Light and Modern Spaces in an Award-Winning London House
On a quiet residential street in South East London stands a beautifully renovated Victorian house chosen as the ‘Best Modern Home’ for the LivingEtc 2022 Reader’s Award and featured in House London by Ellie Stathaki.
The current owners have renovated the historic home, adding a new kitchen extension and creating light living spaces with contemporary furniture, and a pared-back material palette of birch ply and microcement.
At the front of the house lies a white double living room, lighted by a large bay window and with a beautiful wooden floor running underfoot.
Original period features and cornicing have been preserved, and the space includes two fireplaces, one with a wood burner.
The back room has a nonworking fireplace decorated with wood logs and flanked by bookshelves.
Walls between the hallway and the back room have been removed to create a flowing open floor plan.
The long hallway has white-washed walls and original floorboards.
The back of the house has been extended with a spacious Scandinavian-inspired kitchen and dining room, which can be accessed through the hallway and the living room.
The kitchen is designed with bespoke cabinet fronts by Naked Kitchens, which are made from a combination of birch-ply and Formica, accented by round handles. The kitchen island has Corian worktops and brass fixtures.
It’s a real living kitchen with multiple seating areas, including this built-in bench.
At the back of the room is a dining area with a built-in bench providing storage space.
The toilet under the stairs has a terracotta-colored Kast concrete sink and brass Crosswater taps.
The current owners have extended the house with a second floor, housing a home office and the master bedroom.
The home office features an integrated plywood desk and custom-designed storage.
The master bedroom is, just like the rest of the house, a calm and neutral space. It has an en suite bathroom with a floor to ceiling window overlooking the trees.
The bathroom is clad in white oblong tiles, with fittings and fixtures by Lusso Stone and a Crosswater shower screen.
The house is listed for £1,200,000 at The Modern House.