‘Our kitchen looks high-end, but the units cost £600!’
When Nicola Paige, 49, and her husband, Rob, 52, bought this four-bedroom, 1920s cottage in Glen Parva, Leicestershire, they weren’t overwhelmed by how much they liked it, but could see its potential. ‘It didn’t have kerbside appeal,’ recalls Nicola, ‘but it was spacious and felt really quirky, and because it hadn’t been touched since the 1960s, it was a chance to do a complete renovation, to suit our taste.’ As the hub of their family home, the kitchen needed an overhaul
