Name: 英格蘭鄉間16世紀農舍大公開！裝潢筆記揭祕 (Inside a 16th-Century Farmhouse Nestled in The English Countryside | Design Notes)
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I'm an interior designer based in London and this is my home near Oxted, which I share with my partner David.

我是個室內設計師，住在倫敦，這是我在奧克斯泰德附近的家，我和我的伴侶 David 一起住在這裡。

基礎被動語態

When I first came and saw the house, I was struck by its location.

我第一次來看到這房子時，就被它的地點吸引了。

It's in such a tranquil sort of isolated spot, which we both loved.

它位在一個這麼寧靜又有點隔離的地點，我們兩個都非常喜愛。

所以我想這就滿足了那個條件。

And the house and garden I thought was a blank canvas really.

這房子和花園，我認為根本就是一張空白畫布。

So for me and what I do, I thought it's a great opportunity to design a garden and to really work on the interiors.

所以對我來說，以及我所做的工作，我認為這是個絕佳的機會，可以設計一個花園，並且著手進行室內設計。

這房子大約有五百年的歷史了。

The advice I'd give somebody taking on a project such as this sort of a centuries old house that needs quite a bit of work is just to appreciate its quirks and the various nooks and crannies and little gaps and creaking floorboards and all the little foibles.

給正在著手進行像這樣一個需要不少工程的百年老房子專案的人的建議是，就是要去欣賞它的特色、各種角落、小縫隙、吱呀作響的地板，以及所有的小怪癖。

And because they're the plus points really, This seemed like the right place for the kitchen to us because it had the French doors leading to the garden.

而且這些真的是加分項，對我們來說，這似乎是廚房的理想地點，因為它有通往花園的法式門。

We're in and out with the garden, in and out with the dogs, going backwards and forwards with the horses.

我們經常進出花園，帶著狗進出，帶著馬來回奔波。

So everything's just needs to be wipeable, washable, mopable.

所以一切都需要是可擦拭、可清洗、可拖地的。

I think a country house kitchen is freestanding, not even units, it's sort of freestanding.

我認為鄉村房子的廚房是獨立式的，甚至不是櫥櫃，而是那種獨立式的。

But like the staff quarters, which I quite like, but I can't resist a bit of decoration.

但就像員工宿舍一樣，我還蠻喜歡的，但我無法抗拒一點裝飾。

And when I see these sorts of tiles, they're antique tiles, I can't resist something like this.

當我看到這種瓷磚，它們是古董瓷磚，我就無法抗拒這樣東西。

它們是葡萄牙的，大約在1700年代初期。

對我來說，有點像是地毯的效果。

The paintings are still lives, which I think are quite appropriate for sort of kitchen dining space.

這些畫是靜物畫，我覺得很適合廚房用餐區。

The wood burning stove was here when we arrived and it's made by the blacksmith in the neighboring village.

我們搬來時，這裡就已經有這個燒柴爐了，是鄰近村莊的鐵匠做的。

If I get the fires really going, it's pretty toasty and warm.

如果我把火生得很旺，這裡就會非常溫暖。

Color is very important to me as an interior designer.

身為室內設計師，顏色對我來說非常重要。

In this case of our sitting room, I definitely took inspiration from the garden and the flowers that we've been growing.

在這個起居室的例子裡，我絕對從花園和我們種植的花朵中獲得靈感。

The outside now moves seamlessly to the interiors, which I like.

戶外景觀現在無縫地融入室內，我很喜歡這樣。

I was inspired by Nicky Haslam and his work.

我受到 Nicky Haslam 和他的作品啟發。

He had a country house where he had a very soft, pale pink sitting room.

他有一間鄉間別墅，裡面有一個非常柔和、淡粉色的起居室。

There's so many different shades of pink growing in the garden and I tried to use a few of them here on the walls.

花園裡有好多不同深淺的粉紅色，我試著在這裡的牆壁上用了幾種。

The color, it's from papers and paints on Park Wall.

這個顏色，是來自 Park Wall 的壁紙和油漆。

The sofa, which is a Claremont sort of cotton linen fabric.

這張沙發，是 Claremont 的棉麻混紡布料。

We've got the Fortuny sort of hand blocked cotton fabric over there.

我們在那邊用了 Fortuny 的手工棉布。

All different shades, pink on pink and there are even shades of pink in the carpet.

全都是不同深淺的粉紅色，粉紅配粉紅，地毯裡甚至也有粉紅的色調。

But I quite like layering the color like that.

但我還挺喜歡這樣層層疊疊的顏色。

The choice of paintings, they're all quite country in style and substance.

這些畫的選擇，風格和質感都很鄉村。

If I see a nice horse picture, I'm quite partial to it.

如果我看到一幅不錯的馬的畫，我還挺喜歡的。

And the other sort of favorite subject for paintings are leches.

另外一種我喜歡的畫作主題是 leches。

I think this room came with quite a few challenges.

我想這個房間帶來了不少挑戰。

It's low, it's quite narrow, doesn't have as much natural daylight as the other rooms.

它很低矮，也很狹窄，自然採光不像其他房間那麼充足。

Quite small windows and they're east facing.

My approach was to go in quite strong and make it almost darker and go in with the heavy textures and patterns and really give it some character.

我的做法是直接大膽地進行，讓它變得更暗，然後運用厚重的紋理和圖案，真正賦予它一些特色。

I think almost over furnished, sort of bringing it in and making it feel extremely sort of cozy and enveloping.

