Project of the Week: Biddulph Mansions by Ardesia Design
We, at Ardesia Design, have recently finished one really special Project for us and we would like to share it with you.
About the Project:
Furniture and decorative pieces for the flat were
sourced from various suppliers across Italy , France , Belgium , and US. All stonewashed linen curtains and soft
furnishing were bespoke and custom made for the Project.
About the Project:
Biddulph Mansions was a refurbishment project of a Mansion
block apartment in Maida Vale, London .
Biddulph Mansions were built between 1902 and 1904, designed by the architects
Boehmer and Gibbs and probably derived its name from Sir Thomas Biddulph who was
a secretary to Queen Victoria .
This three bedroom 90sqm top floor property had only one
bathroom and one small living room. The flat had not been refurbished for
nearly 40 years. Client’s main brief was to create a bigger living room space,
as well as to incorporate a new en-suite bathroom into the Master bedroom.
Following the Brief, we connected one of the bedrooms with the existing living
room to create a big open-plan transversal living room with a dining space and
one of the small storage rooms became an en-suite bathroom.
The interior style was something of a creative mix inspired
by Parisian Apartments and Mediterranean houses.
Plastered white arched joinery across the flat reminded of a seaside house on
an island in Greece
and bespoke moulded bedroom and wardrobes’ doors could easily bring your
imagination to one of those elegant flats in Paris .
Custom made shelves were all plastered before being painted, old French
shutters were found to be incorporated as wardrobes doors, and all the
ironmongery was custom made in Belgium .
Old chimneys were removed to be replaced by simple grey stone.
Based on those concepts the colour scheme of the apartment
was kept quite neutral varying between white and grey to blue with a splash of
red, which worked as an accent colour.
Full length Dinesen wooden floor planks were brought inside
through the window and fitted throughout the flat, except kitchen and
bathrooms. Kitchen floor was tiled with beautiful blue Moroccan cement tiles. Kitchen
itself was designed in light washed wood and imported from Spain .
In order to gain more storage space some of the kitchen units were fitted
inside of the existing chimney breast. Kitchen worktop was made in white concrete
which worked well with rustic looking cement floor tiles.
Both bathrooms were finished in micro cement, which gave us
the desired look of seamless finish. Basins, bathtub and WCs in matt Astone
material were ordered directly from Italy
and stainless steel sanitary ware from CEA
completed the look. The main feature of the family bathroom was bespoke mirror
window shutters, which were sliding side ways, allowing a user to have a mirror
in front of the basin, as well as revealing hidden bathroom storage when
covering the windows.
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