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Concept series

Belle Vie Inspire

A concept series of our own plans for homes, interiors and landscape. The look mixes European countryside with clean Scandinavian lines: charred cedar, stone and glass outside, oak and limewash inside. These are concept renderings that show Belle Vie's direction, and none of them is a finished project.

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Homes and land

Concept rendering: aerial view of a coastal lot at dusk with a dark wood main house, a barn and a small office among gravel drives, stone walls and gardens above the sea — Fig. 01Whole propertyA coastal lot with a main house, a barn and a backyard office, joined by gravel courts and stone walls.

Concept rendering: two-story gable house clad in charred cedar with a fieldstone chimney, tall black-framed windows and stone steps facing a salt marsh — Fig. 02House in charred cedarA two-story gable house with a fieldstone chimney facing a salt marsh.

Concept rendering: dark wood main house and barn on a fieldstone base around a gravel courtyard, with a dry stone wall and autumn trees — Fig. 03House and barnA main house and barn set around a gravel courtyard.

Concept rendering: small charred wood barn with a glazed sliding door open onto a woodshop bench, set on a gravel apron under oak trees — Fig. 04Small barnA woodshop and garden barn with a glazed sliding door.

Concept rendering: compact dark wood office with a full glass wall showing walnut shelves and a desk, reached by a stepping-stone path through grasses — Fig. 05Backyard officeA compact office with a full glass wall and walnut built-ins.

Concept rendering: outdoor shower with a charred cedar slat enclosure, a granite wall, bluestone pavers and a brass shower head beside a dark house at sunset — Fig. 06Outdoor showerCharred cedar slats, a granite wall, bluestone and brass fittings.

Concept rendering: outdoor shower with a pale vertical oak board enclosure and door, a granite block pier, bluestone pavers, a brass shower head and a wood bench beside a light wood house — Fig. 07Outdoor shower in pale oakVertical oak boards, a granite pier, bluestone and a brass head.

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Millwork

Concept rendering: kitchen with sage green inset cabinetry, a stone-topped island with rush stools, a walnut plate rack, a plaster hood and brass pendants — Fig. 08Kitchen built-insSage inset cabinetry in high gloss, a walnut plate rack and a plaster hood.

Concept rendering: living room with lit rift oak bookcases on both sides of an arched window seat looking out to the sea — Fig. 09Living room built-insRift oak bookcases around an arched window seat, with shelf-edge light.

Concept rendering: family room with a full wall of white oak shelving and a rolling ladder, a window seat, and plain oak panels closed over the TV, above a linen sofa and an oak coffee table — Fig. 10Family library wallOak shelving, a rolling ladder and a window seat, with the TV hidden behind sliding oak panels.

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Furniture

Concept rendering: walnut trestle dining table with wedged through tenons on a plain plaster background — Fig. 11Walnut trestle tableWedged through tenons.

Concept rendering: round pale oak dining table on a fluted oak pedestal base against a plain plaster wall — Fig. 12Round oak pedestal tableA pale oak top on a fluted pedestal.

Concept rendering: white oak entry bench with a reeded front and a woven natural cord seat against a plaster wall — Fig. 13Oak entry benchA reeded front and a woven cord seat.

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Interiors

Concept rendering: living room with limewashed walls, oak beams, a stone fireplace, a linen sofa and a large window onto a meadow — Fig. 14Barn-house living roomLimewash, oak and stone.

Concept rendering: primary bath with a knot-free oak vanity, honed limestone floors, a freestanding tub and a wide window onto pine trees — Fig. 15Primary bathKnot-free oak and honed limestone.

Concept rendering: small powder room with oxblood high-gloss raised panel wainscot, dark botanical wallpaper of birds and leaves, a carved marble pedestal sink, a brass oval mirror and two linen-shaded sconces — Fig. 16Powder room, sink wallOxblood high-gloss paneling, botanical wallpaper and a marble pedestal sink.

Fig. 17Powder room, cornerThe same room from the corner, with a lit arched niche.

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