Make your home, a home!
While the main drive of an architectural scheme often focuses on the key issues of planning consent, building control issues, and the ‘bricks and mortar’ construction, the tone and quality of your interior design is arguably just as important, if not more so. After all, you will almost certainly be spending a lot more time inside your property than looking at the outside.
It might be all very well getting planning consent for an 800 sq ft extension, but if this ends up as a large dull box with poor proportions and dull interior design, it might just be a waste of money.
Architectural Schemes to Make the Most of the Interior
Good light and views are essential, of course, and while much consideration should be given to the design of the elevation from outside, the proportions from the inside are just as important. Establishing the right cill and head levels, which define the bottom and top vertical heights of a window or door opening relative to the finished floor level, is a vital element. Deliberate consideration of these at the planning stage can contribute to a space feeling rather special. Transoms in windows are another consideration, as we do not want them to obscure the eye line.
Interior Design Colour Choices
While it may be for the best to simply choose a standard colour scheme such as gardenia emulsion throughout, there are often neutral colours which may be more sympathetic to the location or exposure of your home. If the light is predominantly overcast or from a north facing elevation, you may want to ‘warm up’ the natural light effect by choosing a warmer neutral colour. If the exposure will attract a lot of bright sunlight, you may choose to tone down the colour to reduce glare.
Our Highgate Refurbishment Project
The photographs here show a project we undertook in Highgate, North London. This was a complete refurbishment of a classic, but sadly dilapidated, 1960s Modernist house. We brought up to date with the latest heating, lighting storage solutions and new furniture to work in the space. Every element in this project is the result of a deliberate choice, whether architectural or interior design, and the space feels deliberate, thoughtful and bright.
Speak With Our Award Winning Residential Architects
Talk to us about your ambitions for your interior scheme – you may be able to achieve more than you had first thought to make your space feel more homely and snug, refreshingly new, or to give it a more contemporary feel.
