The Contemporary Double Storey Extension

While planning a renovation with a large extension on their 1930s house, Mared and Nick Morant were drawn to the idea of having oak features in their home so they decided to build an oak frame extension. ‘We like the farmhouse look so we didn’t want our new extension to look like a boxy new build but have lots of character,’ Mared explains.

They wanted a big open plan space with lots of glazing and a large master suite upstairs. However, they weren’t blown away by the architects designs and worked with family to improve the floorplan.

‘The project became bigger than we first thought – we ended up with a three-storey extension plus the pitched gable kitchen to form an L-shape,’ Mared explains. ‘We tripled the size of our house!’

The couple spoke to one of Welsh Oak Frame’s designers and showed them their plans. Once planning was approved, Welsh Oak stepped in and did the structural drawings and finer details on the oak and glazing. Mared and Nick chose how much oak to have in the kitchen, living room and the two bedrooms above. They discussed how the gable extension would look, and settled on floor length glazing with narrow frames designed to work with the movement of the oak.

Oak makes a feature around the double doors into the kitchen too and there’s an oak front porch that hints at the oak inside. Oak was also incorporated into the master suite.

Mared and Nick’s project took eighteen months to finish. ‘Our home is beautiful and completely unrecognisable,’ says Mared. ‘We love the pitched gable, it’s special, and more than just an extension. We also love that the oak frame is genuinely holding up our house, it feels natural and authentic.’

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