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Malinard Manor was designed to be the perfect expression of the
clients who they are and how they live. The clients envisioned a
Gothic house that was neither typical of the area or the times and
was unlike any project I had worked on before or since. The project
became both possible and exciting due to the clients desire for
authentic details and quality inside and out combined with a
willingness to provide a commensurate budget and time. I was able
to dream big, and they were willing to dream with me. The house is
not purely any one thing but rather conceived as an English manor
that could have developed over centuries and generations, much like
many of the great historic English manors. The foundations of design
draw primarily from a combination of Gothic, Tudor and Jacobean
styles and periods and regions throughout Europe. We adhered to a
philosophy of using real materials; there is nothing faux in the house.
And even though the majority of materials we used were new, we built
and finished them with old-world techniques including mortise and
tenon joinery and a seven-step process to the wood finish, the final
step being hand-waxing.
Location: Austin, TX
Design company: Cravotta Interiors
Photographer: Paul Bardagjy
Designer: Mark Cravotta
Area: 1,300 m2
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Similar to the rest of the house, the goal of the wine cellar was to have it look as if it were 400 years old but very
well maintained. The room is made entirely of stone with bench-made cabinetry and millwork. The walls are the
same as the exterior stone, which is a blend of four varieties of limestone and sandstone. The floor is Antique
Walnut Lueders Limestone, and the ceiling is ceramic tile. The millwork and cabinetry are American Black Walnut,
finished to look like French Walnut. The benches were purchased along with a fantastic wood fireplace surround
(used in the Keeping Room) c.1850 from a chateau in Le Hermitage on the border of France and Belgium. The
chairs were custom made by Elijah Slocum and the tables by Paul Ferrante, both from French Walnut.
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Elijah SlocumPaul Ferrante
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