Gemma, you've excelled yourself this time, think this might be my new favourite design of yours, I l♡ve it!! You've taken an extremely challenging narrow building and turned it into the most stunning practical home. I love the way you always plan in lots of unobtrusive storage because, lets face it, most of us are not minimalists and have lots of 'stuff' we need to hide away out of view, that's real living and a lot of architects don't take this into consideration and favour esthetics over functionality. I love the way you always think about light and add in interesting ways of achieving this whilst always retaining the most interesting architectural features. I've seen from the comments that the owners of this property were the people who submitted this to you and I really hope they go ahead with some if not all of your ideas. Would be great to revisit this property at some stage if they do.

@gemmawheeler

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! I really appreciate the consideration you’ve given this!

@susannemcmahon6093

2 ай бұрын

Ilove this design sooo much THE FACT THAT THERE IS SO MUCH LIGHT COMING IN .BEAUTIFUL ❤

Oh Gemma, you have absolutely made this building a masterpiece! You never cease to amaze me, I think this is my favourite one so far (probably very biased as it was our submission😅). We're considering renovating this on behalf of my parents after we've finished our own renovation. Thank you for the most amazing ideas, we'll keep you updated with how the building ends up! 🧡

@gemmawheeler

3 ай бұрын

Oh I’m glad you like it! It was a real pleasure to get to know it. Thank you for sharing it with me.

@jmk1962

3 ай бұрын

What a truly fabulous design. I really hope you do go ahead with this in the future and would love to see it if you do. Gemma's a genius. 😊

@gregpendrey6711

3 ай бұрын

Lucky. Jealous. 😎

@z3lda808

3 ай бұрын

Please do keep everyone updated. It would be so exciting to learn what happens

@catrionatalbot

3 ай бұрын

Best yet, for sure. I can totally imagine living here. So great to see all your ideas for reclaiming abandoned buildings. Truly the best use for architectural inspiration. I hope many of your projects will be realized.

As a retired small scale property developer (in Australia) and serial renovator, I love the way you approach the re-use of space and especially light.

@gemmawheeler

3 ай бұрын

Thank you, I really appreciate your comment given your knowledge 🙏

@2ridiculous41

3 ай бұрын

@@gemmawheeler the pleasure is all mine. Here in Australia we have the biggest new build houses in the world and many of them are horrendous. I know a 70+ year old woman who lived alone and had a 8 bedroom house built. All hard surfaces and you needed era plugs to walk around it. Acoustics are a modern issue. Nobody here had any idea what I was talking about when I moved here 25 years ago, but so many restaurants and houses sound awful. Sorry, I am rambling...

Who would have guessed that the original building, while very cool, could ever turn out to be such a special home?! Another incredible transformation.

I was soo thrilled to see a proper entranceway/mudroom in this one, as I can't imagine a home without space for muddy boots and wet coats. This was a stunning transformation, wonderful as always Gemma!

@DawnDavidson

3 ай бұрын

The location of this building in an area with “real weather” (I live in California, USA, where we don’t have much in the way of seasons!) clearly calls for a mud room. Gemma has done an amazing job creating this one. I adore that arched window into the living space! So charming. 😊

@FurnitureFan

3 ай бұрын

It's perfect. I'd add a drop-down bench for getting boots off.

I love how you are always thinking about light and air, keeping these small, potentially claustrophobic buildings very usable and fresh. At the start I thought, how on earth can she make this work? And then you did. I think my favorite part is how you hid so many windows in little nooks and crannies.

Yay, Gemma's back! I was just thinking yesterday that we hadn't seen you in a while. No wonder, you're dealing with a larger, more complicated space this time. Your thoughtful use of space is always a joy for this retired interior designer to study. I would love to have had a professor like you when I was young.

Amazing how you opened up the house by taking out that corner, another fantastic layout Gemma.

@gemmawheeler

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it.

@DawnDavidson

3 ай бұрын

Yes, I wasn’t sure about that at first, but I agree that it makes quite a difference in light. And the patio space could be utilized in better weather for a small cafe table, perhaps. A charming place for morning coffee. :)

You've made sense of a fragmented, complex building! It's lovely, full of light and character.

You've knocked my socks off again! I especially love the enclosed entryway with the skylights and the decorative glass window into the living room area. Makes me wish I had a property I could hire you to reimagine. Thanks for sharing.

