Renovating a Victorian Home

Angela and Graeme McFarlane are in the middle of a big scale renovation of their Victorian house in Berkshire, England. They needed a place in the house to be able to get away from the building going on in the other rooms so they decided to complete the kitchen plus its extension before anything else.
This is how it turned out.


Flat roof skylights provide extra natural light.


Kitchen and dining area.


Dining area and small extension to the left.


Travertine tiles were used for this room.



Photography Brent Darby
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Renovated Mill in France

Good morning my friends! I will be taking a short holiday today and I'll be back on Wednesday next week. I might post once or twice but, you know, as I'll be in Rio de Janeiro I'll have to go to the beach (poor me!).

It took Noël et Rozenn Bernasconi four years to renovate this seventeenth century mill, located in the south of France. It was quite a challenge as it had been vacant for several years and was in a sorry state. Let's enjoy the tour together!














To preserve the history of the mill, Noël has retained and enhanced the original features, such as the grinding wheel, which is the starting point for the new staircase. A glass pane covers the mechanism, preserved below.









Photography by Christophe Rouffio.
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Maison & Travaux Renovation Winners

There was a competition last month for the best porch or terrace renovation sponsored by Maison & Travaux. These are the photographs submitted by some of the 20 winners. If you'd like to see the rest of the photographs the link is at the end of this post.



















All images from here.