A Cozy Victorian Home Painted in Moody Blue and Gray Tones
In the Bethnal Green’s Victoria Park Conservation Area in London stands this beautiful Victorian house with two bedrooms. The house was sensitively restored by its current owners, adding a color palette of moody gray and blue hues, highlighting the pretty period features.
Original features like patinated floorboards, timber box paneling, molded cornices, and bullseye fireplace surrounds have been preserved and complemented with a new deVOL kitchen that pairs beautifully with the historic architecture.
Like many Victorian houses, this home has a double reception room with a sitting area at the front and the back room is used as a dining room.
The sitting room features a three-over-three sash window set with original embrasure shutters. The walls, ceiling, and cornicing are painted in ‘Peignoir’ by Farrow and Ball.
The exposed brick fireplace has been fitted with a Chesney log burner, flanked by built-in bookshelves. The entire living space is fitted with a herringbone red-weft seagrass carpet.
The walls in the dining room are painted in ‘Blue Black’ by Farrow and Ball and paired with an exposed raw plaster ceiling.
French doors lead out to the garden.
Contrasting to the rest of the interiors, the hall with its original floorboards, walls, and decorative corbels have been washed in soft shades of white.
At the back of the house lies the kitchen featuring deVOL cabinets painted in a dark blue hue. The cabinets are topped with Carrara marble and oak countertops.
The kitchen is extended with a charming breakfast bar with a marble top. Narrow-strip reclaimed maple floorboards lay underfoot.
The downstairs powder room is painted in ‘Cinder Rose’ and fitted with a reclaimed Barbican hand-rinse basin.
The house has two bedrooms. The master bedroom lies at the front of the house, featuring original alcove cupboards and a fireplace surround.
On the other side of the room, floor-to-ceiling wardrobes has been built in. The room continues the color scheme of the house with gray walls and ceiling and blue-painted floorboards.
The second bedroom has a large sash window overlooking the garden. The light gray walls are paired with light-colored floorboards.
The paneled wall is painted in a darker shade of gray, as is the door.
The staircase is fitted with a seagrass runner.
The bathroom has been opened to the eaves, exposing original Victorian brickwork, paired with Carrara marble and mosaic tilework.
A Duravit sink is set on an antique oak cabinet paired with reclaimed globe taps.
The doors in the dining room and the kitchen open to the garden featuring a patio area with reclaimed herringbone bricks and quarry tiles. Beyond that, there are raised beds with kitchen herbs and climbing roses and hydrangea cover the fences.
The house is listed for £1,100,000 at Inigo.