High Street Kensington

The ground floor was planned as one space. A white handleless kitchen runs along the party wall under a dark honed stone worktop that turns to become an island and breakfast bar, with an undermount sink, a brushed steel tap, an induction hob and a mirrored return panel that draws light back off the windows. A tall larder unit takes the services and keeps the run unbroken.

The joinery is where the house shows its detail. A walnut top runs the length of the breakfast bar and turns to form the base of a recessed niche of dark timber shelves, and the same timber returns as the mantel over a chimney breast tiled in a diagonal pattern of red, ochre and grey with an inset fire. Pale washed oak boards run underfoot throughout, and multi-pane windows open onto the brick terrace opposite.

The staircase was rebuilt with a handrail shaped in solid timber to follow its curve, laid with a moss-green carpet and lit by step lights recessed into the wall with a linear washer above. Upstairs, the bathroom is finished in warm taupe tiling with gloss vanity units and a curved chrome towel radiator.