HIGHGATE, N6

A unique 1950’s, 3 storey home in Highgate was reconfigured and refurbished to work perfectly for a modern way of life. The original interiors were sympathetically revised to create a new, more practical scheme for todays’ living.

A new bespoke cherrywood study overlooking the front of the property allowed for home working as an efficient ‘office’ whilst creating a characterful and comfortable home study space for the family to utilise.

The ‘cherrywood’ theme was also used for the master bedroom robes and panelled walls elsewhere linking the warm and natural material throughout.

Italian cement terrazzo floor in green and white echoes the lush green environment surrounding the property.

In design terms a ‘nod’ to the original era. The floor runs throughout to visually expand the space.

The addition of floor to ceiling doors and Crittal glazing in anodised bronze, allowed for much more light and also verticality to the design visually lifting the ceilings.

On the ground floor, a ‘ hidden’ toilet in dark green and a utility behind cherry panels were designed in detail to provide every convenience, whilst also minimising the entrance hallway to create a wider and lighter entrance. These vertical design elements are also hinted at through the treatment of the front elevation with ‘ribbed’ woodwork and reeded glazing panel.

A modular matt black kitchen with white marble counters and up stands creates a strong core element to the ground floor. The kitchen opens to the garden via sliding anodised bronze fine framed sliding doors.

The garden terrace set with luxurious sofas and surrounded by a collection of eclectic planters overlooks a lush green ‘dell’ lower terrace designed for entertaining with pizza oven, BBQ and dining table and benches.

The dining area of the kitchen has a boucle banquette and picture gallery. On the first floor the floor to ceiling glazed living room was designed with a new biofuel fireplace in geometric tiles with cord sofas each side.

A single ‘wave’ curtain across the entire rear elevation creates scale and picks up the verticality of the overall scheme.

With attention to material detail and softness and comfort this design scheme fuses modernism without the usual ‘museum’ feel.