We took a 1950’s Arts and Crafts property, twice extended and dominated by small individual rooms and created a new home that questions what it means to be a family in today’s modern age, serving as an exemplar template for family living. 

The quality of the interior was only possible through the close relationship and level of trust developed with our clients, allowing us to design the layout of spaces through to the fixture and fittings.  By designing everything, from kitchens and wardrobes, to staircase and fireplace, the whole house is in keeping with our light-filled, paired-down aesthetic.

Our clients enjoy the way the house has brought the family closer together and changed the way they use their home. This is achieved through flexible open-spaces, and by acknowledging today’s changing lifestyle; socially it puts the kitchen and fireplace back into the heart of the home; it offers private and luxurious places to retreat to, like a dedicated TV room and sauna, and embraces the wireless, Netflix attitudes to technology. 

The house is constantly pushing boundaries, whether this is through the subtle extensions that use cantilevers and green roofs to respect the conservation area, 15meter long timber floorboards which lead from front to back or oversized glass doors, roof lights and glazed walls that bring in natural light.

Considering only the front elevation was fully retained, this was an affordable way to rebuild a family home, addressing the small uninsulated spaces and creating a warm and bright, contemporary family home.

Material Used :

1. Timber floor: Dinesen

2. Glazing: Sky Square

3. Windows: The Heritage Window Company

4. Fireplace: Modus Fireplaces

5. Kitchen: Comprex

6. Worktop: Roma Marble

7. Oven/Hob: Wolfe

8. Sauna: Nordic Saunas

9. Lights: Flos

10. Timber Shutter: Metal Works London