Sunny Wilder’s timber pavilion represents an impossible balance in architecture, utilizing strong structural lines to create a sanctuary which beams lightness and sensitivity.

The back yard space was designed by Wilder for clients desiring an indoor-outdoor living area which would entice the family to spend more time in the garden. The result is the fanning, airy abode that is the timber pavilion.

The pavilion’s owner explains: “We didn’t want it to feel like a shed. It’s now a room that when you walk outside, you want to go inside and use it, it’s ended up perfect.”

Mindful of the fact that the outdoor home should reflect its owners’ dispositions, Wilder ensured that the design tied in with the style of the rest of the house, whilst making its own distinct statement. In this way, she was able to draw on their individual taste and reinvigorate it by adding a different flavour.

This was the case with Wilder’s decision to use timber as a prevalent aspect of the design. Timber contrasts with the rest of the house whilst also evoking the moods associated with outdoor living, due to its long association with gazebo like structures.

The timber matches the tones of the house whilst setting a completely different vibe so that its owners feel as though they are escaping to a separate sanctuary any time they enter this area of their home. This teamed with the bi-folding timber doors which fully open to a terrace in warmer weather, are the reasons the client refers to the pavilion as her own “summer garden home.”

Wilder’s intuitive design makes great use of light and space, allowing its owners to look directly from within the house out onto the tennis court, thereby cleverly enticing outside exploration.

Sunny Wilder’s indoor space compliments the outdoors harmoniously, and makes her timber pavilion such a peaceful place to be.

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