Thursday, July 30, 2015
Kitchen of the Week: A Color-Blocked Kitchen in Belgium
Admired recently: a color-blocked kitchen in Mechelen, Belgium, by Antwerp-based interiors architect Dries Otten. Using a materials palette of birch plywood, Formica laminate, and pegboard, Otten created a clean-lined but colorful loft oasis in a converted schoolhouse.
Above: A mismatched group of wooden seating is punctuated by a lone blue side chair.
Above: Otten specializes in color-blocked cabinetry.
Above: A green laminate slab defines the sink area.
Above: The range hood is clad in a color-block pattern of blues with a single accent strip of orange.
Above: An adjoining work area with a wall-mounted shelf.
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Playing with Fire: Shou Sugi Ban Torched Lumber in Bright Colors
Now surfacing: shou sugi ban—Japanese-style charred wood—in eye-opening shades. Torched first, the planks are then stained to create a combination that accentuates the pattern of the grain while introducing a dose of color. The new palette is being offered by two shou sugi ban specialists, Delta Millworks of Austin, Texas, and reSawn Timber Co. of Telford, Pennsylvania, and has interior and exterior applications. Take a look at some samples, and start picturing the possibilities.
Delta Millworks
Above: Shou sugi ban was initially devised as a way to make timber resistant to fire, rot, and insects: Read about it in our post Dark Wood. Of late, applying flame to wood has become popular as a decorative finish—and a technique to tackle among DIYers (see a DIY Shou Sugi Ban Tabletop). Partially burned and then sanded wood—a pattern Delta Millworks calls Tiger—takes well to color stains. Most of Delta's shou sugi ban is made using Southern cypress, but not all—this example is redwood.
Above: Shou sugi ban specialists since 2008, Delta Millworks has been offering custom colorways for the last three years. Aspen Green is shown here
Above: Turquoise cypress.
Above: Red Wash cypress.
Delta Millworks makes all of its products to order and can match any color; prices available on request. Go to Delta Millworks to see the company's full shou sugi ban palette.
reSawn Timber Co.
Above: Specialists in traditional shou sugi ban, reSawn Timber has just debuted a collection of 18 new cypress oil finishes in a spectrum of colors. Shown here, Yasai.
Above: Mitsuto.
The company explained its multi-step process to us: "The wood is first milled to spec (with either square edges, tongue and groove, standard shiplap, or custom shiplap with reveal). The next step is to carefully char the cypress, douse it with water, allow it to cool, and then brush it to remove dust and loose debris. The color comes from the oil finish that is then hand applied—it both colors the wood and acts as a sealer. For interior applications, we typically apply the oil finish to the face only; for exterior, we recommend applying the finish to all four sides of the wood to further seal and protect it."
Above: Jinzu is for interiors only, but most of the company's charred colors have an exterior grade oil that further protects against the elements.
Above: Pinku; reSawn Timber Co.'s prices start at $8/square foot.
Read our Shou Sugi Ban Primer, and on Gardenista, take a look at Before and After: A Charred Wood Cottage on a $45K Budget and A Teahouse, Burned and Blackened (On Purpose).
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Jury: A Cafe in a Converted Prison
Melbourne, Australia's former Pentridge Prison is now Pentridge Village, a housing and shopping complex with a cafe that's a celebration of economy—and design freedom.
Photography by Martina Gemmola via Biasol Design Studio.
Above: The restaurant is the work of Biasol Design Studio of Melbourne, who told us: "We wanted to bring life to the site and allow it to move on from its dark past." Working with a budget of $50,000 AUD (approximately $36,545 USD), they channeled that life by using plywood paneling and structural timbers inset here and there with playful triangles of color.
Above: The triangular fretwork continues on the ceiling, which is hung with Nud Collection pendant lights with Plumen bulbs: see World's Most Stylish Light Bulb.
Above: The custom tables and stools are also made of plywood. Greenery added throughout softens the angularity.
Above: DIY idea: a wall pendant created with wooden pegs and extra-long cloth cording ending in a simple socket. (For more pendants sources, see our Design Sleuth posts on the Color Cord Company and Wrk-Shp.)
Three of the walls are concrete—the designers used an Australian product called Rockcote
Above: The pastel palette is peppered with touches of black.
Above: The restaurant sign is made of CNC-milled plywood backlit with LED lights.
Jury is in the Melbourne suburb of Coburg.
Go to Social Experiment: 28 Posti in Milan to see an architect-designed restaurant fitted out by inmates. And, on Gardenista, go to Orange is the New Green to see a prison garden on Rikers Island.
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