25 Beautiful Homes

for stockists go to where to buyMaster bedrooMBright colour pops createa sophisticated but fun space.yellow chevron bone inlay bedsidetable, £475, graham & green, hasthis look. Ananas pineapple lamp,£475; Palmeral Daley shade,£130, both house of hackney``````HallTiles with a part-modern,part-Victorian feel werelaid in this widened area.tiles by London Mosaic,price on request``````batHrooMThe curved bathand twin basins helpsoften the room’ssharp angles.barcelona tub,price on request,Victoria + Albert``````cHild’sbedrooMMismatched coloursand patterns createa lively fun feel.Samba Spectrum rug islike this, from £50, therugs warehouseout for a new central staircase. this, in turn,divided the lower-ground floor into twozones – kitchen-diner and family room,where the couple’s sons like to play.the angle-oriented design is echoed inthe details. the marble island in the centreof the kitchen area was made so that eachlong side is parallel with its exterior wall,making a subtler mini trapezium. ‘if we’dgone for a standard rectangle, it would havedrawn more attention to the disparity,’ saysandy. instead, the lines of the island andthe walls recede into a point in the garden.andy’s boldest move was removing twowalls and a ceiling to create the impressivekitchen-diner. the glass balcony andbalustrades over the double-height atriummean it’s now a ‘dramatic dining space,where light fills every corner’, says cheryl.the family-friendly interior’s sense offun is augmented by pops of neon and flocksof pink flamingos. Upstairs, colour is alsoworked into geometric fabrics, rugs andthrows that reference the sharp lines andangles that are part of the house’s dNa.in the family room, there is a set offramed photos that show ‘before’ and‘after’ images of the house. the previouslower-ground floor is unrecognisable. ‘itwas dark and dank, with tiny windows,’ sayscheryl. ‘the only things that glittered therewere layers of tin foil stuck on the walls,which was rather intriguing!’ but these days,there’s no doubt that andy and cheryl’sgleaming, glass-enhanced update is awinning transformation.