By Bates Surfaces
This old Rodney barn had the perfect bones for a multipurpose space – a seasonal cooking school, movie night venue or rainy-day retreat for the kids.
Interior designer Sonya Cotter was briefed for a warm and inviting interior that would stand up to knocks and be easy to clean. ‘Plywood offers the character of timber more cost-effectively, and it suits the barn-style interior. The prefinished UV-cured surface has a wonderful satin finish and adds a real lustre.’
Sonya selected the Naturally Naked birch panel for the two side walls and the ceiling planes, picking out the barn’s triangular profile in the black-stained Double Trouble.
PlyPlay panels are prefinished with a UV-cured coating – a finish more durable than its equivalents, neater than non-factory coatings, and solvent-free for no smell in the factory or on-site. Panels are supplied with a protective film, which allows work on the boards without scratching the surface.
CREDITS
Project: Barn Upcycle
Cabinetmaker: Connoisseur Kitchens
Photos: Bryce Carleton
Copywriting: Folio
PlyPlay can be purchased from CARTERS.
Bates Surfaces has been a leader in surface-coating building products since 1953, utilising the best UV-coatings technology in the world.
As New Zealand’s largest applicator of UV coatings, we have been a trusted supply partner to the local industry for over 25 years.
We transform products, such as raw fibre cement panels, into pre-finished, factory-coated products – working with manufacturers as they make them part of their product catalogue.
In addition to fulfilling OSM orders for customers such as James Hardie and Laminex, we market our own brands – PureCoat™ kitchen and bathroom panels, PlyPlay™ pre-finished plywood wall and ceiling panels, and hygienic Fenta™ Ceiling Tiles.