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Thursday, February 3, 2011

Where to find reclaimed building materials in Belgium

After sharing with you images of Belgian houses at a lot of my earlier posts, some readers emailed me asking where to find reclaimed ancient building materials in Belgium. Because there is such a huge interest in finding the right addresses, I decided to write a post about it.

There are a lot of addresses in Belgium where you will discover the most beautiful reclaimed materials but I picked out 4 addresses.

The addresses I share with you today, are all companies where we have found different ancient materials to built our own house.

At the end of this post I’ll show you some pictures of my own home together with the addresses where we bought the respectively materials.

So whether you are surching for façade bricks, roof tiles, terrace floors, path cobbles, garden ornaments or ceiling beams, parquet floors, lime stone and antique mantelpieces, you will find the most gorgeous materials in Belgium.

 

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Image source : Ancient Building Materials Van Huele

Charming Flemish house built with ancient materials.

 

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Image source : Ancient Building Materials Rik Storms

Beautiful ancient roof tiles.

 

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Image source : Ancient Building Materials Rik Storms

Roof made out of 17th century grey tiles. Walls made with planks of old oak.

 

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  Image source : Ancient Building Materials Rik Storms

Garden path in calcaire stone.

 

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Image source : Ancient Building Materials Van Huele

Cobbled path.

 

 

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Image source : Ancient Building Materials Rik Storms

Garden gate in cast iron - 19th century.
Garden path made with Calcaire stone.

 

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Image source : Ancient Building Materials Rik Storms

Annex with roof in 17th century grey tiles. Walls out of planks of old oak

 

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Image source : Ancient Building Materials Verschaeve

Ancient gate in cast iron.

 

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Image source : Ancient Building Materials Rik Storms

Frame of windows and porch put together with 17th c. white.
stone - authentique blue stone doorsteps - red tiles - 17th century wall-ties.

 

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Image source : Ancient Building Materials Van Huele

 

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Image source : Ancient Building Materials Rik Storms

Different bricks and a combination of tiles and slates.

 

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Image source : Ancient Building Materials Ludwig Deblaere

 

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Image source : Ancient Building Materials Rik Storms

Surroundings of doors in white stone – 17th century.

Slates Fumay

 

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Image source : Ancient Building Materials Rik Storms

 

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Image source : Ancient Building Materials Van Huele

Ancient French roof tiles for this outbuilding.

 

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Image source : Ancient Building Materials Verschaeve

 

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Image source : Ancient Building Materials Verschaeve

 

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Image source : Ancient Building Materials Verschaeve

 

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Image source : Ancient Building Materials Ludwig Deblaere

Different kinds of Belgian bricks.

 

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Image source : Ancient Building Materials Ludwig Deblaere

Different kinds of roof tiles and slates.

 

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Image source : Ancient Building Materials Van Huele

Beautiful reclaimed ceiling beams.

 

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Image source : Ancient Building Materials Rik Storms

Cross-beams in old oak.

 

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Image source : Ancient Building Materials Van Huele

Terrace floor.

 

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  Image source : Ancient Building Materials Rik Storms

Terrace sandstone

Columns of Bourgogne 18th century.

Grey tiles 17th-18th century.

 

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Image source : Ancient Building Materials Van Huele

 

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Image source : Ancient Building Materials Rik Storms

Belgian blue stone floor.

 

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Image source : Ancient Building Materials Rik Storms

Floor in carrara marble.

 

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Image source : Ancient Building Materials Rik Storms

Waterbasin in carrara marble – 19th Century.

 

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Image source : Ancient Building Materials Verschaeve

 

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Image source : Ancient Building Materials Van Huele

French terracotta tiles.

 

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Image source : Ancient Building Materials Rik Storms

Steps in blue stone.

Floor in Calcaire stone and Basècle.

 

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Image source : Ancient Building Materials Rik Storms

Floors in blue stone 19th century.

 

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Image source : Ancient Building Materials Van Huele

Ancient Belgian floor tiles.

 

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Image source : Ancient Building Materials Rik Storms

Banisters in cast iron – 19th century.

 

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Image source : Ancient Building Materials Van Huele

 

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Image source : Ancient Building Materials Rik Storms

Old planks.

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Here below you will see some pictures of my house with the name of the company where we have found the respictively building materials.

 

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Two different kinds of bricks for the façade and a combination of slates and tiles.

