Monday Nook

Images Courtesy Chris Martin and Co.

Today's nook is a beautiful stairwell I found via Chris Martin and Co builders.

The panelling is glorious. Would you call it wainscoting if it encompasses the ceiling too? Or does it become a coffered ceiling? Wainscoting historically did cover floor to ceiling, to insulate stone buildings ..... and it was only in the 18th century that wainscot panelling became a style of panelling applied to the lower part of a wall... below the dado rail and above the skirting board. I've heard that this lower wainscoting was not just decorative to start off with...  being used to cover the lower part of the walls in homes with poor damp proofing. Nowadays, it's purely decorative.

See why I am obsessed with this architectural style?! Obsessed, I tell you. Someone actually labelled my love of this New England, Hampton's, French inspired, architectural style as a 'fetish' (Wiki: 'the attribution of religious or mystical qualities to inanimate objects'). Yep, that just about describes it!

Happy Monday!

10 Architectural Features I Love

Image Courtesy Thomas Thaddeus Truett Architects

1. Bricks... as a feature.

They may be rustic but I reckon they soften a room ...

... take away it's airs and graces...bring it back down to earth.

Image Courtesy V Fine Homes

2. Panelling and coffered ceilings... oh and black doors.

Image Courtesy Martha Ohara Interiors

3. An entire wall of French door assemblies. 

Love doors with transoms.

Image Courtesy The Belding Group

4. Dark transoms. 

They don't even have to be black... just dark, framed in white.

Love the timber in this home!

Image Courtesy Charlie Allen Restorations

5. Basketweave tiles... 

....especially when paired with a classical subway tile.

See them? on the shower floor?

Love the transom feature too.... and the sink... and the floor tile.

Look, they've tiled the shower ceiling!

Image Courtesy Lda Architecture and Interiors

6. Transoms in bathrooms. 

They bring in such beautiful light.

Image Courtesy Carter Design Group

7. .....well this is really still number 6... more bathroom transoms..

see?.. lots of light ....

.. and these are black which makes them even more heart-stopping.

Image Courtesy David Sharff Architect

8. Full entry way transoms. 

This one is perfection in my eyes .... simple moldings, deep reveal.

Are you sensing a theme here? Obsessed with transoms.

Image Courtesy Paul Moon Design

9. Chunky French door assemblies.... with deep reveals... love.

Isn't this a beautiful room?  I sort of desperately love everything in it... the cabinetry, the door hardware the coffered ceiling, the contrasting black tile around the fireplace, the herringbone in the fireplace!... the neutral furnishings, the natural fibre rug. Yep, love. it. all.

Image Courtesy Mackle Constructions

10. Interesting staircases. 

I love this..... as it is tucked away behind a transom.

Maybe I should have just titled this post, 'Rooms With Transoms'... I'll never get over them you know!

School holidays! Delicious. 7am and we're all still in bed. Loving it. I love that my boys aren't waking up to an alarm and sleep as they need it. No wonder they grow 2 shoe sizes in the school holidays.

We're off to Gran's today.... to climb trees and wallow in the dam shallows, looking for things with signs of life. I am looking forward to having my tea in a pretty cup... and there's always something yummy to go with it at Gran's!

Happy Tuesday!