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WELCOME to your October issue. This month the team are looking forward to the new decorating season with a preview of the key trends that are starting to filter through to the high street – for Jules Barton-Breck’s pick of what’s hot right now, see page 109. This time of year always inspires me to either rethink furniture in a room, change flooring or update my hallway or bathroom with a bold new colour. Right now, I’m looking at all of the above as the renovation of my 1960s semi in Cambridge is well underway. My kitchen is almost complete, so next I’m looking forward to transforming my navy and yellow living room into a calm and contemporary space… If you have a bigger project in mind, such as renovating your Victorian home, turn to page 38 for essential advice from industry experts, plus case studies showing how others’ dreams have been turned into a reality. You’ll find many more examples of stunning projects at Realhomesmagazine.co.uk. Enjoy!
My living room scheme Itsuki wallpaper in Feather Grey, £50 per roll, from the Orvieto collection at Romo
Above and right Fanned Diamond silk cushion cover, £29; Steve Alan Abstract crewel cushion cover in Golden Gate, £34, both West Elm
Below Key Dhurrie wool and cotton pouf, (H)33x(W)56x (D)56cm, £149, West Elm
Above Isla love seat upholstered in Veneto velvet in Citrus, with hardwood legs, (H)91x(W)111x (D)79cm, £1,449, Marks & Spencer
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CONTENTS OCTOBER 2014 HOMES Victorian conversion project ‘We turned two flats back into one house’
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Renovated Edwardian home ‘Our renovation project was an exciting challenge’
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Extended 1970s property ‘We’ve transformed a dated bungalow into our dream home’
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Victorian house transformation ‘Converting the basement has made our home perfect for the whole family’
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1930s apartment redesign ‘Adding a storey has given us all the space we need’
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Renovating a Victorian house Discover expert solutions and home-improvement ideas with this seven-page guide
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Project planner Michael Holmes advises on how to find the right building contractor for your project
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Budgeting for your garden project Matt James shares his expert tips on when to spend and where to save when redesigning your outdoor space
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Creating interiors with character How to successfully introduce salvage into your home
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Sarah Beeny’s DIY jobs In the fourth part of this exclusive series, Sarah shares her advice on painting a stairwell
KITCHENS AND BATHROOMS
Kitchen-diner project ‘Savvy budgeting was key to our open-plan redesign’
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How to project-manage your renovation Discover ways to organise and budget for your kitchen redesign
‘Our new kitchen extension blurs the lines between indoors and out’
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Your essential guide to this season’s new homeware collections
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Autumn decorating
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Consumer update Know what your rights are if your bathroom project goes wrong
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Stylish built-in bathroom furniture Optimise your storage with the latest fitted solutions
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Latest heating solutions Do you need to replace your heating this winter? Use this guide to help make the right choice for your property
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New looks for wood-burning stoves Find a look to suit your home, plus useful buying advice
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Bedroom design guide Julia Kendell offers her expertise on making the most of your space
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Decorating trend report Latest ideas and looks from the best Autumn/Winter homeware collections
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Editor’s letter Welcome to your October issue
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News etc The latest trends, decorating ideas and home-improvement solutions
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Realhomesmagazine.co.uk Find even more expert advice and design inspiration for your extension project online this month
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Have you completed a home-improvement project? Find out how you could have your house featured in Real Homes
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Subscription offer Receive 12 issues for £30.24 – a saving of 30 per cent!
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Don’t miss next month’s Real Homes A sneak preview of what’s to come in the November issue
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October stockists Where to find all the products and services featured in the magazine
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Face to face with…Emma Mann The design manager for home at Sainsbury’s talks about her role, style and what’s new for Autumn/Winter
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Above Orla Kiely Cars single duvet set with pillowcase, £80, Unique & Unity
ORLA KIELY PRINTS FOR KIDS
The latest textile collection from Orla Kiely is great for adding a shot of colour to a child’s bedroom or a family bathroom. Featuring her distinctive repeat motifs and large-scale patterns, choose from Cars, Out At Sea, Single Spot Flower, Bird Watch, Around The World, Giant Flower and Dandelion in a palette of Brick Red, Lemon Yellow, Apple Green and Navy. The 100 per cent cotton single or double duvet sets, blankets, cushions and bath, hand and face towels are available at Unique & Unity and selected stockists. Prices start from £6.