@wakingtheworld

3 ай бұрын

I surmise that we'll all sat with bare feet (again)! This was another stupendous design...

Great work. Like those traditional two storey farm buildings with external stairs to the first floor. A bonus to have decent looking floors in red and black.

@chezmoi42

3 ай бұрын

@@gemmawheeler I've been following The Indie Projects' channel, and it immediately reminded me of the staircase leading to the upper floor in the barn they're restoring in Portugal. I'll bet you'd enjoy solving their puzzle with this burnt-out building - they're meeting with architect and structural engineers now to see what is feasible. Incredibly energetic and positive people.

Always a great day when another of your great videos drops in. ❤ ....Thank you 👏👏👏

I'm so glad you kept the original floor! During the tour of the original building I immediately fell in love with those red and black checkered tiles. A nice mix of rustic and edgy, vintage and modern, since checkered patterns are really popular again... they're just really cool!

Love it when a new GW transformation pops up. I save it up as a reward for when all my chores are done and then enjoy every minute! Fabulous as always.

This proposed remodel is lovely and very usable. 🎉 Thanks for sharing. A suggestion: I would enjoy seeing your ideas for window and skylight coverings. Many of us like the cozy feeling of covered windows at night; and, on hot summer days, covered skylights.

My father was an architect. I wish he was still around so I could show him your videos. He would have loved seeing how creative and clever you are with your use of space and light.

Another excellent thought provoking video :)

Many thanks Gemma for bringing us another another captivating presentation. I love listening to you articulate your ideas & thought processes to achieve efficiency & ergonomic flow within a space. When looking at building plans, my pet-hate is the lack of a good 360° appreciation of each room. You break-down & give us everything we need to know as if we were going to occupy the space ourselves.

I just love your design process! The way you see 'living' is so beautiful. And thank you for showing your design in "bad weather“… totally not common in the planning field.

Wow, wow, wow, amazing. I love that you kept the red and black tile. The glass, bricks and wood feature work well together. So beautiful.

My favourite project yet. the simple move reallignment in the addition added so much to the sense of space. Thank you Gemma for doing more to inform the public of the value of architects than a lot of the architecture advocacy instutions do.

You do a wonderful work transforming all those poor old narrow & dark constructions into modern & light spaces... I love your videos! 😍

Very nice. Great job. I hope the owners plan to add an extension and give this bakery a new purpose.

Yep gorgeous love the downstairs sitting area with views out and dark colours for the bedroom ready for a quiet nap

@gemmawheeler

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Katy!

Incredible how cutting open that corner changes the whole building ! Amazing little home. I don't know if you have seen a movie called 'All that Heaven allows' with Rock Hudson but in this movie he converts an old mill into a home and all my life this has been my dream home. I have paused the movie a hundred times to calculate the size and structure of the house to draw it for myself one day. It never happened but it still makes me dream. I would love to see you render that house as you do the other amazing virtual builds you create. Thank you xoxoxo

Absolutely perfect! You are a genius!🦋

@gemmawheeler

3 ай бұрын

Thank you :)

Every house you design....I wanna live in it. If I ever find an old house, you'd have to redesign it. There's no way around it. You're brilliant!

Brilliant website, giving insight into the art and technology of architecture

From strength to strength! The window seating in the addition - delightful. Thank you so much for sharing your designs.

I love your work! If I ever find a small non-traditional place, you're the person I'm contacting.

Gemma this is absolutely exquisite! We have hundreds of these buildings across the country. Good architectural design is priceless to maximise and beautify these buildings for the next generation and beyond.

Not only absolutely wonderful but also livable.

I absolutely love your videos. Such a beautiful design!

I love that you've kept the red and black tiles. They really stood out in the "before" photos.

Love when you do these! Thank you

I would get the groundfloor toilet next/under the stairs (closing the door) and then have a large entrance hall with more space for shoes/coats and with the window giving direct light to the space. There is no need to have a third "escape" door when there are already 2 other doors/exits and this space is then better used. For the rest it is brilliant as usual. Love the corner windows on the living space and the use of materials, position of windows and detailing is wonderful.

