Lounge area with Scandinavian decor. Engineered wood flooring straight laid, with natural weave rug by Asiatic Carpets. Inglenook fireplace with brick surround and Milan wood burning stove by Chesneys.

Inspired by fantastic views, there was a strong emphasis on natural materials and lots of textures to create a hygge space. Making full use of that awkward space under the stairs creating a bespoke made cabinet that could double as a home bar/drinks area

ダラスにある北欧スタイルのおしゃれなリビングの写真

We were asked to resolve a problem with the layout of a house in the Whitehall Park Conservation Area in Islington. The house had wonderful high ceilings and well proportioned reception rooms, but the kitchen was very compromised. It was housed in an old side return extension and accessed through a warren of other rooms. It was too small and low, didn’t relate well to the dining room and was cut off from the other rooms in the house, accessed down a small flight of steps. The owners wanted a generous, multifunctional family space where they could enjoy time together. Our solution was to take out the side wall of the rear reception room, reconstruct the side return completely and join the two spaces to create a lateral kitchen dining space. Behind this space the old dining room, with less access to natural light, became a utility room, cloakroom and music room. We flipped the kitchen into the old reception room and lowered the floor to create one seamless room level with the garden. This gave the kitchen a huge ceiling height and meant we could increase the size of the French doors which open out onto the garden, making them very grand and a real focal point of the room. The extension itself has a fully glazed roof to bring the most amount of light into the space, including electrically opening rooflights for ventilation. To avoid the dining room being overlooked by the neighbours upper windows, we designed a series of louvres made of oak to line the underside of the roof. These allow filtered light into the extension whilst maintaining a sense of privacy and enclosure. They are openable to allow the glass to be cleaned and we used them to inform the rest of the interior. The extension contrasts to the more traditional kitchen area with its high ceilings and ornate cornice, using oak panels as a lining around the walls. The opening into the kitchen forms a datum line, above which the oak is clad in battens to create texture and tie into design of the louvres. A bench containing storage runs all the way around the dining room and a large pivot window frames views from the music room into the garden. The window can be fully opened to connect the dining room to the outside. The rear wall of the dining room is finished in natural clay plaster, continuing the warm earthy tones of the oak cladding. Externally we used a traditional yellow stock brick so the extension feels like it belongs to the house, but we used the brick in a sawtooth bond, laying them at 45 degrees to create a triangular pattern which create interesting shadows throughout the day.

バルセロナにある高級な広い北欧スタイルのおしゃれなLDK (ライブラリー、白い壁、無垢フローリング、壁掛け型テレビ、茶色い床) の写真

Wohnbereich mit Bibliothekswänden.
ミュンヘンにある高級な中くらいな北欧スタイルのおしゃれなリビング (ライブラリー、無垢フローリング) の写真

他の地域にある低価格の小さな北欧スタイルのおしゃれなリビング (暖炉なし、壁掛け型テレビ、茶色い床、クロスの天井、白い天井、グレーの壁、塗装フローリング、コンクリートの壁、吹き抜け) の写真

サンフランシスコにある北欧スタイルのおしゃれなリビングの写真

モスクワにある北欧スタイルのおしゃれなリビングの写真

パリにある北欧スタイルのおしゃれなリビングの写真

Luka, the Finnish Lapphund enjoying the log burner as though he didn't already have enough fur!
ハンプシャーにある高級な小さな北欧スタイルのおしゃれなLDK (白い壁、淡色無垢フローリング、薪ストーブ、漆喰の暖炉まわり、壁掛け型テレビ) の写真

ニューヨークにある北欧スタイルのおしゃれなリビングの写真

セントラルコーストにある北欧スタイルのおしゃれなリビングの写真

他の地域にある中くらいな北欧スタイルのおしゃれなリビング (白い壁、無垢フローリング、茶色い床) の写真

ミラノにある広い北欧スタイルのおしゃれな独立型リビング (ライブラリー、マルチカラーの壁、淡色無垢フローリング、ベージュの床) の写真

シアトルにある高級な中くらいな北欧スタイルのおしゃれなLDK (白い壁、濃色無垢フローリング、ライブラリー、横長型暖炉、タイルの暖炉まわり) の写真

他の地域にある低価格の中くらいな北欧スタイルのおしゃれなLDK (白い壁、ラミネートの床、壁掛け型テレビ、ベージュの床) の写真

Sitting Room // Freedom by Metricon Salamanca, on display in Kalkallo VIC.
メルボルンにある北欧スタイルのおしゃれなリビングの写真

The fine frames of the steel windows allow the maximum light to enter the living space. The material palette is kept simple with right fabrics in soft tones, with pinks and greys complimenting each other . . Photos: Anna Stathaki