The staircase, a distinctive feature that greets you on entering the house.Settling down in Fulham Not unexpectedly, residential house prices in the London boroughs are taking a breather; sales are overall about 0.2 % down on a year ago. Three causes take the blame: Stamp Duty, tougher lending criteria and that pantomime villain, Brexit. Prime […]
At rest. A harmony of colours in the drawing room To carpet or not to carpet? That is the question. In the affluent area of South West London, there is evidence that the beauty of a hardwood floor is rising. One wonders what happened to wall-to-wall carpeting? Sales of carpets fell by almost 20% across […]
Fulham’s Dramatic Transformation Fulham’s transition from an area of industry to one of London’s most sought-after residential communities was dramatic. Since the late 19thcentury, the borough was host to such names as De Havilland, Rolls Royce, Kodak and Shell-Mex; its many industries included breweries, distilleries, potteries and hundreds of small manufacturing companies. Rows of terraces […]
Before After Hover or slide from left to right to see before and after! Click the images above to zoom in Once in a while we come across something intriguing. In the case of a house across the fields from Epsom Racecourse, we found some puzzles that we would like to share with our readers. […]
West Ham Football Club The home of Lawn Tennis, Wimbledon It has been our privilege to have fitted floors in two of our nation’s greatest sports arenas: the Olympic Stadium, now The West Ham Stadium, and at The All England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon. Though this is a proud boast, we are prevented by contract […]
Originally situated in Chelsea, Offer Waterman is a privately-owned art gallery now based in the heart of Mayfair. Works of art by some of the most illustrious artists of the 20th and 21st centuries have been exhibited on its walls. The building it now occupies was converted from the old showrooms of William Morris & Co by […]
Enter Percy & Founders, an up-market restaurant in Fitzrovia, London, and one is suffused in the warmth of Oak. It’s everywhere! The ceilings, floors, pillars and much of the furniture have the same fawn-coloured timber occasionally relieved by marble and other ceramics. Whilst the ceiling has parallels of plank, the floors contrast with over-sized parquet. […]
The Jaeger-LeCoultre’s name is synonymous with precision. Hundreds of chronograph movements have, in their own way, made history since the company was awarded a gold medal at London’s Great Exhibition in 1851. Its most recent award has come from The Responsible Jewellery Council for its commitment to its ethical, social and environmental standards. And there […]
The Hawksmoor family of restaurants started in one of London’s oldest street markets, Spitalfields, close to the Christ Church built for the East End parish (as it was then) by Nicholas Hawksmoor. Hence the name. Hawksmoor Borough came soon after built in the ‘foodiest’ market in the Country, Borough Market. After researching the world for […]
Home to a Danish interior designer, the floors are an outstanding feature: 15 metres long, 45 centimetres wide and 40mm thick white washed Douglas boards. The supplier was Dinesen, Denmark’s foremost flooring supplier, famous for its unique products. Dramatically beautiful as they are, the Soap & Lye finish requires a daily care and maintenance, […]
A contemporary Swedish-style kitchen was required in a Victorian terraced house in North East London, close to a park going back to Tudor times. The kitchen was designed by Sola Kitchens taking into account two large windows overlooking the park. Though the kitchen was quite small the planning and preparation had to be precise and […]
Click to zoom in Kate Spade almost literally sprang into then retail fashion world in 2013. Today, there are over 40 stores mostly in North America and Europe turning over $4billion. Four of them are in London. We were asked to restore the Kate Spade signature dark hardwood floor imported from the USA, staircase and […]
Harvey Nichols Showroom The basement area of Harvey Nicholls was closed to the public so a new floor could be fitted Harvey Nichols Exterior This iconic store started in 1831 in Knightsbridge and is still there albeit in a newer building. It exclusivity is recognised throughout the world, a name the epitomises fashion, beauty and, […]
Click images above to zoom in Technology has a lot to answer for. It has diminished the role of the Dining Room and, by doing so, has changed the dynamics of the way we live. Chris and Emily bought a terraced house in Balham and extended the ground floor rooms creating a corridor that is […]
Our client was at her wits’ end. Her beautiful oak floor had been ravaged by careless builders: water stains, scratches and