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This four-storey Victorian terrace in east London has a utility room, larder and WC in the basement, and a living room and open-plan kitchen-diner on the ground floor. On the first floor there's a library, two bedrooms and a bathroom, and the top floor has a master suite and a mezzanine dressing room.
1/7 Living room
In period houses with kitchen-diners at the back, the front room can become a bit of an unused zone. Here, it is connected so that sunlight floods through the entire ground floor.
Similar bench
Benchmark
2/7 Living space
This spacious white living room is uncluttered and bathed in light, creating a fresh, modern feel.
Flooring
Dinesen
3/7 Living room area
The long lit shelf helps to connect this room with the kitchen, continuing on from the run of units. Little niches have been created throughout the house to display unusual and quirky artwork. Each alcove has soft, slightly off-kilter edges to give a more organic feel and is lit using energy-saving LED bulbs.
Antlers
Fandango
Similar rug
Oka
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4/7 Kitchen-diner
This modern kitchen is designed like a production line, with no awkward angles or inefficient corner cupboards, just practical ideas such as a simple work surface that can be wiped from one end all the way down.
Kitchen
Bulthaup
Appliances
Gaggenau
5/7 Dining room
The chimney breast in this chic white dining room has been stripped back to the original brickwork, adding a three-dimensional feel to the space. A Danish wood-burning stove is so efficient you can use it in smoke-controlled areas.
Table
Bulthaup
Hans Wegner chairs
Skandium
Lights
Original BTC
6/7 Master bedroom
A huge, ceiling-height bedroom door opens out onto a spacious suite on the top floor. The dressing room on the mezzanine keeps the bedroom uncluttered.
Hans Wegner chairs
Skandium
7/7 Bathroom
The metallic bath weighs approximately 190kg and makes a dramatic statement in this contemporary bathroom.
Bath
The Water Monopoly
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Heather Young has been Ideal Home’s Editor since late 2020, and Editor-In-Chief since 2023. She is an interiors journalist and editor who’s been working for some of the UK’s leading interiors magazines for over 20 years, both in-house and as a freelancer.
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