{"id":10297,"date":"2022-04-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/homesantiques\/?post_type=purple_issue&p=10297"},"modified":"2022-05-12T10:10:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T08:10:00","slug":"salvaged-stylish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/homesantiques\/2022\/04\/28\/salvaged-stylish\/","title":{"rendered":"Salvaged & stylish"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Salvaged & stylish<\/span><\/h2>\n\n

Interior designer Paula Barnes employed her flair for rescuing and repurposing antique and vintage finds in her latest project: a renovated Victorian mews and garden store<\/em><\/p>\n\n

FEATURE SARA EMSLIE <\/strong>| PHOTOGRAPHS RACHEL WHITING<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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The kitchen table is made up of old cheese boards picked up in an antiques shop in the Netherlands, and mounted on a pair of trestle legs from Habitat. PHOTOGRAPHS RACHEL WHITING<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

\u2018M<\/span>y partner Paul had never so much as thought about knocking through his kitchen\/ dining room in his previous home, so he was a complete novice to house renovations,\u2019 laughs Paula Barnes as she describes the thrills and spills involved in her most recent project: converting a Victorian mews property that had formerly been the garden store, vinery and stables, into a habitable home. \u2018It was our first house together post both of our divorces, so it was a new life and new start, which I loved.\u2019<\/p>\n\n

Originally built to serve the large townhouse on the street behind, the mews building had long since fallen into disrepair, and was, according to Paula, \u2018literally a garage full of stuff \u2019. On the upside, the lack of use meant that most of the period features remained, the most impressive of which was the dilapidated vinery on the upper level \u2013a glorified roof-top greenhouse, which was di cult to use. \u2018It was boiling in the summer, cold in the winter and had become a dumping ground,\u2019 Paula explains.<\/p>\n\n

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    The kitchen is typical of Paula\u2019s ingenuity: she bought an old 1960s school locker, cut it in half and added Formica worktops, while the sink came from a school laboratory and is virtually indestructible<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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    a corner of Paula\u2019s \u2018kitchen garden\u2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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    tongue and groove panelling painted in School House White by Farrow & Ball adds a homely contrast to the industrial elements<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n

    \u2018What\u2019s important with vintage industrial pieces is knowing how to use them to maximum effect\u2019<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

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    Paula\u2019s budget was tight, so she found the two Corbusier-inspired, Ikea-designed sofas on Gumtree. Original Le Corbusier sofas are available from The Conran Shop. The dramatic pendant lights are original 1970s street lights, which Paula had rewired by an electrician. Find similar from Skinflint Design.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

    Today, the space is a light and airy kitchen\/ dining room, furnished with a clever selection of vintage and industrial pieces in sympathy with the working history of the property: from factory lighting to old school chairs and quirky vintage school lockers, which Paula has repurposed to use as drawers for kitchen paraphernalia. The result is a wonderfully original space, and improved insulation means that its original horticultural purpose has been maintained: \u2018You can grow all sorts of exotic things in there,\u2019 <\/span>Paula says, \u2018just like the Victorians would have done.\u2019 This year she grew cucumbers, chillies, pomegranates and lemons, adding a whole new meaning to the term \u2018kitchen garden\u2019.<\/p>\n\n

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    Vintage finds are ideal for adding a dash of utilitarian chic to a home office area. Use maps as wall art and classic task lighting for authenticity. The two old laboratory tables were bought from Sussex University during their refurbishment programme, while the pair of 1960s mustard filing cabinets were found on eBay; for similar, try Pedlars. The 1950s map is from Gorringe\u2019s auction house.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

    This upstairs level also had two very pretty bedrooms that would have been the servants\u2019 accommodation. With their cast-iron replaces and period windows restored, they provide a delicate change of aesthetic from the industrial kitchen and the raw, warehouse style of the main studio space below. \u2018The ground floor was just an enormous old garage-like space with a concrete floor and a garden store, which has a really amazing vaulted brick ceiling,\u2019 explains Paula. \u2018With this space, my approach was \u201cless is more\u201d and I kept the walls as they were.\u2019 In some places this means exposed brick and elsewhere, \u2018lots of lovely peeling paint from years of use\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

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    The decor in the upstairs bedroom has a pretty French vintage feel, with artwork and decorative pieces that Paula has collected along the way. For a similar antique French chandelier try Love Antiques.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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    Floorboards have been sanded back and treated with a coat of Woca Wood Lye. The bed was found at a French flea market and Paula has added a vintage kantha quilt from Rebecca\u2019s Aix Home. For a similar vintage bed try The French Depot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

    Keen to embrace the pared-down simplicity of the original space \u2013 which comprises a large book-lined living room and a bedroom in what was the garden store \u2013 whilst sticking to a tight budget, Paula applied some creative thinking and inventive measures. The result is an interior that is lled with personality, though it cost next to nothing. Although used to working with big budgets on large-scale projects for clients, this renovation required a much simpler approach, she explains, adding that she adopted \u2018the aesthetic of functional materials and ings\u2019, with which she has created something unique.<\/p>\n\n

    For example, Paula reused scaffolding boards as flooring and made some of her own lights by buying all the components from hardware stores and builders\u2019 merchants, saving over \u00a31,000 on similar o -the-shelf factory-style lighting in the process. Key pieces of furniture were picked up at local ea markets, antiques fairs and auction rooms, creating a wonderfully bohemian mix of industrial, reclaimed, vintage and modern. \u2018What\u2019s important with vintage industrial pieces is knowing how to use them to maximum effect,\u2019 she says, pointing to the four enormous ex-street lights that hang from the living room ceiling. <\/span>This space required lights appropriate to the scale, she explains, adding that she installed four for dramatic effect.<\/p>\n\n

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    \u2018I love collecting art and have many friends who paint. I\u2019ve used these to add a splash of colour to the tiny bedroom upstairs,\u2019 says Paula. The bed came from Selling Antiques, and the vintage kantha quilt is from Rebecca\u2019s Aix Home.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

    Lovely industrial and factory references are a recurring theme throughout the house, from the ex-laboratory sink in the kitchen to the scaffolding bed frame in the spare room, all adding to the vintage charm. And, luckily, Paul loves it too \u2013 now that it\u2019s complete. \u2018He knew that a \u2018developer-style\u2019 house wasn\u2019t an option, and he just let me get on with it,\u2019 says Paula. \u2018He really loves the place and refers to it as his \u201chandmade home\u201d.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n\n

    \u2018I really try to avoid doing anything too trendy. I use things that I love and, as I live here, that is important\u2019<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

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    CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT The teak doors, sourced from eBay, were originally from a golf club in Surrey. For similar try LASSCO; the bathroom has a pleasing monochrome palette with soft industrial touches. \u2018Plain white tiles are understated but full of utilitarian chic,\u2019 says Paula; the chests of drawers in the bedroom were junk shop finds, repainted in Annie Sloan Lem Lem Chalk Paint; when transforming the garden store into a bedroom, Paula restored the brick and applied a whitewash treatment. The scaffolding bed was from eBay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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