With this in mind, Brian and his team set to work creating a sleek, white kitchen, warmed by wood and bathed in natural light, flowing onto a library/dining room and living space that sport an updated take on traditional style. The result is an harmonious and original space, full of clever touches, from ingenious pocket doors that create intimate rooms to a small but super-charming glass box extension off the back.
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Room at a Glance
Who lives here A professional American woman
Location Battersea, south London
Size Approx 80 sq m; part of a four-bedroom Edwardian terrace
Architect Brian O’Tuama of Brian O’Tuama Architects
Brian moved the kitchen to the opposite side of the room, under the glass roof and in line with the glass box. ‘Before, the kitchen had no visual connection with the outside,’ he says. ‘Now, there’s a lovely flow between inside and out, thanks to folding doors and all the glass. Rejigging the space also made room for a spacious dining area and an island.’
Brian designed the kitchen cabinets and the contractor had them made in Hungary. They are MDF, factory-sprayed in a bespoke off-white shade.
Table, Unto This Last. Beat Fat White pendant lights (over table), Tom Dixon. Calabash pendant lights (in reading annex), Lightyears.
Who lives here A professional American woman
Location Battersea, south London
Size Approx 80 sq m; part of a four-bedroom Edwardian terrace
Architect Brian O’Tuama of Brian O’Tuama Architects
Brian moved the kitchen to the opposite side of the room, under the glass roof and in line with the glass box. ‘Before, the kitchen had no visual connection with the outside,’ he says. ‘Now, there’s a lovely flow between inside and out, thanks to folding doors and all the glass. Rejigging the space also made room for a spacious dining area and an island.’
Brian designed the kitchen cabinets and the contractor had them made in Hungary. They are MDF, factory-sprayed in a bespoke off-white shade.
Table, Unto This Last. Beat Fat White pendant lights (over table), Tom Dixon. Calabash pendant lights (in reading annex), Lightyears.
Brian O'Tuama Architects
The house already had an extension at the back containing the kitchen, but it had been poorly built and was unappealing and draughty. Brian designed a new space on its footprint, but added a small glass box addition on one side, which is now a little library.
‘The garden is not that big, but the living space inside the house is generous, so we didn’t feel there was a need to extend out any further,’ he says. ‘Nevertheless, we wanted to do something a little bit more interesting at the back.’
‘The garden is not that big, but the living space inside the house is generous, so we didn’t feel there was a need to extend out any further,’ he says. ‘Nevertheless, we wanted to do something a little bit more interesting at the back.’
Brian O'Tuama Architects
‘We pushed out by about 1.5m to create the little glass box library with a glass ceiling,’ says Brian. ‘It breaks up the rear elevation and its roof extends across as a canopy for the terrace.’
The canopy lines up perfectly with the oriel window above that Brian installed in the rear bedroom. ‘It doesn’t increase the footprint of that room, but it boosts the feeling of space and has a lovely window seat, too,’ he says.
The canopy lines up perfectly with the oriel window above that Brian installed in the rear bedroom. ‘It doesn’t increase the footprint of that room, but it boosts the feeling of space and has a lovely window seat, too,’ he says.
Brian O'Tuama Architects
The owner wanted a contemporary kitchen-diner, but Brian was careful to ground this with some warm elements. ‘We wanted lots of clean white, but with a little bit of contrast, too,’ he says. The parquet flooring brings in rich colour, while the cedar on the island also reappears on the shelving in the library annex and the canopy and built-in bench outside, to link the interior and the exterior.
‘We used a limited number of materials, for a considered and calm feel,’ says Brian. ‘It looks contemporary but warm, too. It’s not like opening the door of a fridge and being blinded by the whiteness!’
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‘We used a limited number of materials, for a considered and calm feel,’ says Brian. ‘It looks contemporary but warm, too. It’s not like opening the door of a fridge and being blinded by the whiteness!’
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Wall units built under the glass roof would have obscured the view up and out and blocked light. Instead, Brian designed a bank of tall units with integrated ovens and a fridge-freezer on the adjacent wall. ‘This allowed a nice clean worktop space beneath the glass roof, with just a simple shelf above for stuff you want to have on display,’ he says.
Island worktop, Caesarstone. Units worktop and integrated sink, Corian. Metropolitan wall tiles, Fired Earth.
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Brian O'Tuama Architects
Originally, there was just a single door connecting the dining/library space at the back of the kitchen to the hall. ‘We wanted to open the reception rooms up more,’ says Brian. ‘This started out as an idea for visually connecting the spaces, but the amount of light that now flows through is another benefit.’
There are two pocket doors fitted at either side of the opening, to meet fire safety regulations and allow the space to be closed off if necessary. There is also a recessed door panel to the kitchen, which can be folded over to shut it off. ‘I’m not sure whether the owner has ever used it,’ says Brian, ‘but if you were having a major doughnut frying session and didn’t want the smell to come through, you could shut the kitchen off!’
There are two pocket doors fitted at either side of the opening, to meet fire safety regulations and allow the space to be closed off if necessary. There is also a recessed door panel to the kitchen, which can be folded over to shut it off. ‘I’m not sure whether the owner has ever used it,’ says Brian, ‘but if you were having a major doughnut frying session and didn’t want the smell to come through, you could shut the kitchen off!’
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‘There were floorboards in the hallway originally,’ says Brian, ‘but as we’d opened up the hall to the reception rooms, we thought it would benefit from having its own identity.’ Brian sourced porcelain tiles in soft colours. ‘We adapted the standard pattern and chose tiles in three muted tones,’ he says. ‘It’s an updated version of a classic Victorian tiled hallway and those muted tones appear on walls around the house.’
Porcelain floor tiles, Olde English.
Porcelain floor tiles, Olde English.
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A cloakroom has been slotted into a space between the dining/library area and the kitchen. Brian chose a beautiful wallpaper for the smallest room. ‘You might as well go for broke in the downstairs loo!’ he laughs. ‘You won’t be in there for very long, so you won’t get tired of it. It gives the space more impact and makes the experience of using this room a bit more enjoyable!’
Derwent wallpaper, Osborne & Little.
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