The Grade II Listed highstreet property has been extensively reconfigured, refurbished and extended to become a new destination in Bruton, home of Hauser + Wirth and The Chapel. 

        在布鲁顿小镇，一处已被列入遗产名录的历史建筑又被植入了新用途，变成了一家融合了商店、咖啡馆和家庭旅馆的生活方式集合店 Caro Somerset ，操刀空间改造设计的是来自伦敦的工作室 Emil Eve Architects。

        整个建筑内部的冗余旧式装饰已被全部剥离，重新涂刷的白色墙面搭配老房子结构留给了设计师充分的再创造空间。咖啡馆与生活杂货店占据了老屋前部区域的主要空间，店主人收罗的各类家居用品在设计师的陈列下，一方面令人忆起这座建筑的历史，一方面却又展示了英式乡村风格热烈却也质朴的特质。用简约时尚的装饰配上碎花、花卉、以及条纹元素，一直是英式乡村风格的特点。在这间小店里，挂置一排色彩明丽的印花帆布包，就足以起到点睛的效果。

        在咖啡区域，黑白灰三色菱形瓷砖拼贴而成的柜台呈现出立体效果，酒吧吧台式的座位区提供给客人享用餐食的空间。

        Emil Eve Architects 的联合创始人 Emma Perkin 表示：“房间的历史感得到了保留，客人们可以从一间屋子穿梭至另一间，感受每个空间的不同性格。

        ”在不同的空间，你都可以找到落脚坐下的地方，设计师试图在这个屋内，创造一种待售商品的使用感，当顾客找到那种熟悉的感觉，自然会买它回去。

        在老屋偏后方的位置，设计师与业主将其改造成了家庭旅馆和 Airbnb 式的短期住宿空间。Emma Perkin 延续了前方店铺相似的审美格调，她与业主 Natalie Jones 一起挑选了房间的配饰，也共同探讨出整个家庭旅馆的布局。开放式的厨房与起居室墙壁都被着上了一层深深的颜色，宽大的窗户让光线毫无保留地涌入，与内部的深色空间产生一种碰撞，调和出一种高级且宁静的氛围。

        卧室和浴室则被漆成了白色。几乎在每个区域，你都能找到一两件独特的装饰品，比如工业风格的黄铜吊灯、奢华的白瓷浴缸、纯色的挂毯。在不同装饰品的搭配上，Emma Perkin 也在找寻一种差异化风格的碰撞感，这让她觉得整间屋子都会在不同时刻带给留宿客人不同程度的惊喜与趣味。

With its low ceilings and doors, uneven walls and floors and original features, the shop and cafe were never going to be slick white designer spaces, neither did we want to over-reveal or strip back and expose surfaces in a ‘shabby-chic’ style. Instead we sought to place flexible furniture pieces into the rooms and to use original elements of the building, such as the fireplaces, niches and deep window reveals for display. Materials and colours were chosen to compliment the existing character of the rooms: shady, welcoming and intimate. 

The existing shop-front was restored, revealing beautiful green tiling. Through this doorway, visitors enter immediately into the café where they can perch at the counter with a coffee and cake (incredible creations by the Bakemonger - http://www.thebakemonger.com) and chat with Natalie, or retreat to the calm salon. The historic arrangement of the rooms has been retained and visitors pass from one cellular room to the next, each with a different character. The nature of the furniture allows these spaces to be rearranged so repeat customers may discover a different place to sit, and certainly new things to buy, on their return. 

The new rear extension provides a larger open-plan space for contemporary living. Externally, the mass of the extension has been broken down into three volumes to reflect the proportions and volumes of existing house, which has been added to many times over the years. Natalie and Tom were keen to avoid a glass-box type extension with large-sliding doors, etc. Instead we created an articulated volume with large uninterrupted framed views of the garden.

Upstairs, alongside the family’s three bedrooms, is the one b+b room with large ensuite bathroom. Guests enter through the family’s street entrance and past their living and dining spaces. Once in their suite they find themselves in a quiet and cosy private world, looking forward to relaxing in the free-standing bath and their complimentary breakfast at The Chapel the next morning…

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