Ideal Home

Divide & conquer

Dining room

Although the living space has been split into two separate rooms, when the doors are opened wide, they still feel like one, large space – ideal at Christmastime.

BUY THE KEY PIECES Britolli White marble ceramic dining table, £921.60, First Furniture, would work here

The kids were getting bigger and the small living room in our old 1930s house was very small,’ says Karen van Tongeren. ‘We needed more space, and this townhouse in central Haarlem fitted the bill. We had three months before we moved in, so rather than make any big structural changes, we decided to focus on redecorating – replacing the floors and painting every square inch.

Many of our neighbours

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