Entryway
Laminate If you’re watching your budget but still want a quality finish, laminate is a good place to start. Laminates have come a long way since ’70s Mission Brown, and there is a wider selection of colours, textures, wood grains and benchtops available than ever. This range means that there are endless opportunities to express individual taste without sinking the entire design budget. Gone are the days of edges peeling back from kitchen doors or chunks being taken out if you accidentally hit a laminated edge with a pot! I only use ABS edging when specifying kitchen finishes as it’s a high-pressure laminate banding that is abrasion-resistant and seals the edges of kitchen doors. At only a few hundred dollars extra, this edging is also a relatively inexpensive way to insure the longevity of a laminate kitchen. This kitchen is a great example of the versatility of laminate, with the bright, fun orange overhead cupboards set off by the contrasting laminate of the lower cabinetry that provides the look and feel of a modern wood veneer.
Soften up an entrance The mood and ambience in the entrance to this home is created by diffusing light behind translucent panelled gates. Again, on arrival, a sense of anticipation is created. Ensure that the placement of the light source is well hidden so that you can’t see the light fitting, but only the glow of its light.
I LOVE how these little nooks look, particularly the one along the side of the door. I would love to have this/these in my hallway! There may be use for it in other rooms too like the dining room. Having those six nooks beside the door in the dining room and door to the living room and perhaps somewhere else like the entryway would bring some repetition and bring the house together.
Interesting wall.
The Slab Door Another modern detail is the slab door with top and bottom pivot hinges in lieu of the typical butterfly type of hinge. The pivot hinges are installed in the floor as well as in the head of the door frame in lieu of the door jambs and are used to create a door that is flush with the wall. When the doors are closed, the wall has a more uniform and monolithic appearance, a modernist design trait for sure. And when the door is open it's as if a large panel, one of many that the wall is made of, is what opens. Architecturally, the door becomes a piece of the wall instead of being something entirely separate from the wall, as in traditional architectural design. In fact, whereas in traditional architecture the door is a celebrated architectural element that announces the connection between two rooms, in a modern aesthetic the door becomes subservient to the plane of the wall. These hinges and the work to set them are generally more costly than a standard hinge and its installation. A set (typically three or four) of good-quality butterfly hinges will set you back around $50; a set of pivot hinges will likely be $200.
he Slab Door Another modern detail is the slab door with top and bottom pivot hinges in lieu of the typical butterfly type of hinge. The pivot hinges are installed in the floor as well as in the head of the door frame in lieu of the door jambs and are used to create a door that is flush with the wall. When the doors are closed, the wall has a more uniform and monolithic appearance, a modernist design trait for sure.
I would like hidden walls of storage that are like this but less obvious with no handles etc.
Curved entryway prevents things in nooks getting bashed.
I like the coat rack
Nice shelves. The large gap between each shelf prevents an uncluttered look which is a good use of negative space.
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