This project involved the conversion of two 1-bedroom flats The flats benefited from lots of great features like exposed
into a new 2-bedroom house in Hackney, East London. brick walls and roof beams, which we really wanted to
make the most of: for example in the kitchen-dining area,
I was commissioned directly by the client who had seen the brickwork had been painted over so we sandblasted
my work in other residential properties. He had already the walls to reveal the brick underneath. The whole time we
commissioned an architect to start the process of converting were on site I was terrified that the finish looked too rough,
the two flats into a single house and brought me onboard to but then as soon as the bespoke units were fitted and the
manage the project and provide creative direction in terms decorating finished, they looked amazing and just provide
of style, fittings and furnishings. the most beautiful raw backdrop to the contemporary
kitchen. ▶