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Tour of the Completed Loft Conversion

Bob gives a grand-rounds tour of the finished loft conversion with designer Lisa Shire.
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Tour of the Completed Loft Conversion

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" I think one of the great things is this curved."

" Wall that you can happen right -- where Iraq plan and I collaborated I gave him the extend the form the shape and he inserted but he felt it was appropriate."

" Yeah right Jimmy -- and it's designed it out terms space for storage such as what we have here. It's basically -- nice -- closet with shelves anything from books to tools. Packages that are -- here and all of these doors have been configured with justice like slate. Current built into the -- so that you don't have any kind of junkies fasten it to look."

" And is this of course worked written great but cases cookbooks Lyon. And really works well with the kitchen. And over here you've got a built in fan nice to face -- Ellison it brings the two together."

" And I liked the contrast between that warmth that home buttery yellow in this into the room which is. You know stainless steel right yeah yeah. And that's this is. You know Vermont maple and we -- that maple butcher block like this it -- the release often at home feeling mandates don't you think. And works very well especially the wood floor -- darkness the warmth of the with Clark. Works well this guy it's important if you're designing with a lot of stimulus deal to keep in mind that it's so hard cold material. And I went when you contrast it with wooden floors wooden table tops. And elements like that it's just gonna go you know it's going to make the whole space much more comfortable living death. Speaking of which that the pro life from Janet we get this wonderful stove the refrigerator and dishwasher all kind of from generic so that they match perfectly witness stainless the stainless kitchen. Which again this is a restaurant supply stuff. Then the curved wall all. Ends basically. At the front end of the space right here where you've got the tomb."

" Level changed trash that's very nice -- do it well the idea with that. This would bring the kitchen into the smile landmark conventional more comfortable warmer scale. And here where you have the wind is to have more light it's more open its toddler from living space exactly."

" Well what you go to their acquaintance like this opening with the last feature that's been behind me curve ball is the sleeping here. -- doubt that curved -- of course continues to benefit this space is here we've got another closet that's built in. For hanging clothes and stuff. And here we've got another and -- storage features this just. Open shelving for books and whatnot and the key thing in this small space is to keep things very simple so that you've got kind of a low Japanese style bad. Down to that question in the Japanese pillow. And you've got other really Japanese. Features like be -- paper lanterns which you're so beautiful. And virtues that tonight lighting up the structural terra cotta ceilings which is actually part of the the floor above really and then of course at this end where it does give onto the living space you've got these terrific shutters. Which can be closed for privacy and light control or just -- open onto the space down there. Nice looks great act absolutely and it's a nice touch as it opens this up in the daytime but at night if you want to play itself in the sleeping alcove at the."

" Canada Stephanie and really adds privacy without having a solid full height while and and allows light from the outside into the bedroom the -- Or detectives that you are great loaded for example this down here right again to maximize the space of the lot to utilize everything else into that. He had witness stand and they're off the south flat -- and Iraq and also cubbies for 2000. Rolls of -- anything. Another great thing about a lot of -- definitely want to have everything together and run. One element and being on wheels this is really mobile you can take it anyway act and I love the industrial steel and that. Big solid -- it's really -- and it's inexpensive and it's a couple of hundred dollars or tape like that."

" and I think I wanted to mention was that the change in. Floor colors here right."

" And we felt that this was appropriate because it was a letter mart -- open space senate and it contrast it to the kitchen --"

" Exactly so we've gone from the dark walnut color. To this kind of beach would caller in here and again that the furnishings that have been chosen have been kept to a minimum but -- further furniture like this is a great idea or."

" And then I'm home -- and you know Spanish it really works well with an artist last and the and the color is fantastic again it continues the theme throughout the whole lot."

" Then looking back in this direction we've got the last area that we want to talk about which is Orleans the den or library of the workings ranks but. Between that we've left opens."

" Space is important and really and that's really important when you have a piety when your entertaining. He want to be you want to have space where people can move around. And it's it's it works really well you can."

" Forty people over for drinks your vigilant -- his own spaces where people can stand around right and then when it's work time we've set this up. So that essentially it's large office space with a nice contemporary -- chair. And your basic laminated top file drawers computer -- lots of storage lots of books George. And I guess the witness was designed we basically built -- half dozen of these box like elements which separates the kitchen from this area. Each one of them is just face frames on MDO boxes but the clever thing here's the way they were joined there's there's neoprene rubber sheeting in between."

" Right this is really nice it and acts very much like a controlled jointly building."

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