The Edwardian Renovation

A complete back-to-bricks renovation of a 1901 Edwardian terrace house in North-West London. While having our first baby. With all our family living abroad in South Africa & Australia. And both having busy, full-time jobs. Easy!

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The study! Not the final decor, working with what we have, but it's already one of my favourite rooms in the house!

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Wooden floors go down!

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Laying the grass in the garden

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I haven’t updated the blog in about 6 months now, mostly because I’ve just been too busy. I spent December in Cape Town, January back in London getting used to being in the cold again with a small baby, and packing up to move. 

We were due to move into our house at the end of January, have the house finished two weeks later, start the loft and have everything done by mid-March. With two weeks to spare before I headed back to work after my maternity leave. HAH! I could talk about unrealistic timelines and how it’s now mid-May and still the house is not finished… but that would  depress me far too much and it’s not worth the energy that it would take. Instead, I’ll focus on updating on where we are now.

WIth only a few days before the (extended) moving in date, the house still resembled a building site… 

KITCHEN-DINING: 

Our kitchen-dining room has been our salvation. It was 95% finished before we moved in, with the splash-back fitted after we moved in - boxes unpacked on the first day: 

We currently have 3 couches in our lounge, along with an 8-seater dining table, an ikea  expedid 5x5 bookshelf, another bookshelf, a console table, media unit, TV, poof… We bought a fantastic natural wood dining table & Kartel ‘Master’ chairs from Graham & Greene’s warehouse sale. While not massively discounted, it was exactly what I wanted and a little bit off is always a good thing! 

The kitchen is still unfinished - small snags mainly, but enough that I notice them and it annoys me when I do.

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Planning the paint scheme

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15 days to go - the final countdown has begun

Move in 30th Jan 2014

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Glass ceiling has finally arrived! Glass in & now the house will be watertight!

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All windows are in!

Unfortunately the photos aren’t great, taken by our builder, but these show the start.

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Underfloor heating in the kitchen-dining done. The glass roof & wall is still not in - the supplier has been dragging his feet & messing our builder around. Frustrating as the builder is keen to get the house water-tight.

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Family bathroom & 1st floor en-suite first fix.

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Old stairs removed, new stairs arrive!

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Back bi-fold doors are in. Underfloor heating is being laid down. Glass roof is delayed due to the supplier.

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Finalising the kitchen floor. Sometimes you have to go full circle in order to get back to your first option.

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Isabelle weighing in with her opinion on choosing bathroom furniture

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Our finalised kitchen design. The finish will be all high gloss white. We have gone with a German manufacturer, as the quality is very high, but still affordable.