Room of the Week: A Multitasking Busy Family Life Extension Suit - A proven method to extend a narrow kitchen is to use the back side, but when James Bernard More rooms was asked to turn American cuisine in a cramped terrace south of London in a multifunctional space, he had more ambitious plans. "We wanted to create an enveloping extension to the side and out the back, a link to the back wall, he said. "We created this type of extension in the surrounding streets, but here, the plans were rejected on appeal by the Lambeth Council.
Fortunately, necessity is the mother of invention and in the case of James, creativity, too. He immediately set to work creating alternative models for multitasking room for the young family living here. "I'm trying to make the most of the space allowed us, he said. The solution grew in the back side to create a kitchen and a spacious dining room and extended to the rear by 3m to a living room, with doors to the garden. "I wanted the space to work beautifully for the owners, and also to bring much light to a hub, modern, bright family."
House at a glance
Who lives here A couple with two young children
property a terraced house built there about 120 years
Size 4.8 mx 8.9m to wider and longer stitches
Location South London
designer James Bernard More Rooms
Fortunately, necessity is the mother of invention and in the case of James, creativity, too. He immediately set to work creating alternative models for multitasking room for the young family living here. "I'm trying to make the most of the space allowed us, he said. The solution grew in the back side to create a kitchen and a spacious dining room and extended to the rear by 3m to a living room, with doors to the garden. "I wanted the space to work beautifully for the owners, and also to bring much light to a hub, modern, bright family."
House at a glance
Who lives here A couple with two young children
property a terraced house built there about 120 years
Size 4.8 mx 8.9m to wider and longer stitches
Location South London
designer James Bernard More Rooms
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Before the extension, the kitchen was pressed into an office space cramped. "The family wanted to be able to gather in the kitchen, but there was no place to do it," James said. Its mission was to design a piece that could meet all the needs of the family throughout the day to cook and eat at play in the garden and watch TV.
DSW chairs, Charles and Ray Eames for Vitra.
DSW chairs, Charles and Ray Eames for Vitra.
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local planners would not give permission to create a complete wraparound extension so that the extension side return simply extends to the original rear wall. beautiful glazing turns what would have been a white wall in a dramatic feature, offering long views of the garden and building light levels.
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Transforming back of this Victorian house took eight weeks of construction. "But we spent five months before authorizations and plans made to get," says James. Decorate took a fortnight and installation of the kitchen took additional two weeks. The project was completed in 2013.
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the show is part of 3m by 3m extension to rear, built under permitted development. He is now a relaxed space in which to watch TV, and summer, two young children owners can spread in the garden from here.
floor tiles Terra Ash (80cm x 40cm), End Tiles world.
floor tiles Terra Ash (80cm x 40cm), End Tiles world.
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kitchen units are white, high gloss laminate made in Germany. They bring a contemporary and elegant touch to this extension and keep it light and open. The work plan is the cool quartz.
kitchen, Konig kitchens.
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kitchen, Konig kitchens.
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Two skylights inside without frame and a reverse angle triangle window punctuate the roof of the extension, the more an internal window on the back wall. "We wanted to project light into the rear reception room here," says James.
The wall containing the fridge-freezer, a wine refrigerator and microwave was created from oak reproduction with a matte finish, like a warm contrast to the high gloss units on the opposite wall.
The wall containing the fridge-freezer, a wine refrigerator and microwave was created from oak reproduction with a matte finish, like a warm contrast to the high gloss units on the opposite wall.
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"people sometimes try to keep two openings in a wide kitchen - the front door and a rear living space," says James. "The problem with this is that the show becomes a bit of a glorified hallway. Here, it made more sense from the point of view of blocking the door of the back room, keeping the transom, but giving all the space in the kitchen space and flexibility. "
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For break the smooth white units and inject a lively touch of color in this space of the family, the owner backsplash from a stained glass in a cool green.
oven and hob, Siemens.
oven and hob, Siemens.
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When the extension back side and the rear wall, James has developed a ground glass panel ceiling inside unframed. "It continues the kitchen, because you can see through the garden, and produces an illusion of space, he said.
A flow seamlessly patio on the show. 'When installing folding doors, the outdoor terrace should be aligned with the internal ground, it acts as an extension of it, "James said. "It's about the inside and outside become a space, so it is important to avoid obstacles on the threshold between the two."
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A flow seamlessly patio on the show. 'When installing folding doors, the outdoor terrace should be aligned with the internal ground, it acts as an extension of it, "James said. "It's about the inside and outside become a space, so it is important to avoid obstacles on the threshold between the two."
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