse profondità. Infatti verso l’ingresso si abbassa e riduce di profondità. Nella parte superiore, a lato di un ampio specchio, dei volumi cubici chiusi e a giorno laccati di bianco e grigio. Nel bagno di servizio un piccolo mobile sagomato bianco con cassetto laterale, anche questo con copertura in Corian sottilissimo. Molto funzionale la nicchia lavanderia nel corridoio, nascosta da ante tramate simmetricamente che nascondono alla vista l’apertura. La camera da letto, caratterizzata da uno sfondato verde acido, colore armonico simbolo di crescita, rinnovamento e speranza, si abbina a comodini, cassettiera e ad un’armadiatura frontale laccati di bianco. Per concludere la zona studio in cui due tavoli con struttura in ferro verniciato grigio antracite si abbinano sia alla struttura di scale e ballatoio che a quella delle spalle della libreria a parete, dello stesso colore. Bianchi invece i ripiani e i due mobili a lato del colmo, sagomati a filo soffitto. Un tocco di colore nelle sedie e nel divano letto rosso texturizzato a disposizione degli ospiti.

We took all this in stride, and configured the washer and dryer, with a little fancy detailing to fit them into the tight space. We were able to provide access to the rear of the units for installation and venting while still enclosing them for a seamless integration into the room. Next to the “laundry room” we put the closet. The wardrobe is deep enough to accommodate hanging clothes, with room for adjustable shelves for folded items. Additional shelves were installed to the left of the wardrobe, making efficient use of the space between the window and the wardrobe, while allowing maximum light into the room. On the far right, tucked under the spiral staircase, we put the “mudroom.” Here the homeowner can store dog treats and leashes, hats and umbrellas, sunscreen and sunglasses, in handy pull-out bins.

The homeowners had just purchased this home in El Segundo and they had remodeled the kitchen and one of the bathrooms on their own. However, they had more work to do. They felt that the rest of the project was too big and complex to tackle on their own and so they retained us to take over where they left off. The main focus of the project was to create a master suite and take advantage of the rather large backyard as an extension of their home. They were looking to create a more fluid indoor outdoor space. When adding the new master suite leaving the ceilings vaulted along with French doors give the space a feeling of openness. The window seat was originally designed as an architectural feature for the exterior but turned out to be a benefit to the interior! They wanted a spa feel for their master bathroom utilizing organic finishes. Since the plan is that this will be their forever home a curbless shower was an important feature to them. The glass barn door on the shower makes the space feel larger and allows for the travertine shower tile to show through. Floating shelves and vanity allow the space to feel larger while the natural tones of the porcelain tile floor are calming. The his and hers vessel sinks make the space functional for two people to use it at once. The walk-in closet is open while the master bathroom has a white pocket door for privacy. Since a new master suite was added to the home we converted the existing master bedroom into a family room. Adding French Doors to the family room opened up the floorplan to the outdoors while increasing the amount of natural light in this room. The closet that was previously in the bedroom was converted to built in cabinetry and floating shelves in the family room. The French doors in the master suite and family room now both open to the same deck space. The homes new open floor plan called for a kitchen island to bring the kitchen and dining / great room together. The island is a 3” countertop vs the standard inch and a half. This design feature gives the island a chunky look. It was important that the island look like it was always a part of the kitchen. Lastly, we added a skylight in the corner of the kitchen as it felt dark once we closed off the side door that was there previously. Repurposing rooms and opening the floor plan led to creating a laundry closet out of an old coat closet (and borrowing a small space from the new family room). The floors become an integral part of tying together an open floor plan like this. The home still had original oak floors and the homeowners wanted to maintain that character. We laced in new planks and refinished it all to bring the project together. To add curb appeal we removed the carport which was blocking a lot of natural light from the outside of the house. We also re-stuccoed the home and added exterior trim.