Andromeda antique brass light with mixed coloured glass shades, (H)54.5x(W)113cm, £960, Heathfield & Co
Timeless lighting While the Andromeda ceiling light collection from Heathfield & Co draws on mid-century influences, it is contemporary enough to suit most rooms. Combining modern design with finely sculpted metalwork and decorative fittings, each style has adjustable antique brass arms and swivel shades that
can be angled for light that’s functional as well as stunning. With clear glass shades fired with transparent coloured tints, choose from Smoke and Murano Blue or add contrast with a mixed finish. Alternatively, take it in a traditional direction with tall French drums in Dark Teal, Ivory or Mocha satin.
Mediterranean inspiration
Churriana tile in Azure Blue, (W)20x(L)20cm, £9 each
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Dried in the Andalucian sun for an authentic patina, the tiles in Bert & May’s Azure collection feature three on-trend geometric designs in four new shades inspired by water. Choose from Azure Blue, developed with The Conran Shop, Navy, Sea and Lake, £9 per tile. u
Majadas tile in Azure Blue, (W)20x(L)20cm, £9 each
Lapis tile in Azure Blue, (W)20x(L)20cm, £9 each
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Cath Kidston Spot tile in Dove Grey, (W)30.5x (L)30.5cm, £42.95 per m2
Cath Kidston Spot tile in Prussian Blue, (W)30.5x (L)30.5cm, £42.95 per m2
Colourful flooring
Cath Kidston Spot tile in Willow, (W)30.5x (L)30.5cm, £42.95 per m2
Already one of Harvey Maria’s bestsellers, Spot luxury vinyl floor tiles from the Cath Kidston collection have had an autumn makeover. Four gorgeous colours – Dove Grey, the muted yellow Willow, Prussian Blue and Lamp Black – are ideal for a quick room update. Slip-resistant, hardwearing and easy to clean, Spot costs £42.95 per m2 or £47.89 for a pack of 12. Available online and at John Lewis.
WEB WATCH COMPARISON SITE WITH A TWIST Ahead of having major surgery and getting divorced, nearly half of us rank moving house as life’s most stressful activity*, so anything to make it simpler can only be beneficial. Finding a reliable mover is often the first step, and Buzzmove – the UK’s first removal services comparison site – means it’s now easier than ever. The site uses an algorithm to give the most accurate quote possible, so you can compare approximate quotes at a glance, create a detailed inventory of what you’re moving, check there’ll be adequate insurance cover and book a moving firm online, all with the peace of mind that the service you choose will be certified as well as vetted and validated. Visit Buzzmove.com.
Easy home automation Creating your own ‘smart home’ might conjure up visions of automatic lights, motion sensors and a large remote control with a price tag to match, but Piper – a Wi-Fi-enabled all-in-one home automation and security device – is simple and pocket-friendly, letting you control as much or as little as necessary from an app. Combining a camera with a fish-eye lens that records panoramic video, sensors to monitor temperature, humidity,
ambient light and motion, a siren, microphone and speaker (so you can talk and listen to the room), Piper also connects to any Z-Waveenabled plug or door sensor, so you can operate lights remotely or be alerted if doors are opened while you’re away. The app can send alerts via text, email or phone call, plus you can keep up to 1,000 videos in free cloud storage. (H)15x(W)9x (D)4.5cm, Piper costs £119 and comes in black or white. Country Oak 54880 luxury vinyl tiles, (W)19x(L)132cm, from £34.99 per m2, from the Impress range at Moduleo
If you love rustic wood finishes but are looking for something a little more low-maintenance for your floors, Moduleo’s Impress collection, from £34.99 per m2, is sure to do just that. Comprising five luxury vinyl tile designs, there are 22 colour options, all with skilful embossing to make them as convincing to the touch as they are to the eye. The tiles are easy to fit, clicking together without adhesive, and are suitable for humid environments, such as kitchens and bathrooms. u
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Plantation shutters, (H)155x(W)11cm, £168, Tuiss
Super-smart shutters
warp or fade, have great heat and sound insulation, are fire-resistant, washable and can be painted without preparation. Made to measure in a choice of traditional or contemporary designs, they are easy to install with a ‘screw and slot’ system to fit the doors onto a pre-sized frame. Prices start from £99 per m2 in white.
