Surrey Homes | SH65 | March 2020 | Good Living supplement inside

Right: Sassy Luke’s image of the Queen blowing
bubble gum casts a gaze over the main bedroom
Below: Large-scale artworks line the stairway walls.
The sisal-style carpet continues the natural theme
taking out internal walls and replacing windows with French
doors and tri-folds to let light flood in from the front, the
side and rear of the house, opening the inside to the outside
and offering views over the terraced garden and side deck.
The kitchen was also opened up, the downstairs loo (now
with under-floor heating) was moved to under the stairs,
enabling a kitchen island and another set of French doors
to be installed. The kitchen, which was once small and
dark, is now the heart of the home. The old fireplace now
houses the large Rangemaster oven, new ceiling beams
were created to match the newly sandblasted beams in the
rest of the house. A kitchen, by Krieder, was given a sense
of texture with leather handles from Turnstyle and yet
more texture in the worktops which Justine’s contractor
created from scaffolding boards stained with Osmo oil. A
dresser from Designer Vintage, rattan baskets and hand
made spotlights create a space that is functional yet tactile.
Justine also kept a sense of industrial in the wall lights by
Industville and the lights above the island by Trainspotters.
“I’m an ex-chef,” says Andy, “so I needed all my gadgets and
spices, the Kilner jars and the crockery, Justine has created
the perfect place for everything. It just works so well.”
Another room that had previously been the garage for
the house, was further opened up to create a spacious
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