Ali and Aysha’s North London renovation project involved the addition of an industrial style extension to a Victorian terrace house, including crittal style black glazing. The extension and re-planning of the ground floor layout has transformed the way the family lives in their home.

The new open plan space is bright, flooded with natural light, and opening out onto the rear garden. Internally the space is dramatic with large vaulted ceilings, full height glazing and large oversized rooflights. The crittall style doors are carried through the internal design. These doors are used as you move from the front of the house towards the rear, opening into the formal front living room and then leading through to the open space at the rear.

Due to the challenging planning conditions the team from Model Projects had to take a unique approach to the form, size and depth of the proposed new extension. The resulting form was a staggered approach with the extension longer to one side than the other. This maintained the integrity of the design, and blended naturally with the neighbouring properties. The extension was designed with a pitched roof, to lower the size and bulk on the boundary line. The staggered approach is enhanced with the staggered glazing following the form of the extension and pitched roof.

Key Design Features
As you move through the house from the front door to the rear, the contrasting styles enhance the original period features. The entrance has patterned black and white tiles that lead you to the original staircase leading up to the first floor.

The front living room or drawing room is opened up to the entrance hallway with a large set of crittall style french doors and fixed windows. This design feature brings the industrial style inside and increases the natural light in the entrance hallway.

As you move towards the rear you enter the open plan kitchen, dining and family area through another glass crittal door. As you enter the space the whole back of the house opens up to the full width of the property, with large glazing across the whole rear wall.

The kitchen is of a modern shaker style in rich deep blue. The layout is a single run unit with a large central island. The island feature is where the family congregate. The kitchen has contrasting herringbone timber flooring and london stock brickwork walls.

There is a hidden utility room to the centre of the house as this area that does not benefit from natural light.

The Interior Design of this project was completed by aysha_interiors.