A Small London Apartment Filled with Books

On the ground floor of a double-fronted residence in Hackney’s Victoria Park Conservation Area, you can find a lovely one-bedroom apartment with a beautiful kitchen, books, and original elements. The historic house was built in 1901, and in the apartment, you can find original features like sash windows, paneled shutters, and patinated floorboards.

Although the apartment is only 40 square meters (432 sq ft), the small house has an effective layout, a split-level floor plan, and plenty of built-in cabinets for storage space. The grand sash windows on three sides flood the apartment with light, making it feel even more spacious.

living room with dark floor and black fireplace

The beautiful, ornate black fireplace is the focal point of the living room. A large sash window with wooden shutters floods the Victorian room with natural light.

bookshelves
black fireplace

Either side of the fireplace are fitted with bookshelves that provide plenty of storage and display space.

living room with black fireplace and bookshelves

The living room features darkly stained original floorboards that have been restored by the current owners.

small dining table in front of the window
dark wooden floor in living room
living room with dark wooden floor

A few steps down from the living room you enter the spacious kitchen.

light gray kitchen with butler sink and setting plaster farrow and ball walls nordroom

The kitchen is designed with classic light gray cabinets paired with brass handles, a quartz worktop, and a deep butler sink.

kitchen butler sink setting plaster farrow and ball nordroom

The walls in the kitchen are painted in Farrow and Ball’s ‘Setting Plaster’ paired wth crisp white subway tiles.

kitchen with white tiles and setting plaster walls
small bedroom with desk

A pair of glazed doors in the living room open to the bedroom. The glass doors help maintain that open feeling and distribute natural light throughout the apartment.

beige bedroom with desk and dark wooden floor

The bedroom is painted in a calm beige shade and it’s just big enough to have room for a desk.

bedorom with built in wardrobes and bookshelf above the door

Every inch of space has been used in the bedroom; the space next to the doors is fitted with built-in wardrobes, and even the space above the door and wardrobes has been fitted with a bookshelf.

deep red hallway

The entire apartment is painted in light and neutral shades, but I love that they added a nice pop of color to the hallway, a room that’s usually forgotten, by painting the walls and door a deep red shade.

The one-bedroom apartment is listed with Inigo for £410,000.