{"id":144297,"date":"2024-05-05T17:00:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T10:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/it-was-a-one-way-journey-the-couple-whose-flat-changed-with-their-life\/"},"modified":"2024-05-05T17:08:44","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T10:08:44","slug":"it-was-a-one-way-journey-the-couple-whose-flat-changed-with-their-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/it-was-a-one-way-journey-the-couple-whose-flat-changed-with-their-life\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It was a one-way journey\u2019: the couple whose flat changed with their life"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nForm follows function in this sensitively remodelled London flat, where every stick of furniture was made by its creative inhabitants Architect Mike McMahon and optometrist Jewlsy Mathews have built every piece of furniture in their home. There\u2019s a papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 dog sitting on top of the first shelving unit Mike designed to make the most out of a nook in their London flat. The ornament ran the Dalston Derby, a remote-control car race the couple organised to celebrate Mike\u2019s 30th birthday in 2011. \u201cBefore we started making art together and selling pieces of furniture, we put on events like these,\u201d Jewlsy explains. \u201cThe pace at which Mike comes up with ideas is dizzying and he actually brings them to fruition.\u201d Combined with a pub crawl, the Dalston Derby ran for four years.These activities began to wind down when the couple\u2019s son Milo, now nine, was born. \u201cOur life used to be very outward-facing, but when he arrived we started to spend more time indoors,\u201d Jewlsy says. She owned the two-bedroom second-floor flat in London\u2019s King\u2019s Cross before meeting Mike, who moved in in 2012. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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