Projects

Steeple Aston Library

My clients asked me to create a library for their book collection in this East facing former dining room. The room lacks natural daylight with a chandelier as the only night time source of illumination. The walls were painted in a pale neutral with dark curtains and a small victorian open fire. We decided on a warm aqua blue as a foil for the books, oak floor boards plus the beautiful artwork over the fire. The old fireplace was replaced with a more efficient wood burning stove and the original tiles from the surround were added to the newly opened floor. A deep red to match the tiles was chosen for the interior of the fireplace which adds further warmth. Picture lights and some concealed fittings were introduced to the scheme to give further much needed illumination. 

Swerford Bathroom Renovation

This project was to transform a bathroom with a very large bath beneath the window into a shower room. As this room is built into the eaves and the shower could only fit in the highest part of the room, the vanity had to be located elsewhere. By bringing forward and deepening the windowsill beneath the dormer window, I was able to bring the vanity unit to a point where headroom was not an issue. This also allowed for hidden plumbing including the WC cistern which has given the whole 

Oxfordshire Cottage Bathrooms & Laundry

This project was a challenging but fulfilling one involving the redesign of two en-suites, one bathroom, plus incorporating a laundry into to a downstairs loo and cloakroom. Given this is an 18th century cottage, the bathrooms had to be installed retrospectively, as such, most of the spaces are small and quirky in shape. Making the most of these spaces was the priority, and the outcome was beautiful.

North Oxfordshrie Farmhouse and Barn

This former farmhouse kitchen was remodelled into a spacious utility and boot room when my clients converted the barn adjoining their farmhouse into a new kitchen dining space. The room has a feature inglenook fireplace which was formerly the cooker space. This was redesigned and re-purposed into a cloakroom space including shoe cubicles, welly storage, coat and hat hanging plus an integrated bench. A tall and deep cupboard with dog bed below were built into a former but no longer required doorway. The lovely worn original flagstone floor plus the painting over the timber cabinet were the starting point for colours and we chose a soft olive green for some of the walls and cabinetry to work with these.
The new kitchen, dining and living space was added within the barn adjoining my clients' farmhouse. The former kitchen, though large was relatively dark with only one window and busy with cabinetry and open shelving. The resultant space shown here is much lighter and has allowed for a more contemporary look.

Cotswold Manor Cottage

This was a triple bathroom project, so three times the challenge and three times the excitment!! My client had chosen some beautiful Bert and May encaustic floor tiles she loved and had some oak shelves from her former house that she wanted to use and from these two fundamental elements the designs were created.

Marsh Gibbon New Build

I was invited to consult on this new build project before the foundations had even been laid which is the perfect time to engage an interior designer...i.e when you still have time to make the best decisions regarding lighting, electrical and layout plans. I was also working with the clients on colour and finish choices both for the solid surfaces as well as soft furnishings. In soite of their desire for a modern scheme, what was particularly lovely about these clients was their wish to bring some treasured pieces from their previous home and it was my job to incorporate these into the new spaces. Another fabulous part of this job is my client's passion and cleverness with house plants. They have been used to great effect throughout the house and add softness as well as zesty life to all their rooms...I love it!

Northamptonshire Family Home

Swiss Ski Chalet

This brief for this now beautiful chalet was to update and extend the kitchen and living space, incorporate a new ecologically driven heating system and add a wow factor to its existing cosy charm. One of the main criteria as far as the clients and I were concerned was to capitalise on the beautiful views from the front of the chalet that were largely hidden in the past. By adding a considerable amount of glass to this elevation in the form of windows stretching into the eves the resulting effect is stunning. I would like to thank my client for supplying me with some of the photos to which I have added some before shots plus images of my own taken on finally visiting the chalet post completion.

Grade II Listed Oxfordshire Home

These two bedrooms are part of an ongoing project in this North Oxfordshire home. One is the master bedroom formerly without any hanging storage, The second is the guest bedroom formerly used as a child's single bedroom with built in wardrobes providing the storage space required in the master bedroom. This room needed to be opened up in order to allow space for a double bed for overnight guests. 

Jericho Apartment, Oxford

This gorgeous city centre apartment in Jericho, Oxford was  a pleasure to work with as it has loads of space and natural light. The clients, who I have worked with before had been renting it out over the last decade or so and have now decided to personalise it and move into it themselves. Their taste is for a light, clean, modern yet fun look which I think is what was achieved by us working together towards this goal. 

