Cozy Living Spaces and Limewash Walls in an Artist’s English Home

This charming Victorian house lies in a small town in Essex on the outskirts of the River Crouch. The three-storey, three-bedroom townhouse is owned by artists and features unique and cozy rooms and a small, lushly planted back garden.

Period elements like fireplaces, wooden beams, banisters, and original floorboards have been preserved and paired with limewash walls in natural and warm colors, like blue and terracotta.

The front door opens directly into the dining room, featuring an original cast-iron fireplace with intricate detailing and a pretty floral pattern.

The room features a beautiful bay window with renovated sash windows set in deep blue window frames. The blue hue continues into the skirting boards and the tablecloth.

The dining room walls are painted in an earthy pink limewash shade called “Bracken” by Bauwerk.

The ground floor is designed in a semi-open floor plan with a staircase between the dining room and the sitting room.

The sitting room is defined by an exposed brick chimney breast with a working fireplace. The raw brickwork contrasts nicely with the soft pink hue on the walls.

The kitchen is located at the back of the ground floor plan and features exposed wooden beams with hooks for hanging pots and pans. Warm, terracotta tiles lie underfoot, and a backsplash is created with white and light pink tiles in a checkerboard pattern.

The first floor has a large bedroom and a bathroom. The bedroom on this floor has been turned into a painter’s studio with bright white walls, white painted floorboards, an original fireplace, and high bookshelves.

The bathroom on this floor features a checkerboard floor, a freestanding rolltop bath, and a shower with black subway tiles.

The top floor is home to two bedrooms. The master bedroom is painted in a dove gray shade and features wardrobes with mirror doors, making the room feel bigger.

The second bedroom on this floor is a charming children’s room with walls painted in a blue-green textured Kabric paint and an orange feature wall with rustic bookshelves.

The house is listed for £375,000 at Inigo.