Tour this 1930s country house with its classic modern interior
Set in just attractive landscaped gardens, this 1930s region property in the south east of England, the locale of numerous of the world’s ideal residences, was reworked by interior structure studio Kitesgrove from a effectively loved but dated property into a resplendent relatives household.
Undertaking a complete renovation that took just around two several years like Covid delays, Kitesgrove oversaw a two-wing extension as effectively as a full refurbishment. The result is a rural retreat that cleverly merges conventional options with modern day style and design.
‘The consumers desired to make sure the home extremely a great deal remained a spouse and children home for prolonged loved ones and all generations to get pleasure from,’ says Katie Lion, inside designer at Kitesgrove. ‘It desired to truly feel sophisticated, welcoming, at ease and retain nostalgic features and vital heirloom home furnishings and artwork.’
Kitchen area
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Kitchen suggestions incorporated painting the cupboards a quite chalky pink, Desert Rose by Paint & Paper Library. ‘We preferred to develop a tender palette that transitioned from other locations of the property,’ says Katie. ‘The paint was deliberately selected for its gray tone top quality, which properly evolves in the altering gentle.’
Portland Stone flooring was installed for a additional rustic place come to feel. ‘The delicate tumbled and flecked top quality of the stone in a herringbone layout presents subtle desire and pattern with the muted palette.’
As the spouse and children enjoys cooking and entertaining, a butcher’s block island was produced with wheels so it could be moved close to for added functionality and versatility within the home.
Breakfast room
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Juxtaposed with the soft pendant lighting and fabric blinds, the original antique eating desk and chairs increase solidity and a sense of history to the heart of the dwelling.
‘We required to make a softness in the space for an informal household dining/breakfast place. The linen shade lets for a light light-weight glow and sits effortlessly with the almond and pink tones of the home,’ says Katie.
Relatives place
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The family place overlooks the back garden with wide double doorways that make a transition amongst inside and outside. Dwelling area ideas associated utilizing natural shades and organic and natural sorts to increase the emotion of getting immersed in the outdoor.
The rug was decided on as the beginning issue of the plan. It has blues and green that join perfectly with the backyard. ‘It is the focal sample and texture in the room and feels extremely plush underfoot,’ states Katie. The eau de nil cabinets draw on the colors in the rug.
‘The purpose was to create a calming and much more casual household house for all the family members generations to enjoy. We as a result allowed for loads of storage for video games and toys, and deep relaxed seating for calming.’
The drinks trolley was sourced to include a vintage piece in a far more playful room. ‘We wanted the household to feel layered with new and more mature pieces to give a sense of pieces currently being gathered in excess of time.’
Eating place
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As the central home in the dwelling, the purpose was for this area to be abundant and deep in tone to accommodate a formal eating place and make it exclusive in opposition to the much more muted techniques elsewhere.
The lovely antique tapestry that turned the focal position of the space was sourced in Paris. ‘I experienced often envisaged placing a tapestry in this house so required to attract on the inky and inexperienced tones in this,’ claims Katie.
Eating home suggestions bundled enveloping the walls and woodwork in a deep blue, to produce an immersive and atmospheric place.
The desk and chairs incorporate normal supplies, as observed with the mix of wood, cane and leather-based, although guaranteeing practicality.
Examine
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Leading off the official dining home, the colour palette for the review was diligently picked out. ‘We wanted an similarly rich and earthy tone, which can also be found in the tapestry,’ says Katie. ‘It was critical to pick the ideal shade of brown so it did not dampen the purely natural light. The brown makes a attractive cocooned feeling to focus or chill out.’
Mid century motivated hero items are among the the dwelling business concepts. ‘The client’s choice was for a mix of traditional and contemporary parts so we ended up usually mindful of getting a balance in between new and older parts to sit harmoniously alongside one another,’ suggests Katie. ‘The woven wooden collar on the desk (the Sebastian Cox Bayleaf desk) delivers texture and variety along with the sleeker upholstered chair with leather armrests.’
The blind fabric was decided on for its ochre colour and stripe to offset the brown. It delivers a contact of sample to the home and functions as a focal stage for the window overlooking the backyard.
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The armchair in the analyze is upholstered in a muted dusty pink velvet, which was picked out to introduce a traditional contact to the home and hint at the pink and burgundy tones with the interlinked reception space.
Pressed botanicals are part of the client’s current art assortment and pull jointly the brown, pink and ochre scheme.
Corridor
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The glass extensions have a key bed room in every single. This corridor upstairs prospects to one particular of the bedrooms. The extensions have glazing on a few sides and timber beams, with the thought remaining to convey in daylight and sights in excess of the garden and beyond.
The desk doubles up an occasional get the job done area and dressing desk. The customer wished a peaceful position to write letters overlooking the yard.
Bedroom
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This visitor bed room wanted to sense calming and neutral whilst continuing the concept of purely natural tones and textures. The brief was also to ensure the area could quickly evolve for the transforming needs of the relatives. Wardrobes ended up built in and bespoke to the client’s storage format necessity.
Kid’s bed room
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The hues of the kid’s bed room ended up preferred for continuity with other places of the household so the rooms comply with obviously from 1 to the other. ‘We preferred the children’s attic rooms to feel like cozy hideaways with playful particulars to give each room its own identity. The transient was to guarantee the kids could increase with these techniques,’ claims Katie.
The headboard fabric was the starting place for the scheme. ‘The playful stripe sample has a lovely painterly high-quality to it with a quantity of colours to draw on and layers within just the plan.’ Mid century bedside chests insert a heat oak tone from the deep wall color (Oval Home Blue by Farrow & Ball) and sit properly together with the brown tones in the headboard fabric.
Bed room strategies involve reusing the client’s existing artwork, cartoon illustrations on postcards, and bringing it again to lifetime with bold new frames, a price-successful answer when incorporating artwork inside the structure. ‘They increase a attractive whimsical contact,’ suggests Katie.
Kid’s bedroom
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A smoky environmentally friendly blue shade, Eco-friendly Smoke by Farrow & Ball, envelops the home. ‘These attic rooms feel cocooning so we desired to spotlight the refined mustard tone in the headboard with pops of mustard in the cushions and blinds and punctuate these for additional depth versus the all green room,’ claims Katie.
Primary bedroom
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‘Soft pinks and neutrals have been picked out to build exquisite and calming bedrooms that target on more compact details of texture, sort and touches of deep tones these kinds of as burgundy and Indigo to punctuate certain pieces,’ suggests Katie. ‘This calming scheme also lets the yard to be even more highlighted. Every principal bed room has the exact same hues but various furniture and furnishing to give them a distinctive character of their possess.’
The inspiration for the pink and burgundy tones was the client’s lovely maple tree, which can be seen from the two key bedrooms.
The light-weight streams in and results in a excellent pink hue as a result of the sheer curtains that shifts around the day. ‘As element of the timber body to the extension, we ensured that the curtain monitor was integrated in this for a seamless style that authorized the curtain to absolutely enclose the space for full coverage and an enveloped knowledge,’ states Katie.
‘The chair was put listed here for a silent studying corner. We wished to decide on anything classic but with a sculptural silhouette. The chair is upholstered in neutral linen. We selected the further claret tones on the cushion and throw to sit versus the maple tree in the backdrop.’
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The focal point linen headboard introduces purely natural texture and tones with the neutral scheme. Burgundy cushions website link with the maple tree outside the house the room though the indigo toss delivers an added punch of deep color for a ending contact.
Inside structure/ Kitesgrove
Pictures/ Mark Bolton
