Southwood
WORDS: LLI Design
PHOTOS: Alex Maguire
Award Winning Contemporary London Townhouse
LLI Design have recently completed their
Southwood project, a total interior design
and refurbishment of a 4 story 1970’s London
townhouse. The project has been awarded “Best
Interior Design Private Residence London” in
the UK Property Awards - 2015 / 2016.
Although the room sizes were good, being the full width of the
property on each floor and benefitting from good natural light;
the circulation spaces on all floors were cramped and dark.
Lower Ground Floor
LLI Design recently completed a total redesign and
refurbishment of a 4 story 1970’s townhouse in Highgate, a
leafy and desirable part of London.
The existing staircase that led from the lower ground to the
upper ground floor, was removed and replaced with a new,
feature open tread glass and steel staircase towards the back
of the house, thereby maximising the lower ground floor space.
All of the internal walls on this floor were removed and in doing
so created an expansive and welcoming space.
The house had tremendous potential and the new owners, a
young professional couple, wanted to embrace the 1970’s feel,
rather than try to ignore it, albeit not in a cliched way. Top of
their wish list was a contemporary glass and steel open tread
staircase and a master bathroom with a distinctive WOW factor.
Due to its’ lack of natural daylight this floor worked extremely
well as a Living / TV room. The new open timber tread, steel
stringer with glass balustrade staircase was designed to sit
easily within the existing building and to complement the
original 1970’s spiral staircase.