So I've been crazy busy for the past few weeks, mainly down to handing in my first city and guilds project and working a lot of overtime!
My first project was a hypothetical loft conversion, we had to design the space for one person within a family home, it needed to be for sleeping and living but no bathroom or kitchen provision.
The hypothetical space we had was pretty large and I decided to add a big terrace :] The stairs in the middle of the loft were to act as a patrician between the sleeping and working/living area.
I choose to do mine for a friend who's a recent graduate and is living at home to 'save money'. In the brief the space was detailed as needing to be bright and young but with well designed more sophisticated furniture as the client is an Architect and has a real appreciation of well designed pieces. I wanted the feel of the room to be really glossy and chic. The walls would be bright white (using Dulux light and space which contains glass fragments to reflect light). The furniture would be a mix of glossy white and colour pops.
So here is my project...
Design Brief:
My brief as detailed above was relatively simple:
• One room with distinct areas for sleeping, working and living
• Double bed must be accommodated
• Ample storage and organisation for clothes
• Large enough desk area for computer and working
• Storage for work related papers, drawings etc
• Aesthetically a vibrant and young but sophisticated space
• Enough natural light for working
• Good task lighting
• Area for socialising with friends
Story Boards:
These are my story board which were all annotated on facing pages, most of the images can be found on my Pintrest Loft Space board which will give you a real feel of the look I was trying to create.
The inspiration for the colours came from the bed setup seen on the middle top right of the textiles board. It was gorgeous pink and orange toile sheets from Toast with a dark blue Ikat throw :]
The furniture colours flowed from here, with my favourite pieces being the Bisley orange filing cabinets (used as bed side tables) and of course the orange Anglepoise 1228 desk lamps and 1228 wall lamps. I really loved having no budget hahaha.
So after doing the boards I had to sketch out some ideas!
Living area: I wanted to use the apex wall to be a bit of a feature having an AV stand here but also a bookcase, ladder and some art work.
The doors of the terrace coming into the loft gave a nice little nook to place the sofa against to help with the particioning on the room. The left hand picture shows the Habitat Scala sofa chosen for the final cut!
Originally the desk was going to be against the stairs to create a usable space for putting up shelves etc. but this created dead space behind the desk, so you will see later how I moved this.
What was really important with the bed was to find something low enough to accommodate the really sloping ceiling. The bottom picture shows the bed used which was only 25cm high with a 18cm mattress from BoConcept and also had under bead draws, hello shoe storage!
The reason the bed had to be so low was because I was going to reserve the apex wall for a very sizeable built in wardrobe (to help keep the room looking great by hiding lots of stuff away!) but again this didn't go to plan as there wouldn't have been enough space between it and the bed
So originally with the built in wardrobe on the apex I was going to use the intrusion of the terrace doors to have a little beauty area with a mirror some hooks for jewellery or electrical hair appliances and a shelf to put on toiletries etc. But as the built in wardrobe on the apex wasn't feasible I decided to put the wardrobe in here, and there was enough room for a slim mirror and then a section at this end of the wardrobe for beauty bits!
The terrace space was desinged to be a relaxing fun space for hanging out with friends. In the end to make the most of view I opted for a large 8 seater table with a bench on one side and three (orange and pink) chairs on the other. This was so that the space didn't end up being broken up. The bench with lots of cushions still provided a more relaxed seating environment and the big table would make it great for parties and BBQs.
Revisions:
Well after spending a long time finding the perfect bed the chosen bed side tables didn't work out as everything was TOO HIGH. So some imaginative thinking was needed, I chose to use a shelf at mattress height on each side of the bed to be a place for the lamps. The under these were two tiny filing cabinets 5 shallow draws which would be ample for bed side needs.
As my client was an architect the office area storage really needed to include a plan chest to store plans and drawings above A3 size. Originally I was going to have a filing cabinet under the desk but felt this was overkill. So the plan chest was moved against the stairs and the desk was moved to middle. This actually optimised the space as with the use of a swivel chair my client could easily flit between the plan chest, desk and book case :]
Plans and Elevations:
The the plans came to life:
Next time I will use water colour paper!
Costings:
Then there were the costings, well, this was all hypothetical so I spent £16,000 if only eh!
Final Thoughts:
Overall I was quite happy with the work and I got a distinction :D
I liked my concept but I feel it didn't translate well in water colours, I feel it would be different (like these things always are) if I could see it in real. I am really excited about my next project now. I'm doing a home office come craft room, with a real budget and a very different feel. Say hello to curtains rugs coloured and papered walls etc!
I will post a sneak peak later!
P.S. The afternoon I handed this in I had to go to bed I was so tired (I never sleep during the day) and I dreamt I was sleeping in my loft at home and I was really upset no one had converted it for me :(
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