Archive - HOMES

29.01.13 OUR HOUSE: Charlotte, Nicky & Lorelai and their light & bright colourful renovation.

Charlotte, an acupuncturist, her husband Nicky and baby Lorelai  have lived in this 1960′s renovated bungalow for 6 years.  After extensively renovating the whole house, extended the ground floor and re-designed the upstairs they are looking forward to kicking back and enjoying the fruits of their labour and they certainly deserve it. A passion for the bold and the bright and a love of bathroom design has transformed this home into an oasis. A light breeze floats through the house the day we shot these images and the bi fold doors to the outside space capture perfectly the essence of the house. It’s fresh, it’s bright and it’s full of love.

Our house is modern, with a homely, practical feel. Originally it was built in the 1960′s as a bungalow, and a dorma added in the 80′s.  Now we have totally renovated it, we love how it feels fresh and bright, even when it’s cold and grey outside!

Our favourite room has to be the kitchen as we are in here all the time. We wanted it to be sunny and bright and we like having people over so it was important that it was a social space too.

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26.11.12 My Room: Joseph age 7

Meet Joseph aged 7.  He’s a boy with a love of… well stuff that boys often like. Cartoons, cars and karate. He lives with his sister Ella, dog Lottie and his parents in this beautiful 1930′s renovation. While his room offers everything a 7 year old may need, really he just can’t wait until he gets to take over the playroom den on the top floor! (That’s when his mum plans to create a boys den dreams are made of!) Who’s his mum? The talented and stylish Interior designer Laura Green.

I like my room and all my stuff but my favourite things at the moment are playing on my mum’s ipad and on my DS. I don’t always play in here because we have the den on the top floor. I usually go there in the morning before school to play when i wake up (about 6.30am). Up there we have all the rest of our toys and a football table and our TV. It’s where we go to hang out and watch films together.

I made this dinosaur at home. I enjoy making things like this.

I’m a yellow belt in Karate and I like superhero’s especially Spiderman.

And my drums are my favourite too!

I’ve got a lot of books. I love Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl and my second favourite is probably The Story House by Vivian French.

Photography by Vicky Holmes

Check out the rest of his house and the den here.

NEXT MONDAY: Ella’s room! A room that dreams are really made of. Don’t miss it!
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19.11.12 Our house: Laura Green & family. A perfectly glamorous modern wonderland.

Laura Green an interior designer from Essex, lives with her husband and two children Joseph and Ella and Lottie the dog in a beautiful 1930′s home in Leigh on Sea.

I’m always excited to be given the opportunity to interview and document people in their homes, but never more so than when I went to meet Laura and her family in the beautiful town of Leigh on Sea. There is something about the mix of old property and contemporary decor that sends my heart into a flutter and for me, this house is one of the closest I’ve come to to my elusive hunt for perfection in a home.  Both Vicky (the photographer) and I left in a heady state of envy and admiration for what Laura has achieved. She has an amazing gift of making her rooms look minimalist, whilst simultaneously filling them with ornaments, knick knacks, candles and flowers. A complete contradiction for the minimal and simplistic. This is a girl with an obsession for beautiful lights, each room with a lighting statement of it’s own. I loved every second inside this house and remember it as if it were a dream. It’s a mix of old and new, glamorous but simple and cosily inviting, yet many of the rooms were generously large. Plus she has a walk in dressing room and AMAZING  shoe collection. Now someone pinch me! Enjoy.

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29.10.12 My Room: Nancy, 9 & Hattie, 6

Last week we showed you this beautiful modernised Victorian house. Now we’re showing you the kids colourful rooms!

When you are growing towards those tween/ teen years it’s lovely to be able to have your own room to express your personality and display your own favourite toys and style. The only thing that can beat it is having your sister right next door! Being next door to a sister you love to play with is the best of both worlds. They never feel alone but they have their own space. Both Nancy and Hattie’s rooms are a wonderful expression of their own passions.

When Gill bought the bedroom furniture in the girls rooms it was built to fit into their old house but they have managed to adapt it for this house.

“I like children’s furniture to have a childlike feel but not too twee. I like solid and well made.”

