Suffolk Interior Designer’s Georgian home enhanced with Timber windows & front door
A Restoration Led by the Designers Eye
A beautiful installation, sympathetic to the history of this inspiring Suffolk home.
When the person specifying your windows restores period homes for a living, the standard is set high from the outset. We were delighted to be chosen by Suffolk interior designer Lindsey Rendal to design and install timber windows and a timber front door during the restoration of her family’s Georgian rectory.
The house had been through a great deal before Lindsey and her family took it on. Previously devastated by fire and then crudely renovated with little regard for the period of the property, it presented a considerable project. With extensive professional experience and an exceptional eye for design, Lindsey was exactly the right person to lead it, and the transformation she has achieved is a genuinely fabulous one. The images here are shared with the kind permission of Lindsey and the photographer, having been featured in 25 Beautiful Homes magazine.
Why an Interior Designer Chose Timber
For a designer restoring a Georgian property, the windows are not a background detail. They set the proportion of every elevation and frame every room from the inside, and getting them wrong undoes the rest of the work. Lindsey’s brief called for windows that were correct for the period, precise in their colour, and finished to a standard that would stand up to a professional’s scrutiny and a magazine photographer’s lens. Engineered timber, painted to bespoke Farrow & Ball colour matches and detailed with carefully chosen ironmongery, was the natural answer. What follows is the specification she arrived at.
Timber Casement Windows With Georgian Bars
Our flush casement windows feature 18mm glazing bars, toughened glass and are colour matched on the inside to Farrow & Ball ‘Wevet’ to blend beautifully with the interior decoration. For the exterior, another Farrow & Ball colour match was chosen; Slipper Satin, which works perfectly with the brickwork.
Lindsey chose the Hinton aged brass handles and peg stays to complement the handles and taps in the kitchen.
These windows offer opening on both sides, are sustainably FSC certified and come with a 12 year paint guarantee as standard, as do all of our painted timber windows and doors.
Timber sash windows add period charm
Traditional sash windows create a beautiful feature inside while maintaining the heritage of the building outside. Lindsey chose our slim sash window, crafted from engineered timber and operated by nylon cords and weights so the sashes lift and close effortlessly and continue to do so for years.
The colour scheme carries through the home in Farrow & Ball’s muted Slipper Satin, here paired with mottled antique brass furniture, traditional ovolo mouldings and sash horns. The slim rails are what allow a modern, well insulated sash to keep the delicate proportions a Georgian window depends on, which is precisely why they suit a house of this period.
Making an entrance – a new timber front door
Positioned front and centre of this impressive home is our timber Chalfont Townhouse front door. Against the soft tones of the surrounding sash windows, Farrow & Ball’s Stiffkey Blue makes a confident, regal statement and completes the exterior perfectly. Inside, Lindsey chose to match the door to the interior scheme, reflecting light back into the hallway and giving the entrance a wonderful sense of space.
On the outside, raised and fielded panels add definition and texture, while hand crafted Samuel Heath antique brass unlacquered furniture adds a further touch of class on both faces of the door.
Traditional timber windows and doors for period homes in Suffolk
If you’re considering reimagining your home, explore our traditional timber doors and windows here on our website. Or why not experience them for yourself at our showrooms in Woodbridge, Norwich and Bury St Edmunds.
See the timber range for yourself at our showrooms in Woodbridge, Bury St Edmunds and Norwich, where our team can help you specify windows and doors that are right for your home.