A Sage Green Kitchen in a Charming Arts and Crafts House
This charming two-bedroom house is part of Port Sunlight, a late 19th-century Arts and Crafts development built to house workers of a nearby soap factory. The development was inspired by the late 19th-century garden suburb ideal and Arts and Crafts architecture. The characterful red-brick houses feature intricate brickwork and windows, and they are surrounded by open green spaces.
This two-bedroom house has been lovingly looked after by its current owner, ensuring that all decorative additions are in style with the original Arts and Crafts architecture. A delicate color palette of sage green, yellow, and blue creates a harmonious and charming look.
The sitting room features the original herringbone-laid maple flooring. The ceiling has been paneled, inspired by Whightwick Manor, a home designed by the same architect (Edward Ould) as this house.
The fireplace is the focal point of the home, featuring a broad mantel and beautiful Delft blue tiles.
The peach and sage green hues on the walls add to the historic and calm atmosphere in the room.
The hallway features a charming five-finger parquet floor. The walls are painted in Farrow and Ball’s “Cooking Apple Green”.
The kitchen is designed in a charming cottage style with a timber ceiling, a blue and gray limestone checkerboard floor, and country-style sage green kitchen cabinets.
I absolutely adore this kitchen. The sage green cabinets pair beautifully with the wooden countertop. Windows in two directions give views of the small walled garden, and the combination of closed, glass-fronted, and open cabinets adds a nice lived-in dynamic.
There are two bedrooms and a bathroom on the first floor. The master bedroom is decorated with butter-yellow wallpaper (Toile Trellis) by Farrow and Ball. Beautiful period elements grace this room, like the leaded casement window and a period cast-iron fireplace.
The charming bathroom is decorated in a blue and white color palette. One wall is fitted with a vintage Laura Ashley design wallpaper from the 1970s paired with butt-and-bead paneling and blue walls.
From the kitchen, you can access a charming walled garden filled with potted plants and a green gate that gives access to the estate.
The house’s architectural style is typical of the late 19th century. There are Gothic-style tracery frames casement windows on both floors, and the front door is sheltered by a tiled overhang.
The house is listed for £260,000 at Inigo.