Restaurant

Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat

What we did

Hemelhoeve in Brasschaat had to work as a restaurant from the very first service, so Marcotte Style delivered the whole interior rather than a furniture list.

The building works and finishes are ours: the terracotta fabric wall of the private dining room, installed for insulation and acoustic damping, the rustic barn wood posts and slatted screens, the oak floor, and the bar with its dark counter and suspended glass rack. So are the oak tables, the buttoned and plain velvet chairs in olive, blush, taupe and navy, the banquettes, the long crystal chandelier, the black dome pendants and the terrace furniture outside.

The approach

Designed in house by our interior architects
Photorealistic 3D before production
Made to measure in our own atelier
Delivered, installed and styled by our own team
One point of contact from A to Z

Images from this project

Dining room

Black dome pendants along the glazed wall - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Black dome pendants along the glazed wall

The glazed dining room turns on a single gesture: a gilded tree that spreads its canopy over oak tables and velvet armchairs, with black dome pendants dropping between the steel window frames. Behind the barn wood posts and slatted screens sit the quieter banquette room and the private dining room, where a long crystal chandelier hangs over the table and the terracotta fabric wall, fitted for insulation and acoustic damping, carries the same colour as the curtains and the velvet. Every drop height, table length and gap between chairs was drawn up in advance and rendered in photorealistic 3D before a single piece went into production.

Private dining room with terracotta fabric wall - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Private dining room with terracotta fabric wall

Round oak table under a black dome pendant - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Round oak table under a black dome pendant

That is why the glazed dining room, the quieter banquette room, the bar and the terrace feel like one place instead of four.

Navy and blush velvet chairs at oak tables - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Navy and blush velvet chairs at oak tables

Terracotta curtains and black dome pendants - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Terracotta curtains and black dome pendants

Banquettes behind barn wood slatted screens - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Banquettes behind barn wood slatted screens

Daylight on the gilded tree canopy - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Daylight on the gilded tree canopy

Olive buttoned banquettes under black wall lights - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Olive buttoned banquettes under black wall lights

Long oak table with blush velvet chairs - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Long oak table with blush velvet chairs

Barn wood screen opening to the terrace - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Barn wood screen opening to the terrace

Private dining table between barn wood posts - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Private dining table between barn wood posts

Candlelit oak tables with velvet chairs - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Candlelit oak tables with velvet chairs

Gilded leaves of the decorative tree canopy - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Gilded leaves of the decorative tree canopy

Olive buttoned banquette booth with oak top - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Olive buttoned banquette booth with oak top

Oak table top on a cross base - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Oak table top on a cross base

Buttoned banquette at the glazed kitchen wall - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Buttoned banquette at the glazed kitchen wall

Because that wall is fabric rather than a hard finish, it also keeps the room warm and takes the edge off the noise.

Woven basket and candle on oak - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Woven basket and candle on oak

Long oak table beside a timber sliding door - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Long oak table beside a timber sliding door

Oak table edge against the terracotta fabric wall - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Oak table edge against the terracotta fabric wall

Amber glass drops on the crystal chandelier - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Amber glass drops on the crystal chandelier

Row of velvet chair backs along the banquette - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Row of velvet chair backs along the banquette

Barn wood posts beside the crystal chandelier - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Barn wood posts beside the crystal chandelier

Olive buttoned chair back under a brass pendant - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Olive buttoned chair back under a brass pendant

Plated dish on oak beside barn wood posts - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Plated dish on oak beside barn wood posts

Buttons in caramel velvet on a chair back - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Buttons in caramel velvet on a chair back

Bar

Bar with dark counter and suspended glass rack - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Bar with dark counter and suspended glass rack

Bar counter with a fluted timber front - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Bar counter with a fluted timber front

Round wall light on the fluted oak panel - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Round wall light on the fluted oak panel

Designed in house by our own interior architects, made to measure in our own atelier, then delivered, installed and styled by our own team, with one point of contact from A to Z.

