Multipurpose converted garage
My clients had their garage behind their Bath property converted into a newly build space with a threefold purpose: Home Office, Hobby Room and Guest Room.
They wanted the space to be both functional and inviting.
In speaking with my clients, as they lived in different countries, I asked which places they really liked. They enthusiastically responded: Italy, and in particular Tuscany. It was also their dream to live it Bath, which is known for its sandstone architecture and Roman heritage.
As their space is a new build, and it doesn’t have any of the typical Tuscan features like
exposed beams and arches or stonework, I translated the Tuscan look and feel into the space.
I based the colour scheme on the Italian stone and marble that is quarried there, specifically Travertine, as this has a lot of different warm, mellow and sunny colours in it, from light yellows to off white, to greyish and light terracotta, to beige and creamy colours.
Combined with the stone, I used natural materials such as oak and reclaimed wood,
contrasted it with metals, and complemented it with terracotta and ceramics.
BEFORE: Newly converted garage, as it was being built. A completely blank canvas.
AFTER: The Guest Room side of the space. Warm, inviting Tuscan feel.
BEFORE: My clients had already chosen the flooring, but I advised them to have it laid diagonally, which makes it look wider.
AFTER: Home Office side of the space. Custom designed desk with shelving, all made from reclaimed scaffold boards.
A custom built desk because of the boxing in on either side of the room.
The panel on the right, with travertine stone effect, serves a double purpose as a hobby table. The folding tables for this are stored behind the panel (see next picture).
Folding tables for hobby table stored behind panel.
The decorative mirror gives style to the space.
The same shelving made from reclaimed scaffold boards.
The travertine panel seen through the decorative mirror.
Room seen from entrance.
Ceramic lamp on reclaimed scaffold shelf.
The mirror makes the room look wider, and has the effect of a window.
Ceramic lamp against plantation shutters.