Property News · April 15, 2018

Doing the bright thing in our terraced family home


Light, airy and full of colour, French jeweller Raphaele Canot’s London house is a treasure trove of precious memoriesWhen the French-born and London-based jeweller Raphaele Canot decided to move on from Notting Hill in search of more space for her family, her one concern was losing the lateral space of her former flat. But what she has created, along with her architect husband Christophe Carpente, in a terraced house in nearby Brook Green, is a free-flowing family home that combines the best of both worlds with clever design tricks.One of the most effective is a simple entrance hall that has now been commandeered by Canot’s three children: Ruby, 12, Leo, 10 and Zef, eight. “Initially I put a table here and my daughter said something like: ‘It prevents us from living.’ And I thought, ‘She’s totally right,’” says Canot. “I think it’s important to have an area where they are free with nothing in their way, even if it’s not massive. And this space has now become their space.” Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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