‘I used all my design tricks to transform this house’

Carley and Fraser Kyle bought their Edwardian terrace in July 2018, when their daughter, Sienna, was just 10 months old. ‘It was in very poor condition, but thank goodness we were able to stay with my parents for a few months while the basic structural work was done,’ Carley says. They rejigged the downstairs to create a kitchen-diner that opens onto the garden and a more spacious family bathroom, while the original kitchen is now a useful utility room.

‘We moved here from a modern apartment, so we were delighted with the character of