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This Home Extension Covered In Vertical Wood Slats Includes A Picture Window Overlooking The Garden

The extension, which is clad in Canadian Douglas Fir slats, forms an L-shaped space, creating a new space which maximizes the light for the interior.

Christian Brailey Architects has designed this renovation and addition for a house in England, that transformed a studio flat into a home for an architect and landscape designer duo, Christian Brailey and Faye Johnson.

The extension, which is clad in Canadian Douglas Fir slats, forms a new L-shaped space that maximizes the light for the interior.

A modern home addition with a large picture window, is clad in wood slats.

The extension was entirely prefabricated in workshop conditions by a team of highly skilled carpenters in Devon.

A modern home addition with large picture windows is covered in wood slats made from Douglas Fir.

The extension structure, along with all the doors and windows, was then disassembled, transported, craned in, and built on-site within a matter of days.

A modern home addition covered in wood slats made from Douglas Fir.
A modern home addition covered in wood slats made from Douglas Fir.

Inside, the new addition includes a bedroom with a picture window and a deep built-in window seat lined in wood.

A large wood framed picture window with a deep built-in bench.

Polished concrete floors run throughout the new addition, from the bedroom, through to the dining room and kitchen, and into the living room.

A modern home with polished concrete floors, and exposed Douglas Fir wood elements.

The new kitchen includes a cast concrete countertop, deep Douglas fir plywood cabinets, and a 9-foot (3m) skylight.

This new kitchen includes cast concrete countertop, deep Douglas fir plywood cabinets, and a 9 foot (3m) skylight.
A modern kitchen with deep Douglas Fir wood cabinets, and undermount sink, and a concrete countertop.
A modern kitchen with Douglas Fir wood cabinets, and undermount sink, and a concrete countertop.
A modern kitchen with Douglas Fir wood cabinets and a concrete countertop.

The split level allows the kitchen to have an extra high ceiling and creates a divide between the cozy living space and the practical kitchen.

Modern polished concrete stairs with a Douglas Fir wood wall.

The living room has a large 11-foot (3.5m) tall window that showcases the extension and the sheltered courtyard outside.

This modern living room has a large 11 foot (3.5m) tall picture window that showcases the extension and the sheltered courtyard outside.
A modern home with Douglas Fir framed windows.

Further stairs lead from the living room to the other areas of the home.

A modern interior with polished concrete floors and stairs, and lime plaster walls.

In the bathroom, small square tiles cover the walls and ceiling in the bath/shower area, while wood has been used as an accent material around the mirror and as the vanity.

In this modern bathroom, small square tiles cover the walls and ceiling in the bath / shower area, while wood has been used as an accent material around the mirror and as the vanity.
A modern light filled bathroom with wood accents.
A modern bathroom with lime plaster walls.

Here’s a look at some of the construction and installation process.

The prefabrication of a small addition.
Photography © Christian Brailey

Source: Contemporist