Interior Design Yearbook 2022

Living Spaces

Our own Jennifer Hamilton discusses living spaces and how The Vawdrey House explores the changing flow of the ground floor to better incorporate the addition of the an extension.

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With images from Siobhan Doran

Editor Alexandra Bushby

‍Words by Jennifer Hamilton

Contributors include Sophie Paterson, Thomas Griem, Louise Bradley and Henry Prideaux

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"Sometimes people come to us with the brief for an extension - but once we work through how they use the house, we establish they don't need more space - they just need to rearrange the rooms they already have." writes Hamilton.

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The article discusses the traditional extension bolt on approach and how this can leave the previously hard working rooms, empty and forgotten. Instead The Vawdrey House looks at the ground floor as a whole and proposes options which would allow the client to utilise all the space in a manner that works to their lifestyle.

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Read the full article on page 162 here

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