For this creative family it is wonderful to see how the children have had a creative mark on their rooms.

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22.10.12 Our house: Gill, Ian, Nancy & Hattie – A modern Victorian Delight

This late Victorian beauty is home to a very talented and creative Gill, her husband Ian and their two lovely daughters Nancy, 9 and Hattie, 6.

When you walk into this family home it’s like getting a feeling of warmth wash over you. It feels loved. There is something endearing about a space that’s lived in as much as it’s loved. Not every magazine and book is on a shelf and not every decorative item is in a minimalist storage cupboard. It’s refreshing. It’s the kind of house you feel happy to walk in, kick your shoes off and curl up on the sofa. The Parquet flooring and original features mixed with classic contemporary furniture welcomes you in and gives you the desire to see more.  Having not realised we knew each other, Gill, who once managed a store of Habitat in the 1990′s, recognised me as one of her Saturday girls almost immediately. Small world! It was a delight to see what I remembered as her passion and love of interiors, displayed in every inch of her home, over a decade after we worked together.

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10.09.12 Some girls like pink: My Room – Jess

Jess is 8. Apart from being polite, caring and very beautiful, she’s a girl with a love a pink! She lives with her mum, dad and two younger brothers. At some point in the near future her room is due for a revamp but at this moment in time she’s living the pink dream. A bright pink dream!

My mum got this ‘Jessie J’ picture made for me with all my favourite colours. Someone she works with designed it. I’m Jessie J and so is my favourite pop star!

This make up box was a present for my birthday . I’m allowed to wear it on weekends and when I go dancing. My favourite colours are pink, blue and purple.

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04.09.12 Some girls like pink: Barbie or Sindy?

Some girls like pink. Me? Well I like it in small doses but I’m not sure I could cope with a whole room of pink in the house but some girls LOVE it. This is a little series on the pink stuff.

When i was little we had a Sindy bed and wardrobe, a horse and some other bits. We loved Sindy because well she was like Barbie but a bit more …shall we say ‘real’. These days i look at some of the current Barbie paraphernalia out there and it just doesn’t seem as well made as the old stuff. Their legs aren’t always made of that soft rubbery material and some of the furniture looks more monstrosity than sweet. That’s just me though. In my house we have a small collection of vintage Barbies’ and their clothes! Plus a horse and a few newer additions but that’s about it. If your kids LOVE all that stuff but you don’t want a large plastic kingdom with a zillion breakable doors what do you buy? Well a vintage Sindy house of course!

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13.08.12 OUR house: Siobhan, Leroy & the girls. A contemporary family haven

Hairdresser and stylist Siobhan lives here with her Graphic Designer husband Leroy, their two beautiful girls Amelie, 5 and Esmee, 3 with the delightful Ozzie the dog! Check out Amelie and Esmee’s bedroom from our last MY Room tour here.

I first met Siobhan a few years back at a child’s party. Her vibe was cool and trendy, yet relaxed. I was later introduced to her properly by a friend and having shared some life experiences together we kind of hit it off. The first time I saw her house I was overwhelmed by how it reflected their personalty and how far the design and style and a few well chosen pieces of furniture goes. I seriously love this house. The family that lives here are beautiful inside and out and it was the house that inspired this website. We all just want to nose around other people’s homes, you know the ones that make you gasp or give you a fussy feeling inside, big or small and we want to know how other people live stylishly with kids. This house is not really big or showy but it’s contemporary, fashionable and effortlessly homely all at the same time. Thank you for sharing it with us!

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18.07.12 rock my world: Slamp Lui Pendant light

Have you ever seen a more perfect pendant for a kids room or playroom?

A Slamp laser cut bird and tree effect, designed by Adriano Rachele. They are made to order in Italy and if you are super quick you can get a massively discounted one from Achica. You’ve got approximately 1 day and 7 hours left to take advantage of the offer…quick, go!

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16.07.12 MY ROOM: Amelie

Amelie aged 5 lives with her mum, dad and little sister in a renovated house from the 1970′s. Her room is her castle.

A room fit for two little princesses which has nothing to do with a Disney theme. How refreshing!

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