Leave room after the chairs pull out
The long table is placed for an occupied room, with a clear serving route around it.
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ROOM 135 · Dining Room
The room for long Sunday lunches
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A converted barn, conceived for Suffolk.
A long Sunday lunch needs room after the chairs have been pulled out. This converted barn keeps its timber structure visible and brings the scale down through a generous table, comfortable seats and low-hanging light.
See the product sourcesTHE DESIGN
The table is placed for an occupied room. There is a route around the seated group for serving and for anyone getting up, rather than a generous-looking gap that vanishes as soon as a chair moves. The barn roof can remain high without dictating the scale of dinner.
Pale timber and stone grey keep the main surfaces quiet. Tomato red and a little jade appear in smaller pieces. Café in Paris gives the people at the table a scene to look towards across the room.
The glass pendant brings light down to the meal, while the candleholder stays modest enough to see across. Serving dishes are part of the composition because they belong to the occasion. The room is intended to be better with people and lunch in it.
WHY THE ROOM WORKS
Leave room for the chairs to stay pulled out.
Colour palette
- Pale timber
- Stone grey
- Tomato red
- Cream
- Jade accents
Lower the light to the meal
The pendant brings a human scale beneath the barn roof.
Let the beams remain structure
The timber is not buried in garlands or decorative greenery.
A meal is enough decoration
Glass, ceramics and a modest candleholder give the table life while leaving space for serving dishes.
WHAT TO BORROW
Pull the chairs out and carry a serving dish around the table. The route that remains tells you more than the empty room's dimensions.
THE PIECES BEHIND THE DESIGN
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The Finest Extendable Wooden Dining Table
The Roost
The extending wooden table makes the barn's length useful for company, with a straightforward form that does not compete with the structure.
£1,379.95
Cebu Ivory Fabric and Grey Wash Beech Wood Dining Chair
Living With Luxury
Ivory fabric and grey-washed beech keep the dining chairs comfortable and light against the long timber table.
£249.95
Otoro Statement Recycled Glass Cluster Pendant
Clear
Nkuku
The glass cluster pendant brings light down towards the diners without hiding the barn's volume behind an opaque shade.
£525.00
A Cafe in Paris Print
The Roost
A Cafe in Paris introduces the pleasure of lingering through a recognisable scene, rather than another rural landscape.
£144.00
Sangala Candle Holder
Antique Brass
Nkuku
A single candle-holder group provides a lower light level along the table without requiring a heavily dressed centrepiece.
£35.00
Yala Hammered Jug
Glassware · Mauve
Nkuku
The hammered jug belongs within reach during a long meal, adding reflected light among the paler ceramics.
£32.00
Nalgora Wine Cooler
Kitchen & Dining Accessories · Antique Brass
Nkuku
A wine cooler keeps a bottle at the table and makes the room's hosting purpose concrete.
£65.00
Indigo Drop Serving Bowl
Serveware · Large · Cream & Indigo
Nkuku
The Indigo Drop serving bowl supports shared dishes, bringing a little pattern to the generous plain tabletop.
£70.00