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2 months ago | 
houzz.com | Jo Simmons |Kate Burt
Clare Topham Interior DesignSave PhotoPhotos by Bee Holmes PhotographyKitchen at a GlanceWho lives here: A semi-retired coupleLocation: Brighton, East Sussex, EnglandSize: 175 square feet (16 square meters) 14½ by 12 feet Designer: Clare Topham of Clare Topham Interior DesignBuilder: White Rock ConstructionTopham worked alongside the project architect to create plans for a modest side addition with a rooflight. She designed this part of the room to be the main food preparation and cooking area.
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2 months ago | 
houzz.com | Jo Simmons |Kate Burt
Photos by Bee Holmes PhotographyKitchen at a GlanceWho lives here: A semi-retired coupleLocation: Brighton, East Sussex, EnglandSize: 175 square feet (16 square meters) 14½ by 12 feet Designer: Clare Topham of Clare Topham Interior DesignBuilder: White Rock ConstructionTopham worked alongside the project architect to create plans for a modest side addition with a rooflight. She designed this part of the room to be the main food preparation and cooking area.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
houzz.co.uk | Jo Simmons
A spacious new kitchen and dining space with stunning steel windows transforms the rear of this Victorian family homeCreating this beautiful extension to a Victorian house in Essex was very much a team effort. The owners worked with a local architect to draw up plans, then enlisted Project Nine Property Group, a design and build company run by Sam Holman and his brother, Jake, to work out specifications and budgets, and then make it a reality.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
houzz.co.uk | Jo Simmons |Kate Burt
With an interior untouched since the 1980s, this flat was ripe for a modern makeover that introduced colour and warmthStepping into this London flat before it was redesigned was like passing through a portal and arriving back in the 1980s. “It was a time capsule,’” says Josephine Lecoufle-Vinet, the interior designer responsible for bringing it beautifully up to date.
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Nov 10, 2024 | 
houzz.co.uk | Jo Simmons |Sarah Alcroft
Reworking the ground floor made this home fit for family life, while warm colours and imaginative details have added funBy the time the owners of this Victorian house in Kew, south-west London, called in interior design Josie Lywood of Q Design House, they’d been living in the property for about eight years. “It was a perfectly livable space, but quite dated,” she says.
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Oct 12, 2024 | 
houzz.co.uk | Jo Simmons
This 1970s house was once devoid of personality, but now, thanks to texture and bold tones, it’s an exciting family homeThe owners of this 1970s house in East Sussex bought it while still living in the Middle East, where they’d worked for several years. It needed no building work and was decorated throughout in white. While that might sound preferable to inheriting someone else’s style, this top-to-toe neutrality brought its own challenges.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
houzz.co.uk | Jo Simmons
Pretty pink tones teamed with practical materials help this bathroom easily morph from family space into calm retreatFamily bathrooms have to work hard. These communal spaces must cater to all ages, withstanding the daily wash-and-brush-up routine, but also, ideally, offering a sense of sanctuary for an evening soak. In this busy family bathroom in Essex, Janet Hanson of Studio Lunet achieved that balance by combining practical materials with ample storage, pretty colours and vintage touches.
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Sep 1, 2024 | 
houzz.co.uk | Jo Simmons |Kate Burt
Clever storage and a soothing Japandi aesthetic bring a tranquil, ordered feel to this newly renovated modern houseTired and dark is not a good look for a home, but despite having been built only 20 years ago, this house in Twickenham was both. Having lived in it for a while, its owner embarked on a complete revamp. She worked with Metre Squared Architecture to reconsider every aspect, from layout to staircase, kitchen to bathrooms, extending at the back and also adding a new floor at the top.
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
houzz.co.uk | Jo Simmons |Herringbone Kitchens
A beautiful pantry built under the stairs helps this handsome family kitchen look great and work hard, tooWith a growing family, the owners of this home in Lewes, East Sussex, had a list of essentials for their new kitchen. They wanted a good-sized sink, an American-style fridge-freezer, a hob on the island, and lots of storage. The kitchen was part of an extensive renovation of the whole house and included a rear and side return extension.
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Aug 17, 2024 | 
houzz.com | Jo Simmons |Peter Reader Landscapes
This yard in west London had always been cherished by its owners. “They really loved it,” landscape designer Peter Reader says. “It’s a strange triangular shape and quite quirky. It has areas of woodland too — unexpected in London —and they loved the atmosphere in it.” It hadn’t been touched for 15 years, though, so when Reader was asked to redesign it, he was confronted with overgrown shrubs, tired plantings, uneven paths and underused corners.The brief was to bring it all up to date.
