Our home: converting gloomy basement flats
Forget those damp, dreary basements, Ruth Bloomfield discovers that life below street level can provide the height of chic, urban style
25 February 2016
Barbara Webster with her daughter, Lizzie, co-founder of Fraher Architects who designed the basement's transformation.
A wall of cupboards and shelves provides much-needed extra storage
The kitchen has been given a chunky, polished concrete worktop with a "bug splatter" effect on its sides to provide texture
The remarkable timber ceiling in the dining area is known as a "split butterfly roof". The space was created to allow plenty of room for family dining
Little black book:
Low Info
Modular Lighting
Innerform Contemporary Interiors
Dinesen Wood Floors
Lindum Green Roofs
Pictures by David Butler