We turned a tiny Camden flat into a joyful celebration of colour, craft and smart storage, transforming a small footprint into a layered, characterful home that feels like a real event. Every centimetre has been considered: storage is built in wherever possible, circulation is simplified, and bold pattern and colour are used to distract the eye from scale and pull you through the space with a sense of rhythm and delight.

Little Camden is a tiny apartment with a tiny kitchen and an even tinier bathroom, but our ambition was the opposite of "small and sensible." We set out to turn it into a genuine event, a celebration of colour, craft and clever space-planning, while still making it work properly for everyday life. We were lucky to have a client confident enough in her personal style to clash and juxtapose motifs and palettes, so we let our creative juices run riot from the initial mood boards through to a bespoke collection of custom furniture and joinery.

In small homes, every centimetre has to earn its place. We approached the scheme as a sequence of moments: a bold threshold that makes you smile, layered rooms that feel collected and confident, and storage built in wherever possible. The living and dining zone is where we gave the flat its social heart. We opened up the space with a new double-glazed doorway, letting light shine through from the kitchen, and created a bespoke dining banquette and table to establish a corner moment that feels generous even within a modest footprint. Statement art and layered colour distract the eye from scale, making the room feel like an experience rather than a box.

We built personality into the architecture: bespoke joinery that gives places for books, objects and lighting, alongside closed storage that keeps the room calm. The striped sofa brings energy, while the claret brush fringe detailing makes it feel tailored, not shouty. Small-space design, but with manners.

The bedroom was treated like a boutique hotel room scaled down to apartment life: a bespoke headboard as the anchor, wardrobes designed to maximise every awkward centimetre and bedside joinery to replace bulky freestanding furniture. The palette stays warm and layered, with pattern and texture doing the heavy lifting so the room feels nurturing rather than neutral. Bespoke wardrobes make storage feel like a feature, calm on the exterior with a bold hit of colour inside.

The kitchen approach was "open where you can, closed where you must." The extractor was clad in antique brass to reflect light and add glamour, and the chequer splashback turns the smallest wall into a moment. In the bathroom, an open-base roll top shower bath lets the floor tiles read all the way to the back wall, elongating the room beautifully. A high-rise cistern WC keeps projection tight, while a towel rail with integrated shelving adds genuinely useful extra space.

Little Camden is proof that small spaces can be some of the most beautiful, because every choice has to work harder. This project is as much about discipline as it is about colour: improved flow, smart storage and bespoke joinery that turns practical necessities into crafted features. Here are a few before and afters to show the transformation.