Name: 揭密18世紀英國古典莊園豪宅｜設計筆記 (Inside An 18th-Century Grand English Manor House | Design Notes)
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We have been together in business for a very long time, and

part of our interest was doing up old houses that were unloved and restoring them.

其中一部分的興趣就是把老舊、乏人問津的房子重新整理、修復。

從那裡我們就這樣發展起來了。

We lived on the piano nobile of a palace in Venice, which was great fun, but

我們住在威尼斯一座宮殿的樓中樓，那段時間超開心的，

We bought Woolston about six and a half years ago.

我們大約在六年半前買下了 Woolston。

We bought it from the Walpole family, who had owned it for 300 years.

我們是從 Walpole 家族手中買下它的，他們擁有這塊地長達 300 年。

When we arrived, the house hadn't been lived in, so it had been shuttered up for nearly 30 years.

當我們抵達時，房子已經沒人住了，所以幾乎關閉了將近 30 年。

And it was absolutely thrilling to open all the shutters, let the light in and reorganize the furniture.

把所有百葉窗打開，讓光線照進來，重新佈置傢俱，這一切都讓人非常興奮。

The house had had a fire here in the 50s, and

這房子在 50 年代這裡發生過火災，

it had all been decorated off the after the fire, and it was left in those 50s colors.

火災後所有東西都按照當時的風格裝飾，保留了 50 年代的顏色。

It was a very dreary interior, full of potential, but hideous.

內部非常陰沉，雖然很有潛力，但很醜。

And one day I saw Keith where there was this sort of Barclays blue carpet all the way down the main staircase.

有一天我看到 Keith 把樓梯間那塊巴克萊藍的地毯整個丟了下去。

I saw him tossing the carpet down in through the well onto the ground below.

我看到他把地毯從樓梯井丟到下面的地面。

And, you know, suddenly you could sort of feel that Palladianism.

然後，你知道的，突然間你就能感受到那種帕拉第奧風格。

I like to sit here in the afternoons because it's very enjoyable being here.

我喜歡下午在這裡坐著，因為在這裡感覺很舒服。

We have this beautiful sofa which we bought from the Walpoles, which is one of the most comfortable sofas we've ever sat in.

我們有個漂亮的沙發，是從 Walpole 家買的，這是我們坐過最舒服的沙發之一。

Well, when we arrived, the walls were covered with a green hessian that had been up for years.

嗯，我們剛到的時候，牆壁上覆蓋著一層綠色的麻布，已經掛了好幾年了。

And I took it the whole lot down and was amazed to see the paneling behind it.

然後，我把它們全部拆下來，驚訝地發現後面是壁板。

And of course, while the paneling was never meant to seen, that was in the 18th century.

當然，雖然壁板本來就不打算讓人看見，那是在18世紀。

And we've decided to leave it as it is rather than recovering it.

所以我們決定就這樣保留，而不是重新裝飾。

And it's got all the imperfections of pinholes where the previous tapestries were hung.

它保留了之前掛掛毯留下的所有針孔瑕疵。

While this is a Palladian house, we've brought some things, our Tudor house, and

雖然這是帕拉第奧風格的房子，但我們也帶進了一些東西，我們的都鐸時期風格的房子，

there's the John the Baptist, a carving, and there's a Madonna and child.

這裡有約翰 the Baptist 的雕刻，還有聖母子雕像。

So this is the saloon, which is the largest room in the house and actually the grandest.

所以這是客廳，是房子裡最大也最氣派的房間。

And this is where we have all our best parties.

這裡就是我們舉辦所有派對的地方。

The room has actually decorated with these enormous Brussels tapestries, which are 18th century.

房間實際上是用這些巨大的18世紀布魯塞爾掛毯裝飾的。

The carpet in here was given to Princess Mary by a maharaja.

這裡的地毯是某位印度大君送給瑪麗公主的。

And of course, all the state rooms have these incredible fireplaces which were carved by Richard Fisher of York.

當然，所有這些國事廳都有令人驚嘆的壁爐，是由約克的理查·費雪雕刻的。

And even if we're having a dinner party, we'll have champagne in here because it has a fantastic view overlooking the lake over there.

即使我們舉辦晚宴，也會在這裡喝香檳，因為這裡有俯瞰湖泊的絕佳景緻。

These portraits of the Walpoles were all over the house and we decided eventually to buy them but on the condition that we'll have them if they can be put into one room.

這些 Walpole 家族成員的肖像原本散佈在屋子的各處，我們最後決定買下它們，但條件是我們必須將它們集中在一個房間裡。

We've hung them according to how attractive they are.

我們是根據它們的吸引力來懸掛的。

So the better looking Walpoles are at the second level and the least attractive are on the lower level like Harry Potter's Headmaster study.

