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At the beginning of a Renovation project, Many customers share a file overflowing with images to use as inspiration. In the case of the owners of Verdant House, there was only one – a photo of a forest. “It didn't give us much to do!” Laughter Mat Barnes, founder of Studio CAN architecture.
The Brief Open for the Victorian Terrace of Stoke Newington, London, turned out to be an invitation to the desire, in particular with the approach of wood. IKEA cuisine has been installed to reduce costs, although it has been completed by custom wardrobe doors in Douglas plywood, stained in a jade green combination and velvety brown, and fixed panels based on chopped oak. The result, associated with striped oak soil, is daring and touch.
The renovators look more and more towards natural materials, in particular wood of all kinds, says Barnes. And not only solid woods: engineering woods such as plywood, which are no longer considered as simple cheap alternatives, become focal points. Especially when designers have fun with the palette.
A number of new products widen the range of colors available for resistant wooden treatments. The coloring of the wood rather than the paint means that customers can have “the grain and the texture of the wood while allowing it to be daring and colorful”, explains Barnes. “It makes durable colorful.”
The color was important for Tanya Grigoroglou and Rupert Worrall, founders of the art gallery based in London, RAW Editions, during the development of their gallery of houses in Clapham, south of London. They wanted to counter the predilection of the art world for large white spaces and display their post-war and contemporary prints in a warmer setting. Architect Amalia Skoufoglou, from O'Sullivan Skoufoglou, suggested using colorful wood.
A soft baby blue was chosen for the lower cupboards, as well as a pink green and creamy pastel for shelves and upper cabinets. Combined with the Burgundy and deep white marble counter and a fluorine orange tap, the result is a striking patchwork.
Sweeter shades allow the grain and knots to manifest itself through more than darker colors, although the choice of wood is also important. Skoufoglou chose plywood in the face of birch but says that today, she would opt for the plywood Douglas or the recycled MDF, due to supply chain problems.
“If you want something crazy, you need to opt for spruce or pine” – materials with many visible cereals – explains Thor Grabow, founder of the Danish company Linlolie & Pigment. Barnes and Skoufoglou used the company's satin wood oils in their projects, available in a dramatic kaleidoscope, from bright pink to a deep royal blue. Grabow highlights a recent cooking project designed by the architecture of label based in Brussels, where the Dynamic Janeiro Green Rio Rio was used on the Polish pine plywood, contrasting with a reflective stainless steel counter and thin knife stools.
Grabow has taken over the traditional company almost 20 years ago and uses the cold pressed linseed oil and natural pigments; Everything is handcrafted without plastics and minimum volatile organic compounds (VOC). Satin oils allow humidity to flow from wood, preventing wood rot. Originally developed for the Dinesen floor covering company, they should only be sealed if they were used for floor coverings in high traffic parameters, known as Grabow. It plans to extend the range of 56 colors to 101.
Linen paint specialists based in the United Kingdom Brouns & Co have started to import underline oils a few years ago, but now develops its own range of light colors. He opened a warehouse in the United States last year; People in Canada and the Netherlands arrive soon.
Osmo polyx-oil can have a more limited range of colors, but custom colors can be mixed, as Ned Scott, founder of Foils Architecture Practice discovered when catering his own house, an old coach house. In cobalt blue, the declaration staircase is not only a daring aesthetic choice, but thanks to the translucent spot, it does not exceed or does not take off as ordinary painting – which is useful with two young children around. “It is such a vibrant color that it shines in a way,” he says. “It's very edifying.”
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