他の地域にある低価格の小さなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなランドリークローゼット (I型、フラットパネル扉のキャビネット、中間色木目調キャビネット、木材カウンター、ベージュの壁、左右配置の洗濯機・乾燥機、茶色いキッチンカウンター) の写真

Total gut and renovation of a Georgetown 1900 townhouse.
ワシントンD.C.にある中くらいなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなランドリークローゼット (L型、アンダーカウンターシンク、シェーカースタイル扉のキャビネット、中間色木目調キャビネット、セラミックタイルの床、ベージュの壁、上下配置の洗濯機・乾燥機) の写真

サンディエゴにあるお手頃価格のコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなランドリークローゼット (クオーツストーンカウンター、白い壁、左右配置の洗濯機・乾燥機、白いキッチンカウンター、白いキャビネット、無垢フローリング) の写真

Jonathan Danforth
ローリーにある小さなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなランドリークローゼット (I型、白い壁、淡色無垢フローリング、上下配置の洗濯機・乾燥機) の写真

CABINETRY: The Ladbroke kitchen, Cue & Co of London, painted in Cornforth White, Farrow & Ball SPLASHBACK: Polished plaster, Cue & Co of London WORK SURFACES: Polished concrete, Cue & Co of London FLOORING: Engineered oak, Cue & Co of London SINK: Stainless steel Claron 550 sink, Blanco TAP: Oberon mixer tap with a C-spout in pewter, Perrin & Rowe APPLIANCES: All Neff Cue & Co of London kitchens start from £35,000

ニューヨークにある高級な小さなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなランドリークローゼット (I型、オープンシェルフ、白いキャビネット、人工大理石カウンター、白い壁、無垢フローリング、左右配置の洗濯機・乾燥機、茶色い床、白いキッチンカウンター) の写真

ワシントンD.C.にある高級な小さなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなランドリークローゼット (I型、アンダーカウンターシンク、フラットパネル扉のキャビネット、ベージュのキャビネット、クオーツストーンカウンター、緑の壁、淡色無垢フローリング、上下配置の洗濯機・乾燥機、茶色い床、ベージュのキッチンカウンター) の写真

ニューヨークにある小さなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなランドリークローゼット (セラミックタイルの床、上下配置の洗濯機・乾燥機、I型) の写真

Love this stylish AND practical laundry closed on the second floor - close to the bedrooms for easy access but hidden behind the double doors.
トロントにある小さなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなランドリークローゼット (I型、アンダーカウンターシンク、レイズドパネル扉のキャビネット、白いキャビネット、白い壁、セラミックタイルの床、上下配置の洗濯機・乾燥機、グレーの床) の写真

ワシントンD.C.にある小さなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなランドリークローゼット (無垢フローリング、上下配置の洗濯機・乾燥機、茶色い床) の写真

コーンウォールにあるコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなランドリークローゼット (I型、オープンシェルフ、白いキャビネット、左右配置の洗濯機・乾燥機、白いキッチンカウンター) の写真

For all inquiries regarding cabinetry please call us at 604 795 3522 or email us at contactus@oldworldkitchens.com. Unfortunately we are unable to provide information regarding content unrelated to our cabinetry. Photography: Bob Young (bobyoungphoto.com)

マイアミにあるコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなランドリークローゼット (スロップシンク、白い壁、上下配置の洗濯機・乾燥機) の写真

Peter Landers
ロンドンにあるお手頃価格のコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなランドリークローゼットの写真

This award-winning whole house renovation of a circa 1875 single family home in the historic Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington DC provides the client with an open and more functional layout without requiring an addition. After major structural repairs and creating one uniform floor level and ceiling height, we were able to make a truly open concept main living level, achieving the main goal of the client. The large kitchen was designed for two busy home cooks who like to entertain, complete with a built-in mud bench. The water heater and air handler are hidden inside full height cabinetry. A new gas fireplace clad with reclaimed vintage bricks graces the dining room. A new hand-built staircase harkens to the home's historic past. The laundry was relocated to the second floor vestibule. The three upstairs bathrooms were fully updated as well. Final touches include new hardwood floor and color scheme throughout the home.