The most inviting homes have a clever way of balancing old and new that offers just the right measure of warmth and functionality. While this look is often achieved over many years, introducing reclaimed elements can be a fast track to creating a layered, lived-in feel in a more modern design, as well as bringing richness and a unique patina.
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The trick to mastering the discarded is not to go overboard, instead using reclaimed pieces as accents alongsideaesthetic advantages and environmental benefits of salvaged materials, with corrugated iron and re-milled timber used to stunning effect in some of the practice’s recent projects. “Salvaged materials can add character and an inherent patina to a new home,” he says. “Often the apparent history and provenance of a material can add to, rather than detract from, a design.”