Hanger chair in Marine, (H)90x (W)47x(D)2cm (when folded), £230, Umbra Shift
Formerly the London 2012 Olympic Games’ Athletes’ Village, private rental homes by Get Living London in the new East Village feature interiors conceived by Hemingway Design. Each home comes with a free furnishing package, including beds, sofas, dining table and chairs, focusing on the best of British design. These stylish homes are available to rent as oneto four-bedroom apartments, and townhouses, with long-term tenancies of one to three years.
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MIDCENTURY SHOW EAST, Goldfinger’s Haggerston School, London E2 8LS (12 October 2014) Whether you’re wowed by Wegner or eager for Eames, the Modern Shows are a great place to discover midcentury ceramics, furniture, vintage fabrics, collectable posters and more. Returning to the Grade II-listed Erno Goldfinger-designed school, a modernist masterpiece in itself, entrance is £9 (£8 for advance e-tickets). ‘Two for £10’ online tickets are valid 2-4pm.
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The features most likely to put potential homebuyers off a property in the UK are a lack of garden (43 per cent), an outdated bathroom (21 per cent) and a small kitchen (17 per cent), according to a recent study.*
Part of the Umbra Shift design project range that aims to rethink traditional objects, the Hanger chair takes simple storage to a new level, folding flat to hang anywhere from a hook or rail, freeing up floor space. Designed by Philippe Malouin and available in Marine, Grey, Yellow, Black and Coral, the chairs are made from plastic Formicalaminated Baltic birch plywood, and cost £230 each.
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Painted wooden slatted shutters look stunning but rarely stand up to the damp atmosphere of a kitchen or bathroom. Re-create their pared-back style with Tuiss’ latest composite version – made from uPVC wrapped around an aluminium core for strength without compromising on design. The plantation shutters also won’t
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A home designed by Honeybee Interiors
Daisy & Delilah has collaborated with graduate designers to create a limited-edition collection of footstools and ottomans. A blend of digitally printed contemporary motifs and traditional shapes influenced by modern UK life, the Underground footstool by Korisse Ireson Dalton is inspired by mosaic flooring in London Underground stations, while the Floral ottoman by Tanya Govorusa features floral and bird-themed fabric that pays homage to storytelling and the Victorian era, and the Skulls footstool by Katie Gregory is a nod to English heritage and her family’s history of hunting and the countryside. Handmade with turned beech legs and a hardwood frame, only 10 of each piece has been created. Footstools cost from £415 and ottomans from £445.
Walls painted in Tropical Ocean matt emulsion, £19.99 for 2.5 litres; Cherry Lush feature wall emulsion, £13.99 for 1.25 litres; So Sweet matt emulsion, £19.99 for 2.5 litres, all Crown Paints at Homebase
HOT TREND: COLOUR EXPLOSION
Geometrics continue to be popular, but if you want to go a step further, try the latest paint trend from Crown Paints. Colour Explosion is a visual kaleidoscope of bright, punchy tones, drawing on influences from fashion through to architecture and science fiction. Using vivid blocks of colour, it’s a less regimented way of adding angles to create impact. So grab some masking tape, a selection of your favourite primary shades and plan a striking feature wall with pattern, shadow and texture.
New design service online Whether you’re running low on interior ideas or need help with a project, e-decoration company Honeybee Interiors can offer design tips and source furnishings to create an entire vision for your home, regardless of distance or budget. Created by London-based interior designer and The Vintage Chandelier Company founder Sacha Berger, prices for the new service vary per project, but average costs are around £300 per room.
Spend longer in your garden The light evenings might be growing shorter, but if you love the alfresco lifestyle, the latest Technoheater range from Gala Tent will keep you cosy when temperatures start to cool. Portable and energy efficient, with running costs around 85 per cent less than a gas patio heater, it uses carbon fibre as its heating element, and instead of warming the air around you, uses Far Infrared Radiation (FIR) – perfect for families with young children as there’s no risk of burning. Plus, it goes into standby mode if you move more than five metres away. With various integrated features, the Technoheater comes in four models, including Helios (shown), £599, finished in weather-resistant powder-coated steel.
