It’s important the outside of the house at least matches the expectation one has from the outside.
It is even better if the inside holds a surprise and passes the expectation.
I had a client whose house enjoyed a fabulous view right down and along a west coast beach. The lounge and kitchen had the view, but the lounge window was a low and narrow range slider, the kitchen window was above bench height. There was solid wall between them. If you didn’t deliberately seek out the view it could go unnoticed. The sensational coastal view was not captured.
I suggested the whole wall be an aluminium glass stacker slider, with the kitchen bench being independent of the exterior wall, the slacker slider running past it, to stack in a wall pocket. There was some push back at the cost of the steel beam and expensive stacker-slider joinery, but the client did go ahead.
Suddenly the view was in your face and a surprise for everyone who came to the house. It is the big gesture, the wow factor. You are drawn to the view and the deck to take in the view.
With the stacker slider fully open, the kitchen now has the feeling of being outside. To lessen the bulk of the kitchen bench, we floated the bench on metal legs when it was in front of the joinery.
Sometimes the cost is justified by the big hit the effect has on the feel of the house.
paul@leuschkekahn.co.nz
021 894 895
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