Cochrane scope of work involved conversion of an elegant Victorian town house, which was split in four flats into a modern family home. The high points of the house was its high ceilings and spacious front to back layout while its low-points were narrow side spaces and numerous small rooms.
The design work centred around the height of the building and used it intelligently to cut through the floors to create light and space. The redesigned house features raised ground floor.
The building has a formal seating area at the front, which leads to a spacious dining area. The designer has raised the level of the flooring by three quarters to the back wall, where a gap has been created from the ceiling of the first floor, which leads to the garden level below. The highlight of this space is a dark painted-wood library, which occupies an entire wall beginning at the lower ground floor level to the first floor ceiling. This space allows flow of light from the first floor to levels below into the kitchen and connects the entire space into one unit, which is connected to the large back garden.
The carefully planned kitchen opens out into the garden. It has been done up in stone and dark grey tones, which is contrasted with purple drum shade that sits over the large bespoke island. The space retains the antique French fridge with polished steel.
Cochrane, by vertical alignment, has converted the two upper floors into three and has carved a small guest suite. The designer, at all possible places, has emphasised ceiling height and inserted roof vaults to give a spacious feel to small rooms.
The master suite is a highly functional and luxurious space, with a dressing room and bathroom. All the five bedrooms have simple painted panelling, which is a consistent design pattern in all the schemes. The house also features upholstered panels on walls to add luxury, softness and colour quotient to the space.
