- Location: Ballsbridge
- Description: Reconfiguration & extension of period home
- Who lives here: Family of 3
- Type of house: Victorian terraced
Making a period home work for a modern living
The layout of period homes often doesn’t work for modern families, especially on ground-floor level, which traditionally was configured as a series of rooms – the good room, a dining room, a WC, a small kitchen and possibly a pantry at the return, all of which are quite dark, separate from each other and far from the garden.
For this young family, we reconfigured the layout to create an open plan kitchen living and dining space with plenty of storage and most importantly a connection to the garden with large floor to ceiling sliding doors. Not only did the glazing maximise that amount of light getting into this new family space but it also created a seamless line between inside and out. This made the courtyard garden feel more spacious and also created the illusion of a larger living space.
Roof lights were used to get light into the darker areas of the house and we designed plenty of storage to ensure that the space functioned as beautifully as it looked.
Design Stage
Living Room – Before
Living Room – Before
Design Stage
Design Stage
Kitchen After
Courtyard Before
Courtyard After
Bathroom Before
Bathroom After
