Property News · April 28, 2018

Show and teal: how an artist filled her London flat with colour


Gillian Hyland was tired of living in white boxes, and used blues and oranges, Formica and tiling to give her flat a vintage, characterful feelMost people would rip out an orange Formica kitchen, but the artist Gillian Hyland decided to put one in when she renovated her two-bedroom 1930s flat in London. “I’m really into colour,” she says, “but the builders thought I was mad. It’s the first apartment I’ve owned – I was tired of living in white boxes.” All the internal walls were knocked down; the kitchen now forms part of an open-plan living space. “I wanted to make the kitchen pretty enough to be part of the living room,” says Hyland, 36. She found an orange cooker, from Rangemaster, to match the cabinets, and offset it all with bright teal-blue walls and black walnut counters. “I looked at a lot of mid-century kitchens online for inspiration,” she says. “Formica is brilliant: it’s hard-wearing, wipeable and comes in a million colours.” All the appliances are hidden away in the kitchen island. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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