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CASH Left Light grey glass lamp with polycotton shade, (H)40x(dia.)12cm, £20, George Home
Easy update vs investment buy THE HOMEBUILDING & RENOVATING AND HOME IMPROVEMENT SHOW, Royal Highland Centre (RHC), Ingliston, Edinburgh EH28 8NB (25-26 October 2014) As Scotland’s biggest self-build and renovating event, this two-day show is a great place to find new products and services, speak to experts from more than 140 specialist companies and brush up on your skills or learn something new at the Masterclass Theatre. Experts and architects are on hand to offer advice and review your plans, and Dulux’s interior designers will be providing free one-to-one consultations to add extra style to your home. Advance tickets can be bought until October 24 for £8, or pay £12 on the day. Under-16s go free.
CREDIT Right William glass bottle table lamp with linen shade, (H)63x(dia.)35cm, £95, from the Croft collection at John Lewis
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Whether decorating, scrubbing the floor or gardening, prevent aching joints with Kneelo knee pads. Featuring adjustable contoured memory foam cushion pads encased in waterproof neoprene, simply strap the pads over your knees ready for the task in hand, and watch them ping back into shape when you stand up. Available in Moss, Gooseberry, Poppy, Fuchsia, Eucalyptus and Slate, they cost £16.95 per pair at Potter & Rest.
For affordable, simple home updates, look no further than Dutch brand Hema. New to the UK, there’s plenty of colour in its soft furnishings and accessories collections and, judging by global popularity (it sells five fitted sheets every minute), Hema is sure to be a regular on your shopping route. The first store is in London’s Victoria Place, with Kingston and Bromley to follow later this year, and an online shop is in the works.
Ceramic vase, (H)20x (dia.)18cm, £10
Yellow chevron cotton cushion cover, (W)50x (L)50cm, £12
Green cotton cushion cover, (W)50x (L)50cm, £12
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Owl, £72 per roll, Rockett St George
Fontainebleau in 99/12050, £375 per roll, from the Folie collection at Cole & Son
Turquoise 798-913, £39.95 per roll, from the Tendresse collection at Galerie Wallcoverings
Indira in Damson, £48 per roll, from the Showstoppers collection at Clarke & Clarke
Amalfi in 496-91, £77 per roll, from the Gabriel collection at Sandberg
Rapunzel in Aqua, £23 per m, from the Rapunzel collection at Voyage Decoration
Summer Palace in Cranberry, £39 per roll, Laura Ashley
Emma J Shipley Paradisi I Gold, £26 per roll, from the New Wave collection at Graham & Brown
Bird Menagerie, £30 per roll, Next Home
Great Ormond Street in Parchment, £69.50 per roll, from the London Wallpapers collection at Little Greene
Love Birds in 60122, £49 per roll, from the Boutique collection at Harlequin
Paradaiza in Multi, £24 per roll, John Lewis
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eed inspiration for your garden project, but not sure where to start? With user-friendly interactive features and a wide variety of paving choices, Stonemarket.co.uk has all the tools you need to create your dream garden or driveway. A manufacturer and distributor of quality garden and driveway products, Stonemarket can help you make the most of your plot’s size and layout with its easy-to-use Paving Generator, which provides inspiration on design and laying patterns. Find the style of stone to suit your property by browsing the product ranges, searching by brand, colour or type, and then view
Above Cordara Fairstone linear paving is cut to give a look reminiscent of real wood, from £90.41 per m2 Right Millstone paving, from £47.94 per m2, is an ideal choice for traditional gardens, as it replicates fine antique stone
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WIN! examples of each paving type in the gallery. Whether you live in a contemporary home or period property, Stonemarket has a style to suit. Try the traditional cobblestone look with Millstone driveway setts, create a modern garden with Equinox natural stone paving, or choose from the ethically sourced Fairstone range or the eco-friendly Rio Permeapave driveway solution. Once you’ve gathered your design ideas, simply type in your postcode to find a landscaper or garden designer in your local area. For more information, and to view the full collection, visit Stonemarket.co.uk
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HOW TO ENTER Text RHMAG STONE followed by your name, house number and postcode to 64343. Texts cost £1 plus network extras. Service provider: Digital Select Ltd, 0330 103 9999. Enter online for free at www.realhomesmagazine. co.uk/competitions. See page 28 for the full terms and conditions. The closing date is 3 October 2014.
