Earls Court II

The kitchen was rebuilt as an in-frame run in soft blue-grey, with antique brass bar handles, a marble-effect quartz worktop carried up as a full-height splashback, twin undermount sinks, a brass gooseneck tap and a cream Smeg canopy hood over the hob. Herringbone flooring runs out from it into the breakfast corner, where French doors with brass furniture open to the garden and a marble tulip table sits between terracotta velvet chairs.

In the reception, a bold black-and-white floral paper is carried over the walls and the underside of the bay window, matched by the curtains and set against panelling below the sill. An ornate cast-iron column radiator was kept and repainted, and top-down blinds let the room keep its light without losing privacy to the street.

The main bathroom is the set piece: a chequerboard marble floor, a freestanding roll-top bath with a floor-standing mixer, a marble-lined walk-in shower behind black-framed glass, a black chimneypiece with a floral-tiled cast-iron insert, and a pair of arched doors in burgundy and blush. A second bathroom is gentler, with a chinoiserie-tiled bath surround, green metro tiles, a pink vanity and brass fittings throughout.