Both :  Ancient Building Materials LUDWIG DEBLAERE

 

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Terrace and path floor : Ancient Building Materials LUDWIG DEBLAERE

 

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Outbuilding bluestone floor : Ancient Building Materials VAN HUELE

 

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Doorway and steps. Both : Ancient Building Materials VERSCHAEVE

 

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Entrance hall floor tiles : Ancient Building Materials RIK STORMS

 

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Library parquet floor tiles : Ancient Building Materials RIK STORMS

 

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Kitchen ancient carrara marble floor : Ancient Building Materials RIK STORMS

 

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Dining room ‘Hungarian Point’ parquet floor : Ancient Building Materials RIK STORMS

 

Webaddresses :

www.rikstorms.com

www.vanhuele.be

www.verschaevenv.be

www.ludwigdeblaere.be

Photo credits : images of Rik Storms & Van Heule : BETA PLUS publications : Building With Reclaimed Materials; Compendium Architectural Antiques ; Architectural Antiques         

www.betaplus.com 

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For more architectural salvage materials, please visit this link : www.antiek.comhttp://www.antiek.com/partners/?sele=0&cid=4&pid=0&RubriekTitel=Architectural

I hope that, with this post, I have answered a lot of my readers’ questions about ancient architectural building materials to find in Belgium.

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Monday, December 13, 2010

The beautiful houses of Anne Decker Architects

 

The company ‘Anne Decker Architects’ , based in Bethesda, MD, is specialized in the design of well crafted homes and additions that enhance their surroundings and sense of place.

'”Sensitivity to scale, simplicity of form and attention do detail characterize the quality of our work.”explains Anne Decker on the website. And indeed, I really have to admit that after visiting the Anne Decker Architects’ website and after discovering all these wonderful projects, I only could agree with Anne’s words!

You can see and feel that these houses are built or renovated with a lot of craftmanship and with a lot of attention to details!

Anne Decker is nationally recognized and many of her projects won an award. A lot of the projects are featured in numerous publications, including Architectural Digest, Period Homes, New Old House, Residential Architect and Custom Home.

I was so pleased with the email I received from Anne, a few weeks ago! And I was truly honored to hear that she loves to read my blog and that she loves the work of my company, Lefèvre Interiors.

PHOTOGRAPHER CREDIT : GORDON BEALL (except otherwise specified)

First I will show you some pictures of a project, of which Anne Decker received a  PALLADIO AWARD in 2009.

This house was featured in the Magazine Period Homes and is also one of my favorites!

The Salamander Farm House. The Plains, Virginia

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The Salamander House, a late –1800s Colonial stone home located on a 165-acre horse farm in The Plains, VA, has been expanded and updated.

Click on the cover of Period Homes to read the article about this award winning project.

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I just love this type of front door.

 

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This overall view of the rear of the house from the pool reveals  the expansiveness of the home.

Notice the colonnaded terrace !

 

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The house is based on the five-part Palladian plan with the entry foyer on the second floor leading to the living room. The wings to the north and the south provide private quarters. The north wing houses children’s bedrooms, while the south wing houses the master suite.

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Outdoor dining area.

 

And here are some pictures of the interior of the house.

I wish my company, Lefèvre Interiors,  could have provided all the beautiful paneling in this house! It really is this kind of made to measure paneling our company is recognized for.

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The renovated living room with its paneled walls, a fireplace and molding designed to give the illusion of height.

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And here are some random chosen pictures of other beautiful houses and interiors of the Anne Decker Architects website.

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This doorway is of an amazing beauty and is evidence of a huge craftmanship.

 

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Attention to detail !

 

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PHOTOGRAPHER CREDIT : ALL PICTURES  GORDON BEALL PHOTOGRAPHY  (except otherwise specified)

To discover more of these gorgeous houses , please visit the ANNE DECKER ARCHITECTS ‘ website.

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Thank you so much Anne for allowing me to use these pictures of your website!

 

What do you think about this post of today?

Do you love the houses of the very talented Anne Decker Architects?

Is there anyone of you, my readers, who ever built or renovated a house with Anne Decker Architects?

I really would love to know!

 

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Today I am thrilled to announce you - and I feel so honored - that ‘Belgian Pearls’ is featured in the REMODELISTA Design Newsstand!

This is a list of 100+ must-read design blogs from around the world!

You will find ‘Belgian Pearls’ under the label EUROPEAN SOPHISTICATES  here.

I am so thankful to the team of Remodelista for including me in their Design Newsstand list!!! It is a huge honor for me!

Remodelista 

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Congratulations to all my other blog colleagues who are featured in the Remodelista Design Newsstand!

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All images : www.annedeckerarchitects.com

Photographer credit : Gordon Beall Photography except otherwise specified