HOME S & INTERIORS GARRY THOMAS
I read a comment once from someone who described Grand Design homes as bland, and suddenly laughed as I looked around my completely white abode where everything is in straight lines; Perhaps I’m not doing much to dispel that perception, but we know that this really is not typical of many Grand Designs.
Yet for me, despite its initial starkness, my home is cosy when it needs to be, thanks to textured furnishings, adaptable lighting, splashes of colour, and the natural ‘wallpaper’ of the rural views that change with the time of day as well as the seasons.
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THE ROOF This is made up of Sarnafil single ply membrane, insulation, a timber deck over engineered timber joists that span between steel beams. The painted plaster board ceiling below is suspended using metal furrings.
THE FLOOR Porcelain 600x600 tiles with a textured finish. The tiles have a riven metamorphic stone effect and run throughout the whole property geometrically.
THE WALLS Painted MDF vertical panels set out to the 600mm grid system which aligns with the floor grid.
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From the big smile on everyone’s face when they arrive, it is certainly a welcoming home … just the final viewing deck and landscaping to go.
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If you’d like to discuss your Grand Design aspirations and projects with me, contact me on 01432 804 100 and
info@thomasstudio.co.uk or find useful information especially on gaining planning permission and self-build basics on
www.thomasstudio.co.uk
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LIFESTYLE TOUCHES The house has two zones, the open plan living space with the kitchen, living and dining areas, where handleless concealed cupboards hide things like the cocktail cabinet, cloakroom and TV media wall. The kitchen can also be segregated behind a pull-back ‘wall’, leaving the rest for spacious entertaining with those incredible views out from the glass doors and deck.
The other zone is the bedroom and home office. Each room has its own ensuite and wardrobe spaces silently and sleekly concealed in the wall depth. The hallway to them has borrowed light from glazed roof panels, and the huge large-format windows have ingenious privacy blinds, electronically operated of course.
Pictures 1- 6 courtesy of Patricia Rayner for I Q Glass
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