How to transform your terrace into a calming garden sanctuary in five steps - Step 1
Step 1 : Create a garden design that works with the architecture of your home
Architecture & Garden design working together at our Chelsea Mews House
Springtime is the perfect time to start thinking about transforming your garden or terrace. Over a series of five posts we’ll talk you through the steps we followed on our design journey with our clients to create their perfect city garden. We transformed an unloved, unused and unfunctional terrace into a calm, verdant and uplifting garden sanctuary for our clients taking them from the initial concept design up to project managing its implementation on site. In this post we’ll look at how to design your terrace holistically with the architecture and interior design of your home
🌳 STEP 1 Create a garden design that works with the architecture of your home
🌳 STEP 2 Creating a terrace tailored to your needs
🌳 STEP 3 Select the right plants
🌳 STEP 4 Create the perfect lighting design
🌳 STEP 5 Building and project managing your garden project
We created a calm and verdant space on the rooftop terrace of our clients three-storey Chelsea mews house. Our Swiss clients were brimming with ideas when they first approached us to completely refurbish their home-away-from-home in London. They wished for a comfortable, functional home with the luxury and conveniences of a five star hotel. Sustainability and wellness were priorities, and a vibrant terrace garden was key to the overall vision.
Think about your garden as part of the architecture and design of your home
1. Assessing Your Architecture: Before diving into design concepts, take a step back and look at the architectural style of your home. Is it modern and minimalist, or is it a period property with ornate decoration? Understanding the overall architectural design of your home will serve as the foundation for your roof terrace design, guiding your choices in materials, colours, and overall aesthetic. Think about the style and design of your home and make sure that your terrace flows through with the overall design vision.
The terrace before its transformation at our Chelsea Mews House was unused and unloved and most importantly unfunctional
In this complete house refurbishment, Nancy Gouldstone Architects, as Architects, interior designers and garden designers were well placed to consider the holistic design of the whole house including the terrace. The house had some period features which were maintained in the living room and dining room areas. However, on the ground floor, where no period features were left we had created a contemporary, modern open plan principal bedroom suite, comprising the bedroom area, a dressing room and sunken bath with a gorgeous ensuite just off the space. This contemporary suite is visible from the roof terrace and we wanted to make sure the two areas worked in harmony with one another.
The ground floor suite utilises a contemporary, angular open plan design that is mirrored through in the terrace design Chelsea Mews House
3D drawing of the roof terrace that we created to communicate the design for our clients in our Chelsea Mews House We created a contemporary, luxurious design that took inspiration from the
2. Coherence of style and materials: The key to a successful roof terrace design lies in its seamless integration with the architecture of your house. Aim for continuity in style and materials to ensure a cohesive look. With our Chelsea Mews house, we had used sleek lines and contemporary finishes in the newly extended area, so we opted for geometric, clean shapes for our terrace design architectural design. We also incorporated complimentary palette of texture and colour.
The materials we had chosen internally were pale, oak herringbone floorboards and we chose a similar tone imitation stone slab to continue this warm but subtle palette externally.
Our warm, oak floorboards internally. We made sure to choose complementary materials for the roof terrace so that the areas flowed together at our Chelsea Mews House
A video walkthrough of our calming Chelsea Mews House roof terrace garden sanctuary