我認為幾乎是塞滿了傢俱，把它拉進來，讓它感覺非常舒適、包覆感十足。

Particularly in the evening when the curtains are drawn, the candles are lit and all the tables are set.

尤其是在晚上，拉上窗簾，點上蠟燭，擺好所有餐桌。

It does become so much more atmospheric and intimate.

我保留了一些有紀念意義的物品。

There are some paintings in here of the Lake District where I used to spend a lot of time with my family, my parents.

這裡有些畫作描繪的是湖區，我以前常和家人、父母在那裡度過很多時光。

This was my father's and he liked Art deco.

這幅是我父親的，他喜歡裝飾藝術。

I probably wouldn't go out and buy it myself, but of course it's sentimental.

我大概不會自己出去買，但當然，它很有紀念意義。

I wouldn't say I'm a knowledgeable collector anything in particular.

我不會說我對什麼特別有研究。

如果它閃閃發光，我就會喜歡。

My approach to decorating this space was to.

我在裝飾這個空間時，採用的方式是。

To make it feel like another room, a part of the house rather than the bathroom.

讓它感覺像是另一個房間，是房子的一部分，而不是浴室。

So freestanding pieces of furniture paper, the walls, more decorative mirrors than your typical bathroom.

所以，獨立的傢俱、牆壁的壁紙、比一般浴室更具裝飾性的鏡子。

And paintings and these sort of embroidered banners.

The bath ended up having to be on a raised platform which was a bit of a last minute shocker because the bath is cast iron.

浴缸最後必須放在一個抬高的平臺上，這有點像最後一刻的驚喜，因為浴缸是鑄鐵的。

The huge weight we had to put a load bearing steel in here and then sort of conceal it with the timber floor.

巨大的重量讓我們必須在這裡加裝承重鋼樑，然後用木地板把它藏起來。

But again it worked out better for head heights for the view.

但這樣一來，為了視野，頭部空間反而變得更好。

The blinds is Colfax's Eat and Check, which has been around forever.

百葉窗是 Colfax's Eat and Check 的，這個牌子已經存在很久了。

The wallpaper's GP And J. Baker's a bit nuts, but I thought why not?

這款壁紙是 GP And J. Baker 的，有點瘋狂，但我想為什麼不呢？

People say, well you can't put wallpaper in a bath and it's all going to steam and peel off.

人們說，嗯，你不能在浴室裡貼壁紙，它都會被蒸氣弄濕然後剝落。

I think what makes a good bath, you've got to be a bit different.

我認為一個好的浴缸，你必須有點與眾不同。

When we first walked into the bedroom and looked up, we saw this Tudor hand painted mural.

當我們第一次走進臥室往上看時，我們看到這幅都鐸王朝手繪壁畫。

There's dog roses, chrysanthemums or dianthus, daisies and Tudor roses.

有野玫瑰、菊花或石竹、雛菊和都鐸玫瑰。

And then these up here are meant to be sort of abstract cloud designs.

然後上面這些是設計成有點抽象的雲朵圖案。

It's quite breathtaking and it's really something very special.

真的非常令人驚豔，而且是非常特別的東西。

The owners, all those centuries ago were doing the same sort of thing, bringing the garden into the interior decoration.

幾百年前的屋主們也在做類似的事情，將花園的元素帶入室內裝飾。

The mule was definitely a starting point for this room.

I liked the strong indigos and those reds and I picked those out in the carpet.

我喜歡那些強烈的靛藍色和紅色，我在地毯裡挑選了這些顏色。

And also this old crewel work which I discovered on Druitt's sale room.

還有這個我是在 Druitt's 的拍賣廳發現的古老刺繡作品。

Straight after I finished my diploma at the Inchebull School of Design, I went to work for Chelsea Textiles.

我在 Inchebull 設計學院拿到文憑後，立刻就去 Chelsea Textiles 工作了。

It was there, really that I got an appreciation for crew work and all those hand embroidered fabrics.

正是在那裡，我開始欣賞刺繡作品和所有這些手工刺繡的布料。

When I saw this in auction, it's kind of the original thing, I was pretty keen to get it.

當我在拍賣會上看到這個，這可以說是原版的東西，我非常想得到它。

I think it went perfectly with this painting and it really suited the house in terms of period and style.

我認為它跟這幅畫非常搭配，而且就年代和風格來說，它真的很適合這間房子。

There are differences between this project and my typical interiors project.

這個案子跟我平常做的室內設計案不太一樣。

I work very closely with my clients to really create something unique and special for them.

我會跟客戶緊密合作，為他們打造獨一無二的特別作品。

This one I have very, very relaxed way of living and it's a very country way of living.

這個案子我採取非常非常放鬆的生活方式，是很鄉村的生活方式。

Dogs, horses, a lot of sort of outside, inside.

狗、馬，還有很多戶外的、室內的。

I think as the years have gone by, I find myself getting bolder and wanting to sort of mix and match and be a bit more eclectic.

我認為隨著歲月流逝，我發現自己越來越大膽，也越來越想嘗試混搭，變得更不拘一格。

I think probably most designers start off a little bit on the safe side, a little bit on the conventional side.

我想大概大多數設計師一開始都會比較保守，比較傳統。

And as they get more expertise and the years under their belt, then they sort of spread their wings a bit.

隨著經驗累積和時間的歷練，他們就會稍微展翅高飛一點。