Look Around This Expanded Family Cottage

This was designed to be the ‘adult space’ in the house. As with a lot of Victorian properties, there are two living spaces next to each other (also known as a double reception room). We proposed to close these rooms off with large sliding doors to separate the spaces but, when open, the rooms still flow to maintain the open plan feel on the ground floor.

We kept the space light and bright, opting for a neutral colour palette and introducing an internal Crittall-style window to bring light into the hallway and create a contemporary feature in the room. 

WALLS:  Slate I, Paint And Paper Library 

WOODWORK AND JOINERY: Slate III, Paint And Paper Library 

PENDANT LIGHT: Chelso Six Light Matt Black and Opal Pendant, Lights&Lamps 

MIRROR: Norman Panelled Wall Mirror, Perch and Parrow 

CURTAIN FABRIC:  Mirador Upholstery Moremi Stone, Harlequin 

COFFEE TABLE: Pershore Coffee table, D.I. Designs 

LEATHER ARMCHAIR: Humber Vintage Occasional Chair, Olivia's  

SOFA: Odette Sofa, Love Your Home 

RUG: Loscan Recycled Indoor/Outdoor Flat Woven Rug, Le Redoute

Although this room is long, we were able to maximise use of this kitchen space by building in a banquette dining area to allow for additional living space looking out onto the garden. We wanted to create a contemporary style and did so by designing irregular-width tongue and groove panels, finished off by bronze hardware. 

JOINERY: Bespoke by MagProject, painted in Slate III, Paint And Paper Library 

ZELLIGE TILES: Mosaic Factory 

PENDANT LIGHT: Pumpkin Glass Shade, Pooky 

BAR STOOLS: Cult Furniture 

CUPBOARD HANDLES: Corston 

SOFA: Byron, Love Your Home 

CUSHIONS: Meggy and Me 

RUG: Knox Reversible Dhurrie Rug in Sand, Asiatic 

OTTOMAN: George Spencer 

DINING TABLE: Bespoke

DINING CHAIRS: Cult Furniture

ARTWORK: Client’s own

WALL LIGHTS: Charcoal Grey Opal Disk Wall Light, House Of 

BANQUETTE FABRIC: Maria Flora Ash Dark Seafoam 

The property didn’t have a downstairs cloakroom, so we reconfigured the layout to fit one in. This small space needed to pack a punch, so we installed wallpaper from Barneby Gates and matched the woodwork and ceiling to the teal colour within the paper.

WALLPAPER: Indian Stripe Wallpaper in Pink and Teal, Barneby Gates 

MIRROR: Zara Home 

BASIN: Popolo Cloakroom Basin, Crosswater 

WALL LIGHT: Tacoma Twin Wall Light, Astro

WOODWORK: Teal, Paint And Paper Library

We reconfigured the layout on this floor to create a larger bedroom with a walk-through dressing area moving into a comfortable en-suite bathroom. The client loved the Moorish maze fabric we specified for the headboard which became our central feature and picked up on the pink and green theme throughout the rest of the room. We added a cornice and wrapped it in front of the windows to hide the track for the curtains. We also widened the chimney breast to allow for a super-king-sized headboard and space for the bedside tables to slot into the alcoves on either side. For added interest and pattern, we applied wallpaper to the wardrobe doors. 

HEADBOARD FABRIC: Rapture and Wright Moorish Maze 

PIPING ON HEADBOARD: Samuel and Sons Saisons Collection CT-57459  

TABLE LAMPS: Base, clients own, lampshade, Pooky 

THROW: Zara Home 

BEDSIDE TABLES: Bespoke

ARMCHAIR: Madison Chair, Love Your Home 

CURTAIN FABRIC AND BRAID: Linara, Romo 

TRIM: Zelda, Travers 

WALLPAER ON WARDROBE DOORS: Belge in Slate, Christopher Farr  

WOODWORK: Inchyra Blue, Farrow & Ball 

WALL LIGHTS: (by dressing table) Chubes, Lights & Lamps

For continuity, we've used the same paint colour for the vanity unit as in the dressing room and reflected this colour in the tiling, which is a deep green. Retro-style wall lights give appropriate task lighting while adding a dose of glamour to the space.

FLOOR TILES: Pinstripe, Artisans Of Devizes 

WALL TILES: Oasis Ceramic in Aqua, Artisans Of Devizes 

VANITY UNIT: Bespoke

WALL LIGHTS: Versailles, Astro 

MIRROR: Garden Trading

We were limited on space here, so we suggested building the bed in front of the window and wrapping joinery around the room with a built-in desk. The mural wallpaper is the star of the show, wrapping around the window wall. We picked out a green for the woodwork to make the scheme feel fun and fresh. 

WALLPAPER: Photowall  

WOODWORK: Breakfast Room Green, Farrow & Ball  

WALL LIGHTS: Oliver Bonas 

BLIND FABRIC: Savannah in Olive, Ian Sanderson

We kept the space neutral but added pops of colour and interest by choosing fun fabrics. The irregular-sized spacing of the tongue and groove panels in the bespoke wall-to-wall joinery keeps the design on the right side of contemporary and in keeping with the rest of the house. 

HEADBOARD: Fabric, Zhiri in Coral and Gold, Jane Churchill 

CUSHIONS: Meggy and Me 

TABLE LAMPS: Base, clients own, lampshade, Pooky 

BEDSIDE TABLES: D.I. Design Alton Bedside Table in Pigeon Grey, House of Isabella 

THROW: Zara Home 

ARMCHAIR: Madison Chair, Love Your Home

The multifunctional study space doubles up as another bedroom. We wanted to keep this space masculine, so we used a linen wallpaper on the walls and painted the woodwork, joinery and radiator in a complementary shade. 

WALLPAPER: Signature Canvas, Arte 

SOFA: Felix Sofabed, Love Your Home 

BLIND FABRIC: Veranda Zigzag in Indigo, Mark Alexander 

WALL LIGHT: Club Wall Light in Antiqued Brass, Jim Lawrence