Grade II Listed North Oxfordshire Home

The clients in this four bedroom Grade II listed Georgian townhouse in a North Oxfordshire village have taken me on to work their house from top to bottom (though parts of the bottom were done prior to the top for reasons beyond our control!) Shown here is the top floor Shower Room which needed to be reconfigured to allow for comfortable living between height restricting beams to either side. The other rooms shown her are the top floor Study and ground floor Entrance Hall.

North Oxfordshire Georgian House

Oxfordshire Barn Conversion

This is a long term project with elements having been added over a number of years. 

Oxfordshire Country House Bathroom refurbishment

Catriona Renk
This was a family bathroom with cobalt gingham roman blinds and matching tongue and groove panelling, timber floored with the WC, shower enclosure plus an extra WHB where the new wet room space has been located. The client wanted a clean simple look as this room is now a guest bathroom, but wanted to retain the T&G paneling. For this reason I chose pale paint colours in similar he's to simplify the look by decreasing the contrast. Unfortunately mirror over the basin has not been fitted in this picture!

North Oxfordshire Holiday Let

This is one of two holiday cottages I was asked by the same clients to design. The second I hope to upload soon, but it has been booked out since the day I finished work on it! The look I was asked to prepare was modern country with the space to fulfil all living requirements in one room.

Former childrens' playroom turned relaxing snug. Dark walls painted to a level below the tall ceiling height in this room create a more intimate setting for evening relaxation. The Nina Campbell curtains add a freshness to balance the depth of the wall colour and give the space an airy lightness during daylight hours.

Steeple Aston Playroom - Snug

Somerton Barn Conversion

Brief was to create a guest bedroom with luxurious boutique hotel feel using several items of the clients' existing oak furniture and the use of jewel colours. The addition of white plantation shutters to the bedroom windows (the rest of the house already has them installed) and an oak four poster bed moved the influence to a more colonial feel with beautiful Indian printed cottons, gauzy linen voiles and deep ruby glass lamp bases.

North Oxfordshire village family home

This bathroom refurbishment required some problem solving as the room is L shaped looking like a corridor on entry and had minimal storage. To counter the shape of the room I added a mirror to the wall opposite entry to make the space feel larger. A Vanity unit was introduced for storage.

Black Barn Cottage

This is one of two newly built studio cottages I was asked to make comfortable for the holiday and short term rental market. The use of natural finishes in oak and limestone lent itself to soft colouring but allowed splashes of colour from two of my favourite fabric designers Bluebell Gray and Rapture and Wright as well as a painting by local artist Julie Carpenter...this was a fun project!

New build Bicester

Having bought a new build property in Bicester with a view to letting it out, my clients asked me to provide lighting, flooring, window treatments and wall art to appeal to as wide a base of potential clients as possible whilst also making the sure the finish was stylish and hard wearing. This involved choosing a fairly neutral palate with androgynous appeal. The let is unfurnished so all items needed to be able to be work with any given tenants own furnishings. We had the generous offer of gorgeous furnishing and accessories for these photos from our friends at Rosara...thank you!!!

Central Warwick hotel rooms

I was asked to create 8 bedrooms in a newly acquired annexe to an existing hotel in Warwick. The brief was to create spaces with a fresh relaxed feel using British suppliers and products to match the ethos of the client.
Project cost below includes only decoration and furniture items.

Central Warwick Hotel Bedrooms

Greenhouse Cafe Melrose

I was delighted to be asked to provide furnishings, lighting and wall treatments to this lovely cafe in the Scottish Borders. With three distinct areas within the building the opportunity presented itself to create three separate zones and styles allowing guests to find a place to sit to suit their moods. The client and I are delighted with the result and hope you like it too!!

Oxford Riverside Pub

The brief was to revamp this lovely riverside gastropub just outside oxford. The aim was to freshen up the interiors and make new and separate decor sections to pub's various architectural spaces. Shown here are the dining room and conservatory only, leaving the cosy snug and main bar out of the frame as they were less likely to be used as inspiration for a residential space.

North London thirties style bar

This project was to make the bar area of this north London gastropub attractive to both the daytime coffee, breakfast and lunch guests as well as appealing to night time drinking crowd. The pale olive green furnishings and wall colours, whilst appearing fresh during the day, fade to sophisticated greys in artificial lighting in the evenings and create a monochrome scheme highlighted by metallic elements.

Surrey Gastropub Dining Room

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