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Right The Aquatap makes a stylish accompaniment to any kitchen. With its sleek finish and compact design, the water tank fits into a kitchen cupboard with ease
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re you thinking of updating your heating system this winter? If so, enter this month’s fantastic competition for your chance to win a hot water package from heating specialist Heatrae Sadia, including an Aquatap and a pre-plumbed Megaflo Eco Systemfit hot water cylinder, worth a total of £5,000. The Megaflo Eco Systemfit cylinder uses mains water pressure to deliver hot water to every room in the house, rather than relying on gravity to deliver it from a traditional tank in the loft. A hi-tech hot water system such as Megaflo is the perfect solution for powerful showers, even where there is more than one shower in the house, while also allowing you to fill a bath much faster, saving both time and energy. Easy to install, it can be fitted in an airing cupboard, which means minimal disruption when upgrading to a new system. Streamlined with a contemporary chrome finish, the Aquatap is the perfect addition to any kitchen, providing chilled drinking water, filtered cold water, and boiling water, at the touch of a button – ideal for making winter-warming hot drinks in an instant. For more information, or to see the full range, visit Megaflo.com and Heatrasesadia.com/aquatap, or call 01603 420220.
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Left Helmsley Cashmere 1400 double mattress with two-drawer storage base in Eggshell, (H)144.5x(W)135x (L)190cm, £1,019; Florence headboard in Vanilla, £319
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‘We turned two flats back into one house’ James and Kerry Lindsay extended into the loft and to the back of their property to create a characterful home full of original features WORDS DEBBIE JEFFERY PHOTOGRAPHS DARREN CHUNG
FACT FILE THE OWNERS James Lindsay (left) lives here with his wife Kerry. They both work for investment management companies
THE PROPERTY A four-bedroom, Victorian mid-terrace house (below)
THE LOCATION Battersea, south-west London
WHAT THEY SPENT The couple bought the original property as two flats for £950,000 in 2011, and have spent around £250,000 on renovation work and on converting them into a single house. The property has recently been valued at around £1.5million
NEW KITCHEN
Right Metallic finishes on the bar stools from Home & Colonial and the pendants from Terre d’Hautaniboul give a contemporary edge to Shaker-style units from Puccini Kitchens. Floor tiles from Solus Ceramics continue through the Schüco bi-fold doors. The cooker and hood are by Rangemaster
K
erry and I had been living in a two-bedroom flat in south London for five years and planned to marry, so we wanted to find a home with enough space for a family,’ recalls James Lindsay of their search for a house. ‘There’s a shortage of family homes in this part of London, with a huge amount of buyers for every
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seller. We were outbid on several places before being lucky enough to buy this one. It had been converted into two flats, so wasn’t an obvious choice, but we loved the area, which is between Wandsworth and Clapham Commons and has great shops and schools.’ Each flat was owned separately, but both were on the market, and the estate agent
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suggested that Kerry and James could convert them back into a terraced house. The top one was in relatively good condition but the dated one-bedroom ground-floor flat, with a poky kitchen, was less appealing. ‘We bought them in April 2011 and moved into the top-floor apartment,’ says Kerry. ‘That’s when we started to consult different
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building companies about converting the loft and building a kitchen extension to add more space. A friend recommended design-and-build specialist Plus Rooms, and we liked the fact that the company had so much prior experience working with Victorian houses nearby. Its designers showed us various designs on their iPads,
which helped us to visualise exactly what we wanted from the project.’ ‘Every detail was carefully recorded, and we received a schedule breaking down all the costs and payments so that we were able to budget effectively,’ adds James. Achieving planning permission for the extension and loft conversion proved to be u
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relatively straightforward, because so many homes in the area had already been extended, and Wandsworth Council processed the planning application in just eight weeks. Work started in November 2011, with the builders beginning at the top of the house. At this time, the Lindsays moved into the ground-floor flat, where they lived for the next three months. ‘When work on the ground-floor flat started, we moved out and rented
