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Vision Accomplished
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Simple decorating for easy country
living finds a fit at this family farmhouse getaway
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By Carolyn Kennedy, Photography by Angus McRitchie, Produced by Nicola Marc
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Julie didn't want a table in the kitchen, preferring a large island and a counter where the kids eat most of their meals.
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To this end, after ripping out walls, floors and ceilings, leaving only the exterior stone walls and some original windows intact, Julie opted to keep the living, dining and kitchen areas completely open to each other, creating an easy flow from space to space that is more inviting and contemporary.
It is also better suited to the casual pace and communal nature of a country week-end, where her two sons, Olivier, 8, and Tristan, 6, can hop up for a quick lunch at the kitchen bar counter before heading back outside where the real interest lies. The open layout also led to one of her most unique decisions: painting the wood cabinetry and substantial island in the kitchen black. The effect is to make the kitchen recede somewhat on the now-open ground floor. “You don't feel like you're walking into a kitchen when you enter the house,” Julie says, “and the black gives it a little chic, a little edge.”
The black also presents a muted contrast: It plays off the single colour Julie calls “eggshell” used upstairs and down to create a flow and airiness through the house; and it is a modern foil to the newly installed, exposed wood beams and wide-plank pine floor, which add a look of age and rusticity.
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