01
Living room
The stone wall is the whole argument. Everything else steps back: a deep leather sofa, an olive stool that moves wherever it is needed, two small tables instead of one big one.
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Harrow Mills · 2024
Mid-century Ranch
A long, low 1961 ranch given back its walnut, its stone and its sense of humor.
Two owners had painted over almost everything the architect got right. We took the ceiling back to timber, put a stone wall where a stone wall clearly used to be, and let walnut do the talking in every room that faces south.
- Scope
- Full renovation, five rooms
- Timeline
- Fourteen months, phased around the family
- Style
- Mid-century, stone, walnut, olive
- Trades
- Stonemason, cabinetmaker, electrician
Room by room
02
Kitchen
Fluted walnut runs floor to ceiling and hides the pantry door completely. The worktop is a single slab, and the hob sits in the run rather than on an island, because this family cooks facing each other.
03
Pantry hall
The corridor between the kitchen and the garage does real work now. A prep sink, a second worktop, open shelves on blacksmith brackets, and a slatted screen so none of it is visible from the dining table.
04
Dining room
The beams were always there under three coats of white. We stained them, hung two small fixtures instead of one chandelier, and built the table long enough for the ten people who actually turn up.
The full set
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