Living Room, Chair, Coffee Tables, Standard Layout Fireplace, Storage, Ceiling Lighting, Medium Hardwood Floor, and Wood Burning Fireplace Subverting the traditional, conservatively cozy British barn conversion, Carl Turner created a getaway in rural Norfolk for himself and his friends to visit, repose, and consider the beauty of agrarian minimalism. Turner reclaimed most of the timber used for the flooring as he renovated buildings in London. He thought his stockpile was big enough for the Ochre Barn, but the scale of the place defeated him. The solution, surprisingly, was eBay, turning up an old mill’s worth of boards. Photo 3 of 26 in 18 Brilliant Barn Conversions That Merge Past and Present from Winning Bids: 7 Unbelievable Online Finds

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The eponymous founder of London firm Carl Turner Architects transformed a barn in Norfolk, England, into a rural getaway inspired by the form of the original structure. Turner reclaimed most of the timber used for the floors from the firm’s renovations of buildings in London. Oriented strand board (OSB) was also used to create furniture, walls, and other features within the home. 

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