Dark counter under amber fringe chandeliers - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Dark counter under amber fringe chandeliers

The bar has a dark counter with a fluted timber front, a suspended glass rack above it and navy velvet stools along its length, all of it within reach of the gilded canopy. The same dark stone and warm underlighting carry through to the entrance counter and the service station, with amber fringe chandeliers overhead and a round wall light on the fluted oak panel, and a buttoned velvet sofa against whitewashed brick makes the drinks corner beside it. Counter, bar and stools were drawn up in advance, made to measure in our own atelier, then delivered, installed and styled by our own team.

Buttoned velvet sofa against whitewashed brick - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Buttoned velvet sofa against whitewashed brick

Terrace

The terrace runs across the cobbles in two registers: scaffolding wood tables and benches under black parasols and awnings, and a lighter set of tables on ribbed terracotta bases with white moulded chairs. The white sculptural pieces between them are polyethylene, as is all the outdoor furniture, chosen so it wipes clean and takes the seasons, and once it gets dark the sculptures glow red, warm white or pink. It reads as one terrace because it was drawn as one, on the same plans as the rooms inside.

High terrace tables along the chestnut paling fence - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — High terrace tables along the chestnut paling fence

Polyethylene seating sculptures that light up at dusk - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Polyethylene seating sculptures that light up at dusk

Arched seating sculptures with terracotta bench cushions - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Arched seating sculptures with terracotta bench cushions

Terrace tables and white polyethylene chairs on cobbles - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Terrace tables and white polyethylene chairs on cobbles

White loop sculptures with terracotta bench cushions - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — White loop sculptures with terracotta bench cushions

Terrace benches in scaffolding wood with white cushions - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Terrace benches in scaffolding wood with white cushions

View through a loop sculpture to the terrace - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — View through a loop sculpture to the terrace

Scaffolding wood terrace tables under black parasols - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Scaffolding wood terrace tables under black parasols

Arched sculpture and terrace table in evening sun - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Arched sculpture and terrace table in evening sun

Round terrace table between the white arches - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Round terrace table between the white arches

White chairs at a terrace table by the fence - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — White chairs at a terrace table by the fence

Loop sculptures glowing red after dark - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Loop sculptures glowing red after dark

Arched sculptures glowing pink at night - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Arched sculptures glowing pink at night

Sculptures lit warm white on the evening terrace - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Sculptures lit warm white on the evening terrace

White moulded chair beside a ribbed terracotta base - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — White moulded chair beside a ribbed terracotta base

Table edge, ribbed base and terracotta boucle cushion - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Table edge, ribbed base and terracotta boucle cushion

Slim table top on ribbed terracotta legs - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Slim table top on ribbed terracotta legs

Black table top on a ribbed terracotta base - Hemelhoeve, Brasschaat — Black table top on a ribbed terracotta base

A restaurant is a room full of dimensions that have to be right the first time. Every zone was drawn up in advance and rendered in photorealistic 3D before production, so the length of the chandelier against the private dining table, the drop of the pendants over the window seats, the height of the banquette backs and the spacing between tables were all agreed on plan. That is why the glazed dining room, the quieter banquette room, the bar and the terrace feel like one place instead of four.

The material story is warm and repeated. Oak in the table tops and the floor, velvet in every seat, in a controlled family of colours. The terracotta of the fabric wall comes back in the curtains and in the velvet of the chairs and the banquettes, so the private dining room, the glazed dining room and the quieter banquette room all read as one colour. Because that wall is fabric rather than a hard finish, it also keeps the room warm and takes the edge off the noise. The rustic barn wood and the black steel of the pendants, the window frames and the bar are the counterpoint.

Outside the thinking was practical. The terrace tables and benches are scaffolding wood, and the outdoor seating was specified in polyethylene so it wipes clean and takes the seasons without breaking down, with pieces that light up once it gets dark.

Designed in house by our own interior architects, made to measure in our own atelier, then delivered, installed and styled by our own team, with one point of contact from A to Z.