What I call Hampton style is really my version of a timber home filled with character. I know a traditional Hampton, long island style home has wood grey shingles but in Australia we simply do not have access to the unique materials required. The photos I'm about to post are all materials we can access and achieve in design.
"Timber homes are stylish, cosy and timeless, homes which exude a warm homey feel" quoted by Mi Casa. The photo's I have used are from a new book we are selling at lily-g featuring the amazing Mi Casa building company in Europe.
I often tell my clients when using timber its important that your windows have timber surrounds, giving the window more bulk and definition. In this image the surrounds have been featured in a taupe colour. I would only recommend doing that when your walls are white not coloured. When building or renovating replacing aluminum windows can be very costly and not always achievable, by adding the timber surrounds and using white timber shutters it can at times fool the eye in to thinking they are timber windows, of course the windows need to be the same colour as the surround for this to work. I often tell my clients that if they don't want to spend the money on timber windows then to at least spend it on all the external french doors, it really makes a difference or blow the budget and go timber all the way for the ultimate look!
Love this internal staircase with the dark timber top rail and treads. Oh! to have a curved staircase, that would be magical!
A beautiful house must have a cubby house or a garden shed....it must be made of timber and match the house to really pull it off!
Lots of french timber doors to complete the look. I like to add windows above the french doors to make the doors taller and I feel it makes a greater statement, but again it depends on your roof height whether you can achieve this look.
I often tell my clients when using timber its important that your windows have timber surrounds, giving the window more bulk and definition. In this image the surrounds have been featured in a taupe colour. I would only recommend doing that when your walls are white not coloured. When building or renovating replacing aluminum windows can be very costly and not always achievable, by adding the timber surrounds and using white timber shutters it can at times fool the eye in to thinking they are timber windows, of course the windows need to be the same colour as the surround for this to work. I often tell my clients that if they don't want to spend the money on timber windows then to at least spend it on all the external french doors, it really makes a difference or blow the budget and go timber all the way for the ultimate look!
Love this internal staircase with the dark timber top rail and treads. Oh! to have a curved staircase, that would be magical!
A beautiful house must have a cubby house or a garden shed....it must be made of timber and match the house to really pull it off!
Lots of french timber doors to complete the look. I like to add windows above the french doors to make the doors taller and I feel it makes a greater statement, but again it depends on your roof height whether you can achieve this look.
2 comments:
More & more!!! Thank you for taking all the time to give such sweet eye candy.
White plays a huge part too. When we still lived in NYC back on the stone ages okay 1966-70, we'd go out to my aunts friends place & I remember the whites mingling amongst the grays.
Oh my goodness, these photos are so beautiful Judy!!
xx
Anna
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