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a property around the corner for eight weeks,’ explains Kerry. ‘We came back every day to see what was happening and then moved back in while the house was being finished off in May 2012, so the whole project took about a year.’ Double-glazed timber sliding-sash windows were installed, replicating the original single-glazed versions; a new timber front door was fitted; and the property was completely re-roofed in
slate. While the front of the pretty brick house remains virtually unchanged, inside, the layout has been totally remodelled. A partition wall between the old ground-floor living room and the neighbouring bedroom was removed, opening them up to create an airy double reception room with a bay window at the front of the house, now fitted with timber shutters. ‘The mouldings in here had been damaged, so a specialist company
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Victorian conversion project SEAMLESS FLOW
Left Lowering the floor level of the new kitchen/dining/living room meant a larger size of bi-fold door could be fitted, which lets through even more natural light. The space was also extended into the old side return passageway, with rooflights supplied by Plus Rooms above a dining area. The table and benches are from Pine House
BEFORE
OLD BACK GARDEN
Left The imposing rear elevation had barely any connection between the house and outdoor space
NEW EXTENSION
Below Since its redesign, the ground floor offers views from the front door right through to the back garden. New double-glazed sash windows from Bluecourt Bespoke have replaced the old single-glazed designs
was employed to repair and replace the cornicing and ceiling roses,’ James recalls. The original floorboards were retained, first being stripped and treated before they were stained and varnished to a rich shade of brown. One of the open fireplaces is fully functional and the other is decorative, acting purely as a characterful focal point. A tiny kitchen, the former dining room and WC were combined to create a spacious kitchen/dining/family room overlooking u
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DESIGN TIP Bringing light into the heart of the home is key when extending a terraced property where windows are located only at the front and rear – so explore using glass roofs, open-plan layouts, and even large mirrors
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Left Two rooms on the ground floor were knocked through to create the large reception room, with a step down to the dining area of the open-plan space. A large mirror from Ayres & Graces, next to an armchair from The Coach House makes the room feel even more spacious. The original flooring has been stripped and varnished, and the fireplace is from Stonewoods
SEATING AREA
Right Tier-on-tier window shutters from The New England Shutter Company can be opened up partially in order to maintain privacy. The chandelier is from Christopher Wray. Arranged around a rug from The Painthouse, the sofa, armchair and footstool are all from Multiyork
the garden at the rear, which opens onto a sun-trap terrace through glass bi-fold doors and was enlarged with a wrap-around extension on two sides. ‘It was a last-minute decision to remove the ground-floor toilet, but we felt that it made more sense to have a larger, regular-shaped kitchen,’ says Kerry. New foundations were excavated for the extension, and internal and external walls were demolished to create the open-plan layout, which meant that the rear of the house had to be supported on a substantial skeleton of structural steelwork. This has become an interesting feature in the kitchen, where the steels are clad in plasterboard and painted white to blend into the rest of the room. Two frameless rooflights, inset into a flat roof, also filter natural light through to what was previously the side-return passageway. ‘We extended out about a metre into the garden and built across the side return, which really opened up the whole space,’ says James. ‘Part way through the project, the builders suggested that they could dig
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down further to create a higher ceiling in the kitchen. This required taller bi-fold doors, which also let in more light.’ The newly built external side wall has been left unplastered internally to create an exposed brick feature behind the kitchen table – introducing colour and texture to the predominantly white room. ‘We chose London stock bricks, and the blend of colours looks like an old garden wall,’ says Kerry. ‘There’s underfloor heating under the ceramic kitchen floor tiles, and the same white tiles are laid outside, but with a non-slip finish. Having a flush threshold and using the same style of floor tile inside and out makes the room feel even larger.’ Upstairs, the first-floor flat has also been totally reconfigured, with the former
living room and bedroom combined to make a stunning master bedroom and luxurious en suite. Original floorboards were given a makeover, and a fireplace filled with logs to make an unusual focal point. The family bathroom has stayed in the same position, but the old first-floor kitchen is now a guest bedroom, with a brick chimney breast exposed on one wall. A bedroom on the second floor, below the loft space, is now used as a home office, where the new central heating system is also housed. ‘We chose a Megaflo hot water system because it gives you equally high pressure in every room without the need for a cistern,’ says James. The loft has been converted to add a further bedroom with a Juliet balcony and a sloping ceiling inset with two rooflights u
