Joinery has been used to great effect throughout this stylish home, which celebrates the beauty and honesty of raw materials
The living room is where the family who live in this eclectic home spend all their time.It's the story of many a home buyer's journey. You're renting. You've got hipster coffee shops on your doorstep and you can't move for pop-up boutiques, craft ale breweries and great schools for your kids. But you have a dream and will trade in convenience for the chance to buy and renovate your own haven.
Mallika wasn't as convinced."I was really dubious. I just wanted the south-facing garden. I would have bought the flat across the road. I went on and on about it so much that Sean made a 3D sun path diagram to show me where the light would be at every hour of the day, to prove to me that this flat would be light enough. And then he used virtual reality software to 'walk' me through the design and layout of the flat.
Developing a property from its bare bones gave Mallika and Sean the chance to use the materials they love and, particularly from Sean's perspective, ones he has a profound respect for. The owners added a small extension to the side of the kitchen/dining area. It can be closed off with pocket doors when it's needed to double as a guest bedroom.No space that could be used for extra storage has been wasted - including the area above the window in the guest bedroom."We couldn't afford the joinery and lived with breeze block walls," says Sean.
The window seat in the main bedroom is hollow to provide additional storage space. To avoid drilling holes into the bare plaster walls, a picture rail was added from which to hang art.A happy accident resulted when the joiner made the top bunk in the children's bedroom much higher than planned, but this has proved to work better as they have gotten older ... and taller.A courtyard was created outside the bathroom and provides a beautifully flat light which adds to the moodiness of the room.
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