The Mansion House Durham
In this exclusive residence, a pivoting entrance door leads to a long hallway, with full height painted panelling throughout. There are mirror finish stainless steel inlays to the panelled pilasters that flank the sliding glass door to the kitchen/living area, which hint to the more contemporary tone that lies beyond.
The contemporary ultra wide sliding etched glass door allows a view to the room beyond.
At the far end of the hallway, a grey tinted mirrored wall blends into the panelling, fusing a contemporary note with the traditional lines.
At the base of the stairs, to the right, the full height panelling cleverly conceals a secret doorway to the Cloakroom. The panelling continues up the staircase, at half height.
Arched architraves and panelled reveals can be seen to the window on the half landing, whilst, below, deep panelled reveals frame double sliding pocket doors to the music room/study.
Glimpses of the contemporary feel to the kitchen can be seen through this deep panelled doorway.
The kitchen/dining space combines with a modern garden room where Tanganika wooden liners frame the open plan doorway to the dining area.
A bar/entertaining area, featuring an ebonised Ash bar top and mirrored knee space, separates the main kitchen from the remaining area.
The Tanganyika ceiling feature above the bar area frames the TV.
The view behind the bar shows curved Tanganika cabinetry using pre-dyed Italian veneers, a mirror finished built-in bottle cooler and bespoke cocktail sink leading to the continuing Tanganika door linings beyond.
The detailed view of the cocktail sink shows the mirror finished stainless steel work surface blending into dedicated drinks, ice and condiment trays.
The dining table features a tinted grey glass top with a solid mirror finished stainless steel plinth. The conical base of the table with shadow gap detailing, made from Italian Tanganyika veneers, ties in with the kitchen cabinetry.
The kitchen island hosts a leather effect black granite worktop with an ebonised Ash breakfast bar. Mirror finish stainless steel stripes to the knee space sit alongside the burnished finish to the Tanganyika veneers.
To the left, an appliance garage with painted cabinetry houses a range of cooling and cooking appliances. To the right the pendant lighting follows the shape of the island below. The open plan secondary kitchen lies beyond.
A large curved corner larder housing dedicated chopping blocks dominates the secondary kitchen, grey tinted mirror midways tie in with the main kitchen.
The bow-fronted sink cabinet houses drawer storage with leather effect black granite top.
The Tanganyika ceiling feature with inset lighting above the bar area can be seen framing the Television.
Inside the study/music room, the sliding pocket doors can be seen closed, the doors are trimmed with hide and have bespoke black chrome circular handles. This finish is echoed in the doors to the tall storage area housing our clients mixing decks.
The asymmetrical furniture features a contemporary framing made from Italian pre died Birds Eye Maple.
In the Master bedroom suite, the bed frame and side cabinets are made from ebonised Ash with black croc’ skin inlays. The contrasting white painted wardrobe furniture is also trimmed with white croc’ skin and has mirror finish stainless steel details.
Delicate stainless steel details can be seen on the tapering feet to the bedside cabinetry with similar detailing to the mirrors above, with inlays to the dark timber of croc’ skin.
The bed sits below the intricate ceiling design featuring a lowered raft.
To the underside of the staircase there is a feature wall made up of Ebonised ash and tinted mirrored tiles which runs above the mezzanine and provides display shelving. The feature wall is framed by the Limestone clad staircase with frameless glass handrail leading up to the second bath and dressing room.
Note the detail of the crocodile skin, black ash and stainless steel of the bedside cabinetry. White crocodile skin and mirror finish stripes make up the wardrobe gable end and flank the low level window seat.
White painted display shelves are echoed in the cabinetry to the en suite beyond.
Display shelving with grey tinted mirror to the double height wardrobe, with further storage to the window seat with louvered shutters to the window above.
A freestanding island sits at the foot of the bed, echoing the materials of the bedside cabinetry.
Beneath the viewing panel, the drawer is sectioned for male and female accessories.
Illuminated treads light up the base of the staircase.
The clean lines of the glass handrail and the marble stair treads can be seen from above.
At the top of the marble staircase is the second bath and dressing room following the lines and materials of the bedroom furniture.
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