A Cozy Two-Bedroom Attic Apartment in a Victorian Townhouse
The top two floors of a handsome Victorian townhouse in southeast London are home to this charming two-bedroom family apartment. The duplex apartment was carefully renovated, and period features are blended with a combination of interior styles, from a modern white kitchen to a cottage-style bathroom.
Even though the apartment has only two bedrooms, it feels like a proper house thanks to the split-level floorplan. On the lower floor, you will find a cozy sitting room, a spacious kitchen and dining room, and a family bathroom. The top floor, with its slanted ceilings, is home to the bedrooms and a home office.
The sitting room is a cozy space focused around a brick fireplace flanked by bookshelves. The room is small, so the owners topped the fireplace (painted in Coat’s ‘David Rose’) with a large mirror, reflecting light and making it feel larger.
The walls in the living room are painted in a gentle green called Welmish Blew by Edward Bulmer. The floorboards are painted in the charcoal blue shade ‘Dodie’ by Coat.
The kitchen and dining room occupy the full width of the apartment, and the large sash windows overlook the gardens of neighboring houses.
An island wrapped in stainless steel sits in the center of the room and functions as a social breakfast bar.
Matt cream kitchen cabinets are topped with a FENIX countertop, making the bold Calacatta marble backsplash tiles really stand out. The shelves above the worktops create an open feeling in the kitchen and are perfect for displaying favorite glassware, ornaments, and cookbooks.
On the other side of the kitchen, the owners create a dining area with a large table surrounded by wooden chairs. Adding a built-in bench would create even more seating space.
The family bathroom on the lower floor adds a cottage-style element to the apartment. The walls are half-paneled and topped with a sweet-pea motif wallpaper by Honor Addington.
The green tones in the wallpaper and patterned floor tiles are paired with brass fittings and an antique mirror and art.
The top floor is home to two bedrooms separated by a spacious landing that is used as a home office. Despite the slanted ceilings of the attic, the rooms are light thanks to large windows, skylights, and a light color palette, including white-painted floorboards.
The landing between the bedrooms is now a charming home office with a Velux skylight and exposed wooden beams.
The master bedroom is also a light space with another Velux skylight and a light color palette that makes the antique cane bed stand out beautifully.
The master bedroom en-suite bathroom has a bolder color palette than the other rooms in the house. The dark blue walls are paired with an ocean-blue medley of Moroccan tile and brass fittings.
To the front of the house lies a private garden, acting as a private buffer between the building and leafy York Grove beyond. The house is semi-hidden from view from the street thanks to two large pine trees.
The apartment is listed for £850,000 at Inigo.