所以，比較好看的 Walpole 家族成員在二樓，而最不吸引人的則在較低的樓層，就像哈利波特的校長書房一樣。

We've got all these portraits together in the same room and we feel they'll talk at night when the lights are out.

我們把這些肖像都掛在同一個房間裡，感覺牠們晚上關燈後會互相說話。

Managed to find this extraordinarily beautiful glazed wool fabric which came from Strawberry Hill.

設法找到這塊非常美麗的釉面羊毛織物，它來自 Strawberry Hill。

This enormous portrait of the whole family.

Horatio, Mary Magdalene, Lombard and his eight children were all was painted in the early 18th century and it's rather curious because they all look about the same age.

Horatio、Mary Magdalene、Lombard 和他的八個孩子都是在 18 世紀初繪製的，而且有點奇怪，因為他們看起來年紀都差不多。

This house was inspired by Andrea Palladio, the 16th century architect who worked in Venice.

這座房子是受到 16 世紀在威尼斯工作的建築師 Andrea Palladio 的啟發。

What he did to revive the idea of using classical buildings like temples and public buildings they'd used in ancient Rome as for domestic use.

他所做的就是復興使用古典建築的理念，像是古羅馬時期用來作為住宅的廟宇和公共建築。

So these aristocrats suddenly had these incredibly grand buildings with columns and pilasters.

所以這些貴族突然間有了這些令人難以置信的宏偉建築，帶有柱子和壁柱。

You couldn't have a single door, you had to have a pair of doors.

你不能只有一扇門，你必須要有成對的門。

And there is a particular thing which see which is the Palladian window and it allows this enormous amount of light to come into this room because it fills the entire west wall.

其中有一個特別的東西，就是帕拉第奧窗，它讓大量的光線進入這個房間，因為它填滿了整面西牆。

The walls in here we decided to cover in this beautiful gold fabric, Renaissance fabric which comes from Watts which completely.

我們決定在這裡的牆壁鋪上這種美麗的金色織物，這種來自 Watts 的文藝復興風格織物，完全。

And we found these amazing day beds which are by James Wyatt and they came from Powelton Castle and covered them in another Watts fabric which is called Bellini.

我們找到了這些由 James Wyatt 設計的驚人日床，它們來自 Powelton Castle，並鋪上了另一種來自 Watts 的織物，叫做 Bellini。

This wonderful bas relief of our lady holding the child.

這個美麗的浮雕，描繪著聖母抱著聖子。

We had the panel behind painted in porphyry which is of course the most important imperial marble from ancient Rome.

我們把後面的面板漆成磚紅色，這當然是古羅馬最重要的帝王大理石。

I always think it's really funny to have a state bedroom when your friends come and stay.

我總覺得，當朋友來住的時候，有個正式的臥室，真是件很有趣的事。

This room was covered in vinyl wallpaper and we've replaced it by a design by Bodley which Watts produced which is hand printed linen because we wanted a nice background for these Antwerp 17th century tapestries.

這個房間原本貼的是乙烯基壁紙，我們換成了 Bodley 設計、由 Watts 生產的手印亞麻壁紙，因為我們想要為這些 17 世紀的安特衛普掛毯提供一個漂亮的背景。

Here the bed itself uses the fabric that was actually used for the state bed and was hanging in panels in what is now the portrait room.

這裡的床本身使用了當時製作國事床的布料，原本是掛在現在肖像室裡的壁板。

And we found this amazing corona which was in pieces from a local antique shop.

我們在一家當地古董店找到了這個令人驚豔、但零件散落的燈座。

And we had it regilded and put together again of dome and Keith managed to find the crest of the wall pole.

我們把它重新鍍金並組裝起來，Keith 還找到了牆桿上的頂飾。

So we put that little shield on it did actually present quite a big challenge to make a room this size into a bathroom.

所以我們把這個小盾牌裝上去，要把這麼大的房間變成浴室，其實是個很大的挑戰。

You know, it's not conventional, is it, to have a bath of this size, but

你知道，這麼大的浴缸其實不太常見，對吧？

we had to have a really big bath in here.

但我們真的需要在這裡放一個超大的浴缸。

What we managed to do was to get some alabaster panels which are used at the end of the bath.

我們設法弄到了一些用於浴缸兩端的雪花石膏板。

We managed to buy six of them and then we cast another 10 in plaster, painted those to look like the alabaster and I think slightly fools your eye.

我們買了六塊，然後又用石膏翻模做了另外十塊，再把它們漆成雪花石膏的樣子，我覺得這樣有點能騙過眼睛。

And we got these extraordinary Victorian taps which we then nickel plated.

然後我們弄到了這些超特別的維多利亞時代水龍頭，再重新鍍鎳。

And we had to have a double ended bath because it's got to be very romantic.

而且我們一定要用雙頭浴缸，因為這樣才夠浪漫。

So you can look out the window at the review or look into your lover's eyes.

