Rustic Goes Modern in This Barn Conversion Living etc. August 2008

Rustic Goes Modern in This Barn Conversion
Living etc. August 2008

This barn conversion in France is home to a small family living a completely modern life within a heavy timber and stone structure. The home is filled with modern mixed with rustic: streamlined black kitchen cabinets against two-foot-thick stone walls. A minimalist platform bed set under rough-hewn wood framing. Check out more inspiring photos of the home from this month's issue of Living etc.

That stair up top strikes the perfect chord between historic and contemporary: rough stone in material but a sleek cantilevered design.

See more in Living etc.. Via: At Home with Kim Vallee. Photos: Bob Smith for Living etc.

Comments (6)

holy cow, so beautiful

posted by hanako66 on August 22nd 2008 at 12:14pm
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LOVE IT!!

posted by OliviaV on August 22nd 2008 at 12:17pm
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What a dreamy, dreamy place. Sooooo nice.

posted by medusa12120 on August 22nd 2008 at 1:17pm
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It's gorgeous. (Also the most child-unfriendly place I've ever seen, but that's another story). I'm drooling.

posted by Lisa Hunter (Montreal) on August 22nd 2008 at 1:22pm
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Very nice.

posted by mdtown531 on August 23rd 2008 at 5:20pm
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Beautiful! This is all about the texture and the restriction of the palette to neutrals and natural tones. Allows you to really make a statement with small expressions of color like the fruit on the dining table. I wonder where they store possessions like books?

posted by Cool Breeze on August 25th 2008 at 7:26am
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