Interior kitchen

Gloria’s house

Description

This project is a refurbishment of the whole ground floor and an small conservatory style extension, including the patio outside and a bathroom refurbishment upstairs. A complete transformation of a 1930’s terrace house to a cozy and beautiful home

Design

The client contacted me initially few years ago for a quote. In the end she decided to go with other firm. Once the firm completed the design, she wasn’t convinced about few things so she decided to stop the project.

Two years after she decided to re-start again by hiring me and re-think the design.

Together we managed to convert a small dining space into a spatious open kitchen and dining, with plenty of space to circulate, and a very lit space at the end, with a conservatory like extension that looks like a bay window.

The heritage framing of the glazing helps create this space. The amount of glazing was calculated through a SAP study that confirmed the design was an improvement from before.

The style of the refurbishment is classic, with neutral colours on walls but adding some character colours in kitchen and bathroom. Greens and pinks are combined in the kitchen, and blue and beige are a good relaxing combination for the bathroom.

M+K House

Description

This project was a refurbishment of a semi-detached dwelling house situated within the Built-up Area of Ashtead. All the houses in the neighbourhood are a mixture of detached and semidetached properties, built between the 1930’s and the Second World War.
The project consisted in the erection of single storey rear extension, a two storey rear extension and change of use of garage to a study room.

It was the design intent for the interior and the single storey extension to have a wood Scandinavian modern feel, maximizing the light income and openness of the space.

Design

I was contacted by the client as a recommendation from a builder I’ve worked few times with.

The homeowners wished to extend the property in order to be ready for a growing family. They also wished to convert the unused humid garage into part of the house, with a home study space. Since orientation of rear façade is north-east facing, we have tried to create as much light as possible by opening big windows at ground floor, accompanied by skylights to push
the light further into the living room. The ground floor now features a toilet at the entrance and a better distributed layout to maximise space and create the leisure spaces needed for the family.

A modern bay window where you can sit and read a book is a feature of the garden facade, next to turning bi-folding doors to capture all the light. A large skylight above the play area with a fitted bench provides a comfortable environment next to the sitting/living room.

Wood is the main material, in the open kitchen, floor and windows. Different colours have been used in different rooms. A nice open woodburner was introduced by the client for the warm feeling.

Upstairs the bedrooms were fitted with ply front wardrobes. The bathrooms are spatious and light, with white tiles on the walls and Moroccan matt hexagonal green tiles on the floor, with the unique pattern these tiles can offer.

210 Anlaby House

Description

210 Anlaby House is a flat situated in amid 19th century building at the heart of Shoreditch. The building used to be a showroom warehouse for trading wool and other products. Twenty years ago, the building was extended and adapted for residential/work units.
The client bought 210 apartment 8 years ago, and made no changes to finishes or layout. The apartment now was a bit dated. The client decided to do a big renovation including the balcony, all floors to be changed to resin, completely renovate the 2 bathrooms, make the living room bigger and more connected to the kitchen, introduce air conditioning, AV system and bespoke joinery.

Design

I was contacted as the main architect as a recommendation since i carried out a refurbishment in the same building 3 years ago. I designed the living room/kitchen and entrance as one space, increasing the clear height, with a concealed fire curtain for Building regulations integrated in the joinery and walls.
A diagonal linear brick was introduced as the main TV wall feature. The kitchen joinery was extended with full height wardrobes concealing boiler, AV rack, storage, wine cooler and a mini bar.
The bedrooms sizes changed to accomodate cureent needs, with the main bedroom becomming slighly bigger to accomodate a large bed and the guestroom becoming smaller. Both bedrooms have sprayed painted bespoke wardrobes.
All plasterboard partitions were designed to have better acoustic properties thans existing and an integrated flush skirting with matching architraves.
The bathrooms layouts were the ones suffering more changes. The main bathroom increased size to include a freestanding bath, fully tiled, wall mounted taps and bespoke vanity and mirror cabintes. The ensuite retained its original size, changed from bath to smart shower ans similarly to bathroom all joinery was bespoke.
The balcony is as large as the apartment. The floor has been raised to create 2 spaces, one for sitting and one for standing. One the sides, landscape elements have been placed to act as privacy screens to neighbours, storage, concealed to MVHR unit and a feature smokeless chimney enclosure.

