Rustic yet refined, this modern country retreat blends old and new in masterful ways, creating a fresh yet timeless experience. The structured, austere exterior gives way to an inviting interior. The palette of subdued greens, sunny yellows, and watery blues draws inspiration from nature. Whether in the upholstery or on the walls, trailing blooms lend a note of softness throughout. The dark teal kitchen receives an injection of light from a thoughtfully-appointed skylight; a dining room with vaulted ceilings and bead board walls add a rustic feel. The wall treatment continues through the main floor to the living room, highlighted by a large and inviting limestone fireplace that gives the relaxed room a note of grandeur. Turquoise subway tiles elevate the laundry room from utilitarian to charming. Flanked by large windows, the home is abound with natural vistas. Antlers, antique framed mirrors and plaid trim accentuates the high ceilings. Hand scraped wood flooring from Schotten & Hansen line the wide corridors and provide the ideal space for lounging.

Un appartement familial haussmannien rénové, aménagé et agrandi avec la création d'un espace parental suite à la réunion de deux lots. Les fondamentaux classiques des pièces sont conservés et revisités tout en douceur avec des matériaux naturels et des couleurs apaisantes.

Second floor hall leading to the guest and children's bedrooms
На фото: огромный коридор в классическом стиле с бежевыми стенами, паркетным полом среднего тона, коричневым полом и панелями на стенах

Grass cloth wallpaper, paneled wainscot, a skylight and a beautiful runner adorn landing at the top of the stairs.
Свежая идея для дизайна: большой коридор в классическом стиле с паркетным полом среднего тона, коричневым полом, панелями на стенах, обоями на стенах, белыми стенами и кессонным потолком - отличное фото интерьера

Twin Peaks House is a vibrant extension to a grand Edwardian homestead in Kensington. Originally built in 1913 for a wealthy family of butchers, when the surrounding landscape was pasture from horizon to horizon, the homestead endured as its acreage was carved up and subdivided into smaller terrace allotments. Our clients discovered the property decades ago during long walks around their neighbourhood, promising themselves that they would buy it should the opportunity ever arise. Many years later the opportunity did arise, and our clients made the leap. Not long after, they commissioned us to update the home for their family of five. They asked us to replace the pokey rear end of the house, shabbily renovated in the 1980s, with a generous extension that matched the scale of the original home and its voluminous garden. Our design intervention extends the massing of the original gable-roofed house towards the back garden, accommodating kids’ bedrooms, living areas downstairs and main bedroom suite tucked away upstairs gabled volume to the east earns the project its name, duplicating the main roof pitch at a smaller scale and housing dining, kitchen, laundry and informal entry. This arrangement of rooms supports our clients’ busy lifestyles with zones of communal and individual living, places to be together and places to be alone. The living area pivots around the kitchen island, positioned carefully to entice our clients' energetic teenaged boys with the aroma of cooking. A sculpted deck runs the length of the garden elevation, facing swimming pool, borrowed landscape and the sun. A first-floor hideout attached to the main bedroom floats above, vertical screening providing prospect and refuge. Neither quite indoors nor out, these spaces act as threshold between both, protected from the rain and flexibly dimensioned for either entertaining or retreat. Galvanised steel continuously wraps the exterior of the extension, distilling the decorative heritage of the original’s walls, roofs and gables into two cohesive volumes. The masculinity in this form-making is balanced by a light-filled, feminine interior. Its material palette of pale timbers and pastel shades are set against a textured white backdrop, with 2400mm high datum adding a human scale to the raked ceilings. Celebrating the tension between these design moves is a dramatic, top-lit 7m high void that slices through the centre of the house. Another type of threshold, the void bridges the old and the new, the private and the public, the formal and the informal. It acts as a clear spatial marker for each of these transitions and a living relic of the home’s long history.

Свежая идея для дизайна: маленький коридор в современном стиле с белыми стенами, паркетным полом среднего тона, коричневым полом, многоуровневым потолком и панелями на стенах для на участке и в саду - отличное фото интерьера

Стильный дизайн: коридор в морском стиле с бежевыми стенами, паркетным полом среднего тона и панелями на стенах - последний тренд

Vue du couloir, avec ses menuiseries, vers la salle d'eau.
Пример оригинального дизайна: коридор среднего размера с белыми стенами, белым полом, паркетным полом среднего тона, деревянным потолком и панелями на стенах

Стильный дизайн: маленький коридор в классическом стиле с зелеными стенами, паркетным полом среднего тона, коричневым полом, кессонным потолком и панелями на стенах для на участке и в саду - последний тренд

This entry hall introduces the visitor to the sophisticated ambiance of the home. The area is enriched with millwork and the custom wool runner adds warmth. Three dimensional contemporary art adds wow and an eclectic contrast.

A reading nook with built-in storage Photo by Ashley Avila Photography
Стильный дизайн: коридор в классическом стиле с красными стенами, паркетным полом среднего тона и панелями на стенах - последний тренд

gallery through middle of house
На фото: большой коридор с белыми стенами, паркетным полом среднего тона, коричневым полом и панелями на стенах

Коридор
Свежая идея для дизайна: узкий коридор среднего размера в современном стиле с серыми стенами, паркетным полом среднего тона, коричневым полом и панелями на стенах - отличное фото интерьера

Пример оригинального дизайна: коридор в стиле неоклассика (современная классика) с белыми стенами, паркетным полом среднего тона, коричневым полом и панелями на стенах

Blade walls cut through this beautiful home articulating space like the public private zone between open living/dining/kitchen and the private master wing. Transitional space creates the opportunity for large glass featuring an external sculpture garden that links your eye through the landscape.

Recibidor con almacenaje en todos sus lados: a la derecha un armario empotrado, de frente un banco con almacenaje, a la izquierda, los separadores de madera llevan integrados unos percheros retráctiles. Hall with storage on all sides: on the right a built-in wardrobe, in front a bench with storage, on the left, the wooden dividers have integrated retractable coat racks.

Источник вдохновения для домашнего уюта: коридор в классическом стиле с разноцветными стенами, паркетным полом среднего тона, коричневым полом, панелями на части стены, панелями на стенах и обоями на стенах

На фото: маленький коридор в стиле неоклассика (современная классика) с желтыми стенами, паркетным полом среднего тона, коричневым полом и панелями на стенах для на участке и в саду

Board and batten with picture ledge installed in a long hallway adjacent to the family room. Hickory engineered wood floors installed throughout the home. Lovely vintage chair and table fill a corner nicely