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As a outcome, the wall between the eating room and the kitchen was knocked right down to create a giant open plan kitchen/residing space. The corridor was elevated in dimension by knocking a wall, and they doubled the dimension of the toilet on the second flooring in the identical method. In addition, they transformed the attic to create a dormer main bedroom with a giant en suite toilet.

To get the gentle in, skylights and large home windows have been added wherever doable, and floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doorways have been put in at the again of the home.

Susan was impressed by Instagram and additionally her travels round the world. “I buy, quirky lamps and lights and side tables and I’ve brought home artwork from countries I’ve visited,” she says. “I definitely don’t take myself too seriously though. The decor is fun and maybe a bit bonkers in parts.”

The sitting room at the entrance has dramatic black partitions, a crimson sofa, a black cow conceal on the white plant-based resin flooring which is mushy underfoot. The ceiling lights are Tom Dixon, and the Cartel lamps are by Philip Stark. There’s additionally an Indian cupboard from Industry and a reproduction of a cow’s cranium with horns above the hearth.

There’s a TV den which has darkish teal partitions and an orange leather-based sofa, and an workplace which homes two industrial type desks, from an Irish firm referred to as Alternative Furniture.

Upstairs, every of the 5 bedrooms has its personal very distinct character. The main bedroom has a wheat grass mural from Rebel Walls on the wall behind the mattress. Scarlett’s room, in the meantime, has black sliding wardrobe doorways which conceal all her stuff. Clementine,

Susan’s different daughter, designed her personal bed room, which includes a inexperienced wall and overhanging foliage above the mattress.

As a break from the colors, the three bogs have been designed with impartial shades, punctured by black and white tiling, and stand-alone bathtubs.

The household spend most of their time in the open plan kitchen/lounge with its black models and an island made out of recycled plastic bottles.

The splash again is manufactured from tin tiles that Susan bought from a UK web site. She intentionally needed the kitchen to fade into the background in order not impose on the residing space. Here, the floor-to-ceiling sliding doorways permit the again backyard in.

The large yellow button sofa took two years to seek out and was finally situated in a DFS retailer. “It was actually discontinued and was red, but I asked if they could make a bigger one for me in yellow,” says Susan. “It’s 300 cm long and very comfortable.”