{"id":80238,"date":"2018-02-17T18:00:13","date_gmt":"2018-02-17T11:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/open-house-how-two-architects-let-their-imagination-run-wild\/"},"modified":"2018-02-17T18:03:15","modified_gmt":"2018-02-17T11:03:15","slug":"open-house-how-two-architects-let-their-imagination-run-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/open-house-how-two-architects-let-their-imagination-run-wild\/","title":{"rendered":"Open house: how two architects let their imagination run wild"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nBy moving walls, floors and stairs, the owners of this energy-efficient London home have turned the Victorian terrace upside downWrapped around the internal walls of this London house, like high-water marks, are painted grey lines indicating where the original floors, ceilings and skirting boards were. \u201cWe wanted visitors to understand the changes we\u2019ve made,\u201d explains owner Lizzie Webster. These changes are substantial. Instead of a long hallway, you are greeted head-on by a storage seat and a mustard yellow pegboard for coats and bags. To the right is a door to a large open-plan living space and kitchen, with a concrete floor. The stairs \u2013 made of Douglas fir \u2013 now sit diagonally in the centre of this space, twisting up the house. Dark corridors that led off the old staircase have been opened up into usable living spaces. An outline of the previous stairs is now picked out in yellow on floor-to-ceiling cupboard doors. Webster and her husband Joe Fraher, both architects, dropped the ground floor level by 60cm (2ft), which allowed them to increase the ceiling heights throughout the house, including in a converted loft.The original two-up two-down layout now has four bedrooms (they live here with their daughters Claudia, five, and Orla, three). The first-floor landing is a study for Webster, and the second floor \u2013 the former loft \u2013 is a play area. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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