‘We wanted to introduce character and chose traditional features to reflect the age of the house’
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STATEMENT BATH
Above A circular Ios design from Victoria + Albert Baths is the focal point of the newly created master en suite, which used to be a bedroom. The floor tiles are from European Heritage and the floorstanding tap is from CP Hart
MASTER BEDROOM
Above Purple accents add a luxurious touch to an otherwise light, neutral space, with a chaise-longue from Lakeside Interiors. The walls are painted in Joa’s White by Farrow & Ball, while the bed and ottoman are from Barker & Stonehouse
MASTER EN SUITE
Right Wall-hung furniture such as this vanity unit – for similar, try Duravit – keeps floor space clear, and therefore makes the room feel larger. The mosaic tiles forming a splashback are from European Heritage
above the bed. Also in this space, an en suite shower room includes a recessed shower tray and a glass screen that help to visually maximise the space. ‘We enjoyed planning each room and then watching as it was transformed,’ says Kerry. ‘It was lovely to see the back of the cramped kitchens and dated bathrooms, and to watch the house coming back to life.’ The couple visited furniture fairs and shopped online to find quirky fixtures and fittings, and the result is a stylish home that
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GUEST BEDROOM
Right Pale blue is the colour scheme for this room, with walls painted in Light Blue by Farrow & Ball and a bed from Next covered in Cath Kidston bedlinen
has been beautifully furnished. Large mirrors reflect the light, and the mix of contemporary and traditional features brings the house up-to-date without it losing any of its charm. ‘We wanted to introduce character, and chose traditional features, such as the window shutters, fireplaces and stripped floors, to reflect the age of the house,’ James explains. ‘Using a design-and-build company really took the pressure off,’ he adds, ‘so we could enjoy the fun parts of the project.’
THE CONTACTS
Design and build Plus Rooms, 0800 917 7127, Plusrooms.co.uk Aluminium bifold doors Schüco Hardwood windows and entrance door Bluecourt Bespoke Kitchen Puccini Kitchens Boiler Megaflo Window shutters The New England Shutter Company Bathrooms CP Hart, Victoria + Albert Baths Ceramic tiles Solus Ceramics
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Project notes
THE PLANS GROUND FLOOR AFTER
Living room Hallway
Hallway
GROUND FLOOR BEFORE
Bedroom
My best buy
WC Dining area
Dining room
Kitchen
Kitchen
FIRST FLOOR BEFORE
Living area
FIRST FLOOR AFTER Master bedroom
Living room
Bedroom En suite Bathroom
Bathroom
Kitchen
Bedroom
SECOND FLOOR AFTER
En suite
SECOND FLOOR BEFORE
Bathroom Bedroom
Bedroom
Bathroom Home office
THE COSTS Building work Windows Kitchen Miscellaneous Sanitaryware Bi-fold doors Heating and plumbing Electrics TOTAL
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James Lindsay shares his advice for creating a contemporary home
Living room
£150,000 £20,000 £20,000 £18,000 £12,000 £10,000 £10,000 £10,000
£250,000
‘The bi-fold doors weren’t cheap, but they totally transform the rear of the house and open up the kitchen to the garden.’
My biggest extravagance
‘The loft en suite shower room was the first room we completed so we spent quite a lot on the finishes, including the large green glass tiles imported from Italy. We tried to cut corners towards the end of the project by choosing inexpensive taps and showerheads, but we ended up replacing them, so we learnt our lesson.’
My favourite space
‘The new kitchen area is lovely and bright with all the natural light coming through. Having a TV and sofa in there also makes it great to use at all times of day.’
If I could change one thing...
‘...I would invest in old-fashioned column radiators, because the new panel ones we chose really aren’t to our taste. Although we’ve tried to use radiator covers to disguise them, they’re not a very energy-efficient solution.’
Above Bi-fold doors from Schüco create a wall of glazing in the open-plan space. The dark grey frames help them to blend in with the colour scheme
Right The couple invested in large glass tiles from Solus Ceramics to make a statement in the new loft en suite
Below Using paints from the same company for the whole project has ensured a consistent finish
My top tip
‘You have to form a really solid relationship with your building team, because if you don’t get on with them from the start then it can be very easy to fall out. We knew that there would be a few hiccups along the way, but generally it was a pleasure and we’ve had an amazing service from Plus Rooms long after they finished on site.’
My go-to shop
‘We made the decision to use paint colours from Farrow & Ball throughout the whole house, as we really love their subtle shades and quality.’
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