STABLE MANNERS

The setting and framework had been in place for decades when architect Adriana Natcheva started designing her new home in Kensington, London back in 2009: limited space, high ceilings, a large single window facing the front and two smaller ones facing the back. The flat, located on the first floor, was originally a stable serving Kensington Palace with ramps for the horses to be led up. The downstairs provided parking and garages for the horse-drawn carts and the coachmen had their living