gallery providing additional sleeping or storage space, reached
by a handmade wooden ladder; the bathroom is fitted into
the corner between the bedroom and the kitchen.
The main room and the bedroom have tall, glazed French
double doors of about 1900 which open onto the garden; a
third matching pair is set into the large opening between the
two rooms. They are hung with
loose linen curtains and kept
open for much of the year, so
that the garden (which is the
same size as the apartment)
and interior merge, and the
apartment feels cool and
airy. The architects designed
a simple but solid limestone
chimneypiece to provide the
main focus to the living room;
in winter an open fire glows
from its multicoloured tiled
surround.
The key to this apartment���s
attractive rustic style is artisan
Robert van Nutt���s wonderful timberwork ��� pine doors and
shelves, kitchen worktops of walnut and additional quirky
touches, such as a French style post box to disguise the wall
mounted telephone, a wooden box over the front door
spyhole, and a framed blackboard to hide the electric panel.
These fittings, stained rather than painted to emphasize their
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