Derek Makekau

Gary Quigg Photography

Christopher Cornwell

Photo by C & C Custom Builders

Brian Bortnick

An abundance of living space is only part of the appeal of this traditional French county home. Strong architectural elements and a lavish interior design, including cathedral-arched beamed ceilings, hand-scraped and French bleed-edged walnut floors, faux finished ceilings, and custom tile inlays add to the home's charm. This home features heated floors in the basement, a mirrored flat screen television in the kitchen/family room, an expansive master closet, and a large laundry/crafts room with Romeo & Juliet balcony to the front yard. The gourmet kitchen features a custom range hood in limestone, inspired by Romanesque architecture, a custom panel French armoire refrigerator, and a 12 foot antiqued granite island. Every child needs his or her personal space, offered via a large secret kids room and a hidden passageway between the kids' bedrooms. A 1,000 square foot concrete sport court under the garage creates a fun environment for staying active year-round. The fun continues in the sunken media area featuring a game room, 110-inch screen, and 14-foot granite bar. Story - Midwest Home Magazine Photos - Todd Buchanan Interior Designer - Anita Sullivan

The Sunroom is open to the Living / Family room, and has windows looking to both the Breakfast nook / Kitchen as well as to the yard on 2 sides. There is also access to the back deck through this room. The large windows, ceiling fan and tile floor makes you feel like you're outside while still able to enjoy the comforts of indoor spaces. The built-in banquette provides not only additional storage, but ample seating in the room without the clutter of chairs. The mutli-purpose room is currently used for the homeowner's many stained glass projects.

Andrea Hubbell

Twin Orangeries & Oak Garden Room for Thatched Family Home This multi-phase project for this Grade II listed thatched family home in Hampshire has helped to transform this charming house and garden into a luxurious living space, packed full of features for today’s modern lifestyle. Over several contracts, our customer chose David Salisbury to design and install effectively 3 different extensions: two orangeries and an oak garden room. We will take a look at each of these structures in turn. Orangery for rear of property to extend kitchen The first phase involved the design of a substantial orangery measuring just under 7.5 metres across by approximately 3m deep, extending across the main portion of the rear of this cottage. This created a light-filled open place living space off the existing kitchen, designed to accommodate a large dining area. Whilst the French doors and extensive roof lantern are perhaps the central exterior design features, the basement spiral wine cellar is the most eye-catching design highlight from an interior perspective. The overall design scheme needed to consider the removal of a couple of existing windows, one of which was a bay window, along with interior access to the utility room and connection to the new oak garden room. The complexity of this design and associated engineering required underline the benefits of choosing an award-winning manufacturer like David Salisbury. The bespoke timber joinery is finished in the sympathetic shade of Pebble White, from our own unique colour palette. Oak Garden Room The separate oak garden room was designed, manufactured and installed in parallel with the main orangery. An interesting design, with a fully tiled roof to complement the rear gables of the original building, it was rounded off with oak weather boarding to complete the look. Although connected with access to the orangery, this oak framed structure appears like a freestanding building. Combining the practicality of a utility room with a boot room, along with plenty of space for the family dogs, this design is the perfect marriage of form and function. Re-thinking the existing orangery Finally, a smaller legacy orangery needed updating, the result of a previous extension, in order to complement the look of the larger new orangery. A new roof lantern and replacement joinery sides were designed and installed a couple of years after the initial projects. Utilising the same Pebble White paint finish and same design features, this original orangery link has now been updated to create a join-up look across the rear of the main part of the home. As with every listed building project, the key was to ensure the design was sympathetic to the original building. David Salisbury handled all of the planning permission and listed building consents, with a detailed Heritage Statement, written by our designer Nigel Blake, a key consideration. With every element of this project now complete, the rear of this property has been truly transformed – with a significantly increased footprint, stylish additional living space and views of the beautifully tended gardens.

A large four seasons room with a custom-crafted, vaulted round ceiling finished with wood paneling Photo by Ashley Avila Photography