‘it now feels like a whole new room’

For one young family, renovating this space transformed it into an all-day hangout

Brighten a blank kitchen by introducing multi-hued touches that add instant warmth and personality to the engine room of the home

SOPHIE AND CARL FELL FOR A TIRED 1930S PROPERTY IN LONDON AND TURNED IT INTO A SMART BUT INFORMAL HOME WITH THE SOCIABLE SPACES THEY CRAVED

Bright colours, an open layout and versatile lighting turned Sarah and John Yates’ unwelcoming subterranean kitchen into the heart of the home

HANNAH’S VIBRANT KITCHEN RENOVATION DELIVERS ARCHITECTURAL DRAMA, JOYFUL COLOURS AND A DREAM PANTRY

We inherited a typical 1930s layout of a rectangular bathroom and a separate loo that wasn’t suitable for us. With a teenager and a younger child, we knew we had to change things quickly after moving