Wealden Times | WT191 | January 2018 | Interiors supplement inside

This page: In the bedroom there are other
ingenious solutions to prevent clutter. A wall at
the end of the bed features storage behind that
also serves to make a partitioned dressing area
“it also delineated the different areas, helping
to divide one large space into a hall, living
room and kitchen.” Cleverly, this ‘zoning’
occurs at ground level too, as the floor surfaces
change and align with the ceiling sections.
The kitchen tiles are made from porcelain; the
look is quarried limestone, but very functional,
with none of limestone’s disadvantages. A
herringbone of oak, stained to match the
kitchen floor tiles, subtly indicates the change
from kitchen space to living room, together
with a thin brass rod that runs exactly parallel
to the ceiling panel above. The linear brass
inlays are picked up as a theme on the walls
too, which are also made from grey stained oak.
The golden lines serve to unite and streamline
the space, running across the ‘hidden’ doors to
the bedroom, bathrooms and a storage area.
The attention to detail here is sublime – it
is almost impossible to tell where the doors
are, and the entrance way, with its artful
piano coat rack is wonderfully uncluttered.
There is also plenty of stylish trickery going
on with storage in this property too. It has
all been designed to maximise space, but has
had to add to the overall aesthetic; everything
has been very carefully chosen to work
together and create one seamless look. There
is a Bulthaup kitchen, which is deceptively
large for a one bedroomed apartment. Mike
smiles, “we had enough kitchen to go into a
medium sized house, but it fits beautifully in
this space.” I see no sign that it is an actual
kitchen. “It is easy to put things away,”
he stresses, “because there’s enough space;
there are plenty of cupboards, and most
of the time there’s only the two of us.”
Adjacent to the kitchen there is a desk unit
that holds a safe, a printer – basically a whole
office in one small cupboard. In the bedroom
there are other ingenious solutions to
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