BATHROOMS & KITCHENS
FITTING A FAMILY INTO FITZROVIA
London living doesn’ t get more central than Fitzrovia. With Carnaby Street on the doorstep, The British Museum as a close neighbour, and theatreland a stone’ s throw away- it’ s certainly a hot destination. Everyone wants a slice.
But, understandably, that comes at a price. For our client Galyna, this meant sacrificing space, when she moved with her husband and two children from a five-bedroom house on the outskirts of London, to a one-bedroom Fitzrovia flat.
She said:‘ Our kids were heading to boarding school, and my husband worked in central London a lot, so it made sense to make the move. Although we had to make a lot of adjustments to fit the contents of a five-bedroom house into a one-bedroom property …’ was more than a kitchen: it was a central gathering place. A location to socialise, to work, to cook, to dine, to relax.
With this in mind, the family’ s immediate decision was to knock down the wall dividing the small kitchen and living room to create an open plan, communal space.
The separate kitchen & living room before the renovation
The London Kitchen Company’ s brief was to renovate the kitchen to create a deceptively spacious, yet aesthetically beautiful hub for the whole family- optimising every inch.
MAXIMISING SPACE
As a kitchen company operating in London, we’ re used to working wonders transforming small spaces into rooms which feel larger than their square footage. But accommodating a family of four in a house a fifth of the size posed a real challenge. This
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