Whether you’re going to renovate your kitchen, or redo your bathroom: if you’re itching to start your next home refurbishment, there are several things you should consider before starting out.
I’m guessing you’ve had an idea about what you want to do to your property, but are asking ‘where should I begin?’. I get it. For my own home renovation, it was all about getting rid of the very dated, and slightly disgusting, wallpapers and carpets before anything else. After this, we then measured up and assessed our space – a great place for you to start.
If you’ve lived in your home for a while, consider what it is you want to achieve, from functionality to aesthetics. Does the layout work as it is or does it require a total overhaul?
Picture this: a windowless, fully tiled grey and brown bathroom with a bath and matching white sanitaryware. Not very inviting, is it? Especially not if it’s inside a stunning (and rather grand) Art Deco-style building in London – think dado rails, big steel-framed windows, terrazzo flooring in the lobby, huge white columns… in short: an absolute dream. An Art Deco bathroom surely is the only thing that would do the trick? So Louise Ashdown, head of design at West One…
If you’re renovated a home before, you know how it goes. Things start with ‘let’s move the boiler cupboard from here to there’ or ‘I’d like to replace the bath with a large shower’, or even ‘how about we knock through that wall and make the room bigger’. And before you know it, you’re knee deep in a project with plans to totally remodel a space in your hand. Yep, it happens. It did to the owners of this lovely…
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Whether you’re going to 
