Ideal Home

" GO BOLD WITH finishing touches "

HOME NOTES

WHO LIVES HERE?

Katharine Maclean, a conservation architect and interior designer (centurydesignstudio.co.uk) lives here with her husband James and their daughter Martha, aged four.

THE PROPERTY

A four-bedroom end-terrace house built in the 1960s, in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.

1 “Simple units ensure a calm, bright scheme”

‘When we moved in, the old kitchen was so dark and murky that I wanted the complete opposite with white cabinetry to keep the scheme bright. This means the cheaper elements, such as tiling and paint,

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