Churches converted into homes
There are all sorts of people in this world. But not everyone has vineyards like these, mind-blowing churches converted into fabulous homes.
In Australia we find a church-house converted into a loft which takes your breath away and, what's more, is anything but a «house for everyone». A single space contains the living room, the dining room and the kitchen, completely exposed and dominating the room like an altar, although I hope that something more than wine and unleavened bread is offered on it... Mind you, the purple walls are reminiscent of a bishop's cassock. A nice touch.
There is in London a converted temple home.
Light enters at will through the huge wooden windows, framed by the pointed arches that lead out to the terrace. In this home we have buttoned armchairs, ginger jars, a grand piano, vintage objects scattered here and there, all of which were once sacred to someone. The kitchen is separated from the living room by a superb table where another Last Supper could well be held, even if the setting is not “quite” the same. I'll sign up if my last supper is in a place like this...
Also in the UK, in Kyloe, there is a converted Georgian church home that is anything but sweet...
Next to the house there is a graveyard, grrr, the main bedroom is on the altar (something not even the worst porn films have), and the spaces are so open there is nowhere to hide one's sins.
A stark white dresses a church-house in Utrecht refurbished by the Dutch studio Zecc Architecten, broken only by the colour burst of the stained glass.
The perfect balance between one and the other is reflected in the interior, which, upon receiving indirect and semi-zenithal light, produces an almost mystical effect. Enrique Iglesias would call it a thoroughly religious experience.
And there are many more, believe us, you of little faith. And if you are like Doubting Thomas and need to put your finger in the wound to believe, keep snooping around this blog, We Live in a Church. Birds of a feather flock together.
