Dining Room Design Ideas with Concrete Floors and a Brick Fireplace Surround
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Matt Fajkus ArchitectureThe cabin typology redux came out of the owner’s desire to have a house that is warm and familiar, but also “feels like you are on vacation.” The basis of the “Hewn House” design starts with a cabin’s simple form and materiality: a gable roof, a wood-clad body, a prominent fireplace that acts as the hearth, and integrated indoor-outdoor spaces. However, rather than a rustic style, the scheme proposes a clean-lined and “hewned” form, sculpted, to best fit on its urban infill lot.
The plan and elevation geometries are responsive to the unique site conditions. Existing prominent trees determined the faceted shape of the main house, while providing shade that projecting eaves of a traditional log cabin would otherwise offer. Deferring to the trees also allows the house to more readily tuck into its leafy East Austin neighborhood, and is therefore more quiet and secluded.
Natural light and coziness are key inside the home. Both the common zone and the private quarters extend to sheltered outdoor spaces of varying scales: the front porch, the private patios, and the back porch which acts as a transition to the backyard. Similar to the front of the house, a large cedar elm was preserved in the center of the yard. Sliding glass doors open up the interior living zone to the backyard life while clerestory windows bring in additional ambient light and tree canopy views. The wood ceiling adds warmth and connection to the exterior knotted cedar tongue & groove. The iron spot bricks with an earthy, reddish tone around the fireplace cast a new material interest both inside and outside. The gable roof is clad with standing seam to reinforced the clean-lined and faceted form. Furthermore, a dark gray shade of stucco contrasts and complements the warmth of the cedar with its coolness.
A freestanding guest house both separates from and connects to the main house through a small, private patio with a tall steel planter bed.
Photo by Charles Davis Smith
Green Sheep CollectiveSmart home is a joyful renovation project in Seddon for a family teeming with curiosity. The design included adding an open plan living, dining and kitchen to an existing heritage home. It seeks to make smart, effective use of very tight spaces. A mezzanine over the pantry and study nook utilises the volume created by the cathedral ceiling, while large openable skylights increase the perception of light and space, and double as 'thermal chimneys' to assist natural ventilation processes in summer.
TOMHILL STUDIOThe Dining space flows from the Kitchen where retractable glass doors open to the private urban garden. A built-in bar is topped with salvaged wood from the 200 yr old floor joists that were removed when the first floor was lowered. The original fireplace has been modified to function as a pizza oven.
Design & Build . . . by Roger Perron, Inc.This photo of the kitchen features the built-in entertainment center TV and electric ribbon fireplace directly beneath. Brick surrounds the fireplace and custom multi-colored tile provide accents below. Open shelving on each side provide space for curios. A close-up can also be seen of the multicolored distressed wood kitchen table and chairs.
Dining Room Design Ideas with Concrete Floors and a Brick Fireplace Surround
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