這樣你就可以看著窗外的景緻，或是望著愛人的眼睛。

We, we wanted a contrast so we kept the main piano noble, which are the.

我們，我們想要有點對比，所以我們保留了主要的貴賓樓層，也就是那些。

These eight state rooms in kind of quite traditional style.

這八間國事廳，維持著比較傳統的風格。

But then on the ground floor we've introduced more modern furniture.

但在一樓，我們則融入了比較現代的傢俱。

This is quite a nice mid century modern sort of bedroom.

這間臥室很有中世紀現代風格。

It has a, an homage to David Collins, the famous restaurant designer.

這是向著名的餐廳設計師 David Collins 致敬。

This is his carpet and this is one of his chairs.

這是他的地毯，這也是他的椅子之一。

And this is a chair, one of my favorite designs ever by Peter Cherner, an American designer.

這是一張椅子，我最喜歡的設計之一，由美國設計師 Peter Cherner 所設計。

And actually the kitchen is a design we did for Smallbone about 10 years ago, which we actually got from our old house because it was freestanding and that's much more contemporary.

其實這套廚具是我們大約十年前為 Smallbone 設計的，我們把它從舊家搬過來，因為它是獨立式的，而且更現代。

That actually won kitchen of the year award with historic houses two years ago.

這套廚具兩年前獲得了 Historic Houses 的年度廚具獎。

You know, we don't actually ever have a kitchen table in our kitchen because we would never actually move away from it.

你知道，我們廚房裡其實從來沒有餐桌，因為我們根本離不開它。

所以我們故意讓它有點難移動。

But we do actually have chairs in front of the fire and every part of the kitchen has its own function.

但我們確實有壁爐前的椅子，廚房的每個部分都有其功能。

So there are two islands here, one which has six burner hob and the other has a teppanyaki and a grill.

所以這裡有兩個中島，一個有六個爐頭，另一個有日式鐵板燒和烤爐。

And then of course you've got a sink which has got its plate rack above and then you have various workstations around.

然後當然還有水槽，上面有瀝水架，周圍還有各種工作檯面。

That's the whole fridge and freezer and wine cooler.

Unusually for a country house, we don't have an aga.

跟鄉村房屋不同的是，我們沒有用 Aga 爐。

我們其實用了大型 Gaggenau 烤箱。

One of the principles that we really feel strongly about in kitchens is that you shouldn't hide away beautiful things like copper pans and saucepans, frying pans and glasses, plates, all these things are lovely.

我們在廚房設計上一個很重視的原則是，不應該把漂亮的銅鍋、醬汁鍋、平底鍋和杯子、盤子等東西藏起來，這些東西都很美。

And even fruit, eggs, you know, things that you use every day should be on show because they're part of the environment of a kitchen.

連水果、雞蛋，你知道的，這些每天都會用到的東西，都應該展示出來，因為它們也是廚房環境的一部分。

In the main room on the ground floor, which is our everyday living room.

在一樓的主要房間，也就是我們的日常客廳。

And we've got seating areas here for the fire.

And this was the Walpole's library, which we bought from them.

這是 Walpole 的圖書館，我們從他們那裡買來的。

The Watts wallpaper is a sort of big baroque wallpaper and it's sort of dark brown and printed in gold and gives the impression of being like embossed leather, which we thought went very well with the books and the library shelving and the ceiling was nicotine brown because Lady Walpole and Lord Walpole used to sit here all day smoking.

這個 Watts 的壁紙是一種大型巴洛克風格的壁紙，它是深棕色的，印著金色，給人一種像壓花皮革的感覺，我們覺得這和書本以及書架非常搭配，天花板是尼古丁棕色，因為 Walpole 夫人和 Walpole 先生以前整天在這裡抽煙。

I always ask people in the library here, which do they think is our favourite shelves?

我總是問這裡圖書館裡的人，他們覺得我們最喜歡的書架是哪一個？

And I say, well, the first one is this shelf because it has all the apellitifs in.

我說，嗯，第一個是這個書架，因為裡面放了所有的開胃酒。

And this is our second favorite because it has all the digestives.

這是我們的第二個最愛，因為裡面放了所有的助消化酒。

Well, we're still on the ground floor and this, we refer to this as the picture room.

好了，我們還是在一樓，這個地方，我們稱之為畫室。

My collection of paintings started with a Duncan Grant and a Vanessa Bell when we lived in a house in Fitzroy Square that had actually been the Omega Workshops, which was started by Roger Fry, and

我的畫作收藏始於 Duncan Grant 和 Vanessa Bell，當時我們住在 Fitzroy Square 的一棟房子裡，那裡其實是 Omega Workshops 的所在地，由 Roger Fry 創立，

And I've got all sorts here, very works of art by celebrated painters and junk shop finds.

這裡我什麼都有，有著名畫家的藝術品，也有從舊貨店挖到的寶貝。