Moodboard – The Conversation Pit

 

My desire for a sunken seating area perhaps stems from my love of all things seventies when the conversation pit was first incepted; an area designed for chat, a step or more lower than the rest of a space, where seating is placed conducive to conversation.  Typically enclosed on three sides, the built in lowered seating also allows for a view with minimal obstruction (in this case, out the windows) and a cosy, nook type atmosphere in what is, essentially, a large open plan space.

It is a commitment, yes, but my hankering for the conversation pit to be a feature in this new space of ours has been with me since our first design meeting some four years ago.  In fact, the step down to the designated ‘living’ area is the only design feature on my quirky lust list that persists (the indoor slide, internal shower room courtyard and L shaped floor plan all transpired to be either impractical from a design or budget point of view).

We have just one step down and, barring a stressful moment where too much concrete was poured into the ‘pit’, endangering the depth altogether (surrounding floor was subsequently raised), it is enough to make a feature of.  I plan to exaggerate that step with more striped tiles on the riser to match the newly finished patio and dig into the nod to the seventies with fully printed upholstery on the sofa.

After much deliberation I have settled on the blue and white Cusco Indigo fabric from Warner House – a beautifully weighty weave in an all over pattern that should make a bit of a statement.  Now only the small matter of building the sofa frame, with zero experience, remains.

You can see the full open plan layout here, a quick video tour to help visualise and my saved inspiration below…

 

 

Inspiration ranges from this fully printed room by Natalia Miyar (I would if I could) to original seventies pits with fires (much like ours) to the queen of built in, sunken living spaces, Roisin Lafferty and her green velvet dream.

 

image by Natalia Miyar via Elle Decor

images via House & Garden & Pinterest

image via Roisin Lafferty

images via Pinterest & Living Bright Interiors

 

So, hopefully, the next time I share this space with you…  we’ll be in the conversation pit.

Wish us luck.

 

 

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