The sitting room

The sitting room is where the bespoke work shows most, precisely because it does not stand out. The wainscoting, the chimney breast around the gas fire and the casing under the window are all in the same off-white.

Above it the wall stays warm grey. Those two tones run through the whole ground floor, so the rooms flow into one another without a visible threshold.

From our collection Sofas and armchairs

Zithoek met lichte zetel en houten salontafel tussen twee ramen — The sitting room was given wainscoting to chest height, in the same off-white as the radiator casings and the interior doors. Above it the wall stays warm grey, which makes the room read taller. The seating is covered in a light fabric; the checked curtains bring the only pattern into the room.

Twee fauteuils met gecapitonneerde rug tegenover de bank in het salon — Two armchairs with buttoned backs face the sofa.

Radiatorombouw met traliewerk onder het raam, met de vensterbank als blad — Under the window the heating disappears behind a slatted casing, with the sill as its top.

Lambrisering die achter de bank doorloopt tot in de eetplaats — The wainscoting runs on behind the sofa into the dining area.

The kitchen and dining area

Kitchen, dining area and sitting room adjoin one another. A low panelled wall separates them without closing them off: from the seating area you can see who is at the table, but not what is on the worktop.

The kitchen cabinets are in the same white as the joinery elsewhere in the house, with a dark worktop as a counterweight.

Landelijke keuken met witte kasten, donker werkblad en een zwarte lantaarn — The kitchen is built from closed white cabinets with a dark worktop, with an open shelf beside the extractor for what is used daily. The black lantern returns above the dining table, which ties kitchen and dining area together.

Laag muurtje met lambrisering tussen de keuken en de leefruimte — A low panelled wall separates the kitchen from the living area.

De keuken blijft in het zicht vanuit de eetplaats — From the dining area the kitchen stays in view.

Eiken tafel op kruispoten met donkerblauwe stoelen op een hoogpolig tapijt — The oak table on cross legs stands on a deep-pile rug, with chairs in dark blue fabric.

Eettafel met glazen windlichten onder een hanglamp met zwart frame — The pendant with its black frame hangs in line with the table.

Bureautje tegen de lambrisering naast de radiatorombouw — Against the wainscoting stands a small desk, next to the radiator casing.

Doorkijk over het tapijt naar het bureau en de eetplaats — A view across the rug towards the desk and the dining area.

Wainscoting and bespoke joinery

All of the joinery comes from our own workshop and was fitted on site by our own team. Wainscoting, interior doors, skirtings, radiator casings and cupboards carry the same mouldings and the same colour.

That is why the house reads as calm: one language instead of ten separate elements. The stairs and the landing were treated the same way, so the line never stops.

Binnendeur met paneel die opgaat in de lambrisering van de gang — The interior doors carry the same panel and colour as the wainscoting, so a door merges into the wall instead of standing out from it.

Hal met een boog naar de leefruimte, met lambrisering die mee doorloopt — In the hall the wainscoting follows the arch through to the living area.

Hal met tegelvloer waar de lambrisering overgaat in de trapwang — By the stairs the wainscoting continues into the string.

Trap met lambrisering langs de muur tot onder het ovale raam — The wainscoting follows the stairs upward, to just below the oval window.

Radiatorombouw met traliewerk in ruitmotief naast de keuken — The diamond lattice lets the heat through and keeps the radiator out of sight.

Radiatorombouw onder het raam op de overloop, in dezelfde uitvoering als beneden — On the landing the radiator was given the same casing as downstairs.

Radiatorombouw in het salon die meteen als vensterbank dienst doet — In the sitting room the casing doubles as a window sill.

Detail van een kastdeur met dezelfde profilering als de lambrisering — Detail of a cupboard door, with the same profile as the wainscoting.

The bathroom

Under the roof came a bathroom in which the bath plays the lead. It stands free on a plinth of pale stone, right beneath the dormer, so you lie in it with daylight on you.

The rest is deliberately dark: black floor, a dark top under the basins. That makes the white bath the only light volume in the room.

Badkamer onder het dak met een zwart vrijstaand bad op een verhoog in lichte steen — The bathroom sits under the roof. The freestanding bath stands on a plinth of pale stone, opposite a double basin on a dark top. The dark floor lets the white of the bath and the basins come forward.

Vrijstaand bad onder de dakkapel, met de dubbele wastafel in de andere hoek — The bath stands under the dormer, with the basins in the other corner.

Detail van het vrijstaande bad met een kraan in goudkleurige afwerking — Detail of the bath, with the tap in a gold finish.

Inloopdouche met glazen wand naast het vrijstaande bad — The walk-in shower is screened with glass, next to the bath.

Before and after

The same room, ten years apart. On the left how it was: bare walls, a cast-iron stove with its flue across the room, loose furniture in brown and orange.

On the right what it became. Not because walls were moved, but because the walls were given a line and everything that stood loose was made to measure.

Het salon voor de werken, met een gietijzeren kachel en een losse tv-kast

Gashaard in een witte schouw met de televisie in het gepaneelde volume erboven

The stove and the loose television cabinet made way for a gas fire in a white chimney breast, with the bespoke work around it.

De zithoek voor de werken, met bruine zetels en kale muren

The same seating area: wainscoting to chest height, light upholstery and curtains that take up the height of the room.

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