For Option 1 we have followed the brief as tightly as possible. The objective was to use minimum cost to create maximum impact and adding contemporary character to the spaces. We’ll run through the rooms moving from front to back.

- Living room: ash-wood joinery pieces have been added to create a support for the television above the fireplace and a window seat in the front bay. A pocket door opening has been added to connect the living room more immediately to the rest of the house, making the corridor feel less restricted.
- Master bedroom: the entrance has been shifted to allow for a full width wardrobe.
- WC: a small WC with a shower has been introduced in to the hallway with a curved wall that also forms a shower enclosure on the inside. A clerestory light at high level allows natural light into the WC from above.
- Children’s Bedroom: a playful joinery unit that combines a bunk-bed and wardrobe is proposed to enclose one side of the room (see renders).
- Bathroom: for this visual the boiler has been retained (due to the cost implications) and a combined bespoke shower and bath proposed (see renders). Alternative layouts are proposed on the plan page.
- Kitchen/Office: new units have been added that use a deep teal shaker-front that is broken up by ash-wood vertical and horizontal supports. These units run around the corner in to the office space where they form a deployable desk that can be stored when not in use. The space is divided using a polycarbonate or ash-wood screen that can be stowed when not needed.

Option 2 expands the limits of the brief to create a vision that we feel makes the best use of spaces within the apartment.

- Kitchen/Living/Dining: The combined the living and dining areas feel much more spacious with a dual aspect that allows for more daylight and better ventilation.
- Office/Kids bedroom: the end of the corridor also feels much more private which is useful both for getting work done during the day and for whichever child might be using it as a bedroom in the future.
- Bathrooms: this option creates a more functional bathroom arrangement with both a master en-suite that allows privacy for the parents and a kids/guest bathroom with a bathtub that can be accessed from the main hall. Splitting the bathroom in to two rooms means that the boiler would indeed have to be moved to the living room but this also creates space to keep a cloakroom in the hallway to store outside clothes and shoes.
- Master Bedroom: the parents bedroom has been moved to the former kids room and a pocket door has been added in the wall between the bedroom and the bathroom to allow for a private en-suite with a walk-in shower and natural light.