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INSIDE OUT SPACE SHOT WITH BLUE
 

Our clients had a very attractive little courtyard (5 metres x 4 metres) outside the kitchen of their beautiful little house in Hammersmith West London.

They already have a wonderful large country garden and wanted to make their London courtyard work harder for them as an extension to the house. They required extra living and entertaining space to use and enjoy even on dark winter evenings. They also wanted to be able to store their bicycles and all the garden cushions under cover, difficult in such a small space. In summary, they wanted a funky interesting outdoor space which both worked like an external living room and looked interesting throughout the year.

"The solution was to design a series of fitted benches built of warm hardwood, integrated with a large bicycle shed and a corner water feature."

Blue Garden Lighting Designer
© Marianne Majerus
 
 
Blue Garden Lighting Designer
Blue Garden Lighting Designer
© Marianne Majerus
 
 
Blue Garden Lighting Designer

The solution was to design a series of fitted benches built of warm hardwood, integrated with a large bicycle shed and a corner water feature. Planting was to be pretty but kept to the minimum. We chose a combination of box balls and lavender combined with Stipa tenuissima, a acid lime green Heuchera and perennials backed up by fragrant climbers.

"Planting was to be pretty but kept to the minimum'

A plan of the garden    
     
Blue Garden Lighting Designer
© Marianne Majerus
 
Blue Garden Lighting Designer
 
Blue Garden Lighting Designer
© Marianne Majerus

Rather than classic paving, we designed a polished concrete floor with the aggregate revealed to create an interesting textured sparkling floor. We even made one of the benches a mobile wine cooler so that if they were entertaining large number of people, this bench could be moved aside to create a larger central space.

For this beautiful outdoor room, we of course needed lighting, so in addition to normal up-lighting of the planting beds and the water feature, we also incorporated a blue streak of light through the polished concrete floor, following the shape of the timber seating area. This sets the courtyard apart from the norm and creates a stunning glow even on dark British nights.

"in addition to normal up-lighting of the planting beds and the water feature, we also incorporated a blue streak of light through the polished concrete floor."

Blue Garden Lighting Designer
Construction underway of the fitted benches
and bicycle shed
 
 
 

 

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TEL: +44 (0)20 7602 0660 design@charlotterowe.com  

Photography: Clive Nichols, Marianne Majerus, Rob Brown, Light IQ,
Robert Pascall and Charlotte Rowe
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