Oakleigh

Summary

 This very run down re-possessed property was transformed from a dark an convoluted layout to a full of light space overlooking the garden with a very tight budget.

Description

This house had a lot wasted space with big blocked chimneys, 2 small bathrooms overlooking the garden and a side access to the run down garden. By fixing all the leak problems, removing the chimneys internally with gallow brackets, moving the bathroom to a better location and opening the space together with the small permitted development extension, the value of this house shooted up by 200k in 2 years. every room has appropriate light and space to allow for multiple furniture combinations.

Teddington

Summary

Single storey extension in a terraced hose in Teddington

 

Description

The client bought this house in pretty good condition. The only problem was the layout of the kitchen and the relationship between the dinning room and the garden.

In order to gain space in the living room and to open the space to the garden, with a 3m extension, bifold doors, pitched roof and 3 large motorised skylights.

The floor was also replaced by underfloor heated porcelain with timber look all throughout the garden.

All materials outside to match the existing with slate tiles and a very modern interior with clean lines.

 

A+N House

Description

 Refurbishment of a 3 bedroom terrace house.
This project tried to keep as many of the original 1900’s features as well as restoring some of the existing ones.

 

Design

This very run down terraced house had old carpets and vinyl as flooring, wall paper in all walls and ceiling tiles in most rooms. All these finishes were removed to give space to fresh painted walls and ceilings, restored and varnished floorboards. All ceiling features (roses and cornices) were restored to give place to retro and elegant lamps. The kitchen was opened to the dining room creating more light and space. The bathroom and toilet were joined to create a spacious modern bathroom with a free-standing bath. All doors were stripped and varnished as per original appearance.

H+K house

Summary

Extension of a 3 bedroom terrace house.
This project helped to create an open kitchen and reading area where a very unused conservatory lied.

Description

A small, dark and destroyed kitchen by a leak was converted into a pantry room and a generous shower room. An extension was created where a conservatory with difficult access to the garden was. The extension compromises a flat roof, a flat big skylight, bi folding doors and reclaimed brick to match existing. The same brick was brought inside to create a feature wall with an elegant recessed shelf. Style is retro-London, trying to revive the 30’s.

3 Copleston Road

Summary

 1930’s property sold in an auction. The state of this house meant a family could not go a live there. The small existing extension was unusable. By doing the smallest intervention with a tight budget, the house will be able to accommodate a happy family.

 

Description

The property had some of the original features, like some fireplaces, original floorboards and victorian drain pipes. The idea for the interior design was to add some elements typically used in the 1930’s to today’s standards. Layout of the ground floor will be improved by adding an utility room and accessible toilet. A modern open kitchen and bathroom finishes will be implemented, making the dinning room the centre of the home.

Oak doors, wood effect tiles, bronze tinted mirror splashback, screwless satin chrome switches, fabric wall covering and copper light roses are some of the fixtures this house will display once the building work is finished.

 

A+A apartment

Designing

Refurbishment of a flat in Shoreditch
The idea behind this project was to optimise the space both in plan and in height, as well as helping to make a very modern living space incorporating the latest technology.

 

Planning

The 2 bedroom apartment was very compartmentalised and had the original features from 20 years ago, when it was built inside a warehouse in Shoreditch. The living room had the same size as the bedrooms. To optimise the most used space by the couple, the living-room was increased and the spare bedroom decreased in an organic way, giving a diagonal connection with the new German kitchen. The floor had underfloor heating and resin finish, giving a seamless appearance. A reclaimed brick wall was introduced to add the ‘London’ look. The suspended ceiling was removed in the living room, leaving exposed the concrete ceiling creating a very high space. Latest AV and LEd technology was incorporated. All fixed furniture was custom designed and made by professional joiners, including the doors.