@gemmawheeler

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for your ideas! The door going from the pantry doesn’t currently access the exterior but is a passage to the next house so I wanted a direct route out on that west side. I’d originally placed the wc there too but also didn’t want the escape route to go via the kitchen. On another thought - do you think you’d be interested in me doing interim videos where I open up the design process for discussion and input before producing a final design and visualisation? I always love some dialogue in the design process and it would be a way of me being able to incorporate the input of knowledge like your own.

@jorgecardoso3876

3 ай бұрын

@@gemmawheeler ok, thanks for the input. Makes much more sense now. And thanks for all the inspiration!

@erink4685

3 ай бұрын

@@gemmawheelerI’d love to see the design process opened up! Even just observed how t progresses with suggestions that are made.

@gemmawheeler

3 ай бұрын

Oh great, thanks for letting me know! I’ll put some thought into how I could make it work.

@conniebruckner8190

3 ай бұрын

@@gemmawheeler It might be worth trying it out one time, just to see what your fans ( including me) would do. :-)

This has got to be my most favourite rendition yet. It's beautiful 💙

It's always quite a journey watching your videos. On first look, this old building had such beautiful stonework and beams--but then the interior of the ground floor seemed hopeless. To see your transformation is inspiring, especially your respect for the old material. And your use of light!

well done as always

Every time I watch your new video and say myself :Oh, yes, this is my dream house! Gemma, this one is brilliant! Just brilliant! Thank you for sharing with us your amazing new creation! ❤❤❤ USA

This is lovely. I had to stop and say my breath is taken away with the beauty of your vision of design. What a gift of your talent of vision.

Yet another ingenious rethink from Gemma. Love how your extensions are always in keeping with the original building and how you retain as much of the original structure as possible including external walls. Be lovely if 'RestoringNumberFour' will allow you to show us their renovation... if they do go ahead.

You are one of my favorite architects. I would love to see you design a mobility accessible house! (Or adapt an old structure to be accessible for wheelchair).

great video.always great to see your thought process on these

If only you could lift the building to the location in the forest as per your illustration . A wonderful design as always though.

@gemmawheeler

3 ай бұрын

Yes if only! It’s actually in a beautiful location but modelling it all was one step I couldn’t stretch to 😄

I am always so impressed with how you can look at a dark, closed and dingy building such as this, and creat light, spacious homes that would be a dream to live in.

Hi Gemma! Your videos are so rich with interest and information that I always view them twice. I didn't understand at first what you meant about echoing the 1st floor arched window with the glazed portion of the entrance hall until my second viewing and seeing them together at 11:05. How rewarding that was! Your small gesture provides high impact in your stunning design.

I love your designs ❤ I have a question though, out of curiosity: when creating those, do you consider walls' endurance or it's pure vision?

@gemmawheeler

3 ай бұрын

Oh do you mean the existing walls? If so, I have it in mind what might be feasible but also know that the exact specifications would be a Structural Engineer’s expertise and not my own. So at this stage of a design process it’s about vision that would then go through an iterative process as the project develops and the individual challenges emerge. I hope that answers your question?

@FurnitureFan

3 ай бұрын

I thought myself that a person could get a nasty scrape against that shower room wall, and wondered whether a clear sealant might be used there?

I love this home! I could see myself having an office in the south end bedroom - spend the nights in the darker north end, and the days in the lovely bright rooms. It would be great to see the entrance from the desk while away from the bustle and hustle of a kitchen/living area downstairs

I love to watch your works

@gemmawheeler

3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

Ваши проекты меня восхищают и вдохновляют!!! Ваш творческий полет фантазии и професссионализма ,- просто захватывает!! С уважением к Вам и благодарностью!!!!

Good idea as usualy.

Brilliant! Love your aesthetic and beyond the box thinking.

Wow, this is my favorite yet. I love everything about it except for the exterior color of the new addition, but that's just personal preference. I wish we had old stone buildings like that in Texas.

I love it! I particularly love the stone and wood, it makes it so comforting.

@FurnitureFan

3 ай бұрын

Yes,and those warm deep colours against the snowy background were inspired.

Yet again, I am absolutely dazzled by your work. I want to live in all your designs!

so beautifully considered. 👋👋👋👋👋

Oh, I love this one! Could move into it at once. You have such great ideas and such a good eye for space and the perfect use of small rooms. I hope the people who own this one will hire you to transform their little house into your offered structure. - I‘m always looking forward to your vlogs, I really like them.

What an interesting project! Bravo!

love your ideas!!!

@gemmawheeler

3 ай бұрын

Thank you!! 😊

Great work, I love your aesthetic!

So glad you kept the quarry tiles. I spent six months scraping green gloss paint and dried concrete residue off the black and red tiles in our Victorian kitchen. Your transformation is beautiful.

Fascinating and extraordinary resolution to a challenging reinvention of a building. You explain it all well and now I find myself awaiting another of your videos which are both a relaxation (your voice!) and a stimulation. Brava.

Gemma, your reimagined design of this cottage is glorious and beautiful. Your honoring of the exterior stone material, arched window and exterior entrance has transformed this sweet building into an idyllic home that inspires us to close up our rambling 1854 house in the states and move to England. I so admire your aesthetic in design, functionality, elegance and absolute beauty of the marriage of light, form and natural elements. Your designs are such inspiration!

Again, such a beautiful and thought through design.

Very rarely am I stunned into silence; Gemma, this one of those occasions - how you managed to reinterpret this structure into what I think is arguably one of your best creations, I'll never know. Your concept might actually just be the solution that I've been after for quite some time. Thank you again, I'm indebted for your knowledge, passion and creativity 🤗

This ancient and modern combo works so well...

Love your transformations!

6:25 You could put your TV on a arm that moves out so that you can view the TV comfortable from all angels and then just move it back after you are done to save space.

As with all of your projects I’d happily live in any one of them. Brilliant transformation

The mixture of contemporary elements along with the original aspects is refreshing. It reminds me of Europe generally, blending the very old with the very new. Well done.

Absolutely Fabulous!

I just love you 3D renditions. It's amazing how this house is transformed. I wish you could actualize many of your 3D models.

I cannot tell you how excited I was to find a new video! I am so impressed by your work and how you are always making everything flooded with light! I am so happy!

Great work, looks amazing

@gemmawheeler

3 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

Every time I watch your videos, I'm surprised at how ingeniously you think through the layout. Will there ever be a video with the implementation of your project in life?😊

Fantastic❤💐❤

This is also my favorite design of yours so far! I'm figuratively ready to buy it from you! Also, intrigued with your sponsorship.

The best part of this renovation was obvs moving it from a drab grey part of England to the snowy forests of Lapland. 🤩

This modification/transformation has been done beautifully.

This is such a beautiful use of the space. The only thing I don't love is the red colour of the extension but otherwise it's perfectly done. Well done!

it's amazing what money and the skills of an architect can do to such an dreary sad building. Well done.

I never tire of looking and remotely living in your functional and wonderful imagination! 💜 -From Canada

Great ideas with lovely attention to detail in blending old and new sections. I would make downstairs toilet into a wet room to give a full 2nd shower and with the addition of underfloor heating and solar panels plus air source heat pump to make the whole space cosy.

Wow!! Another banger!! Much like your other videos I love how you mix the original elements that give it so much charm with the modern comforts of a new home.

Not only clever solutions, but entertaining as well. Your channel is always excellent.

One of my favorites yet Gemma, fantastic design and the snow was a nice touch on that scandinavian feeling extension

This is genius use of space AND so unique!

Absolutely mesmerized by your clear and open spaces. This slightly offset livingroom.idea and entrance was such a wonderful idea. ❤

A frosted window in the WC door downstairs would keep the light from the little window coming into this back entrance. I like internal walls/doors windows. I think the Quakers did this a lot to keep the internal rooms of their big houses well lite.

Well designed with a very thoughtful use of light.

Excellent! I appreciate the ideas you present and love the way you show us how they can be integrated. How you keep the old and add on the new. I always look forward to your videos.

Just lovely - I love your thoughtful use of windows and openings to maximise natural light 😍

You are such a good architect. Well done again!

Perfectly gorgeous and brilliant. It is so lovely that you have maintained the original stone work visible inside. I would love to live in this home.

Always inspiring! 🤍

You did your magic again.

Your channel is a lovely, inspiring, peaceful, creative oasis.

So creative and stunning as always! I am excited every time I see you've posted another video, thank you for making them Gemma, they are a joy to watch!

10/10 would build this design from scratch. Love this.