{"id":98840,"date":"2018-09-30T12:00:46","date_gmt":"2018-09-30T05:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-london-flats-smoke-and-mirrors-trickery-i-like-to-seek-out-the-unusual\/"},"modified":"2018-09-30T13:04:02","modified_gmt":"2018-09-30T06:04:02","slug":"a-london-flats-smoke-and-mirrors-trickery-i-like-to-seek-out-the-unusual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-london-flats-smoke-and-mirrors-trickery-i-like-to-seek-out-the-unusual\/","title":{"rendered":"A London flat\u2019s smoke and mirrors trickery: \u2018I like to seek out the unusual\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nA giant glass cube gives a sci-fi twist to this London flat, partly reflecting its former resident Tom Baker, AKA the DoctorIt takes a moment for your eyes to adjust to the black that wraps around the walls and ceilings of Linda Allen and Darin Brown\u2019s flat, which occupies the ground floor of a Victorian redbrick in London\u2019s Belsize Park. Then there\u2019s the slightly disorientating effect of a wall of mirror glass between the living room and their bedroom. Except, this shiny expanse isn\u2019t a wall at all. Linda and Darin got rid of that and replaced it with a glass-clad cube. \u201cWe wanted it to look as if a big shiny box had dropped down from outer space,\u201d explains Linda. \u201cWe left a gap at the top and the bottom so it appears to hover, like a separate entity.\u201d Continue reading…
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