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An ode to The Elephant

This is the happy tale of our refur­bish­ment and styling of a 4‑storey, 4‑bed, 3‑bath Georgian townhouse, a stone’s throw from the Elephant & Castle round­about. The house has stunning high ceilings and is jammed with original features, antique fire­places, shutter systems, floor to ceiling sash windows and romantic winding stair­cas­es.

An ode to The Elephant

This is the happy tale of our refur­bish­ment and styling of a 4‑storey, 4‑bed, 3‑bath Georgian townhouse, a stone’s throw from the Elephant & Castle round­about. The house has stunning high ceilings and is jammed with original features, antique fire­places, shutter systems, floor to ceiling sash windows and romantic winding stair­cas­es.

Interior Designers Wanted

Before meeting us, the clients had been working with an architect for the Planning Permissions and extension works, adding sky lights to create more light and opening up ceilings on the loft floor to the arches eaves to create a spacious top floor guest bedroom and home office. They then started hunting for a creative interior design firm to develop an interior design concept, dec­o­ra­tive scheme and house-wide ff&e.

Interior Designers Wanted

Before meeting us, the clients had been working with an architect for the Planning Permissions and extension works, adding sky lights to create more light and opening up ceilings on the loft floor to the arches eaves to create a spacious top floor guest bedroom and home office. They then started hunting for a creative interior design firm to develop an interior design concept, dec­o­ra­tive scheme and house-wide ff&e.

Remodelled for modern living

After being recon­fig­ured, the house now has a wonderful new lower ground floor open plan kitchen, dining room and cozy statement guest en-suite, with a char­ac­ter­ful coved ceiling. At the rear, there is a private garden and refur­bished listed outside bathhouse-cum-office, connected via a new glazed extension.  With such a lovely backdrop, we then set about coming up with a truly gorgeous masculine and tailored scheme, befitting our design savvy clients, full of textural layering, and tactile fur­nish­ings and colour pop uphol­stery. Making it a fab­u­lous­ly glamorous space to entertain friends, but also a warm and cozy place to call home.

Let the styling begin

Our core brief was to design the layout to make each room work seam­less­ly, as well as looking fantastic. We started with spatial planning and the spec­i­fi­ca­tion of all san­i­tary­ware, materials and finishes of the three custom bathrooms, alongside detailed design of the kitchen. We also planned and styled the bedrooms and social spaces, including a stunning dual aspect lounge with TV snug at one end and more formal living room at the other. We developed a detailed dec­o­ra­tive spec and gorgeous paint palette from Farrow & Ball, using a rich urban mix of neutrals and dramatic darks accented by black iron, deep bronzes and antique brass finishes.

Modern Drawing Room

The mint sofa sits in the more formal, enter­tain­ing space, which is full of lovely original Georgian features, pull-up wooden shutters and character fireplace. We teamed the seating with a masculine cluster of metal coffee tables, leather armchairs and a statement Norr 11 oxidised brass chan­de­lier.

Modern Drawing Room

The mint sofa sits in the more formal, enter­tain­ing space, which is full of lovely original Georgian features, pull-up wooden shutters and character fireplace. We teamed the seating with a masculine cluster of metal coffee tables, leather armchairs and a statement Norr 11 oxidised brass chan­de­lier.

A social kitchen

The open plan kitchen and dining room is one of our favourite spaces. Featuring a stunning brass-topped kitchen island & breakfast bar, flanked by kitchen units painted in Farrow & Ball’s dark and moody shade, Inchyra. Topped with a deep and creamy Carrara marble. The kitchen also features con­certi­na wall lights, a set of vintage leather bar stools and a painted peg-rail encir­cling the worktop for utensils / propping art and cook books.

A social kitchen

The open plan kitchen and dining room is one of our favourite spaces. Featuring a stunning brass-topped kitchen island & breakfast bar, flanked by kitchen units painted in Farrow & Ball’s dark and moody shade, Inchyra. Topped with a deep and creamy Carrara marble. The kitchen also features con­certi­na wall lights, a set of vintage leather bar stools and a painted peg-rail encir­cling the worktop for utensils / propping art and cook books.

Strong geometrics

In the master bathroom, tadelakt walls were jux­ta­posed with masculine geometric feature tiles in blue tones. A crittall shower with matt black controls was softened by Carrara white marble tiles on the floor. A wall mounted double vanity sits on top of a live edge wooden shelf. Sharp and sleek, but warm.

Strong geometrics

In the master bathroom, tadelakt walls were jux­ta­posed with masculine geometric feature tiles in blue tones. A crittall shower with matt black controls was softened by Carrara white marble tiles on the floor. A wall mounted double vanity sits on top of a live edge wooden shelf. Sharp and sleek, but warm.

Three Bathrooms

After opting for strong colourful geo­met­rics and textured polished plaster walls in the Master Bathroom, we pared things back to black and white mono­chrome Moroccan encaustic floor tiles and crisp white walls tiles in the third floor bathroom.

The arched lower ground WC which adjoins the dining room is highly atmos­pher­ic. For one of the project’s little luxuries, we teamed a Bert&May concrete sink with brass controls and Bert&May encaustic blue floor tiles. The WC also hides the clients’ utility appli­ances behind custom joinery with masculine leather handles.

Styling the stairwells

For the twist-and-turn Georgian stair­cas­es and corridors, we pared the palette back, to a rich, urban stone archi­tec­tur­al paint palette, set against a dramatic dark wooden floor. Allowing the original features to breath as the focal point. Monochrome artwork felt like the right choice, with a few select tailored props including a leather umbrella stand and coat metal wall rack for hanging jackets and propping art.

Styling the stairwells

For the twist-and-turn Georgian stair­cas­es and corridors, we pared the palette back, to a rich, urban stone archi­tec­tur­al paint palette, set against a dramatic dark wooden floor. Allowing the original features to breath as the focal point. Monochrome artwork felt like the right choice, with a few select tailored props including a leather umbrella stand and coat metal wall rack for hanging jackets and propping art.

We are delighted that our house design is soon set to feature in the press. Watch this space.

We are delighted that our house design is soon set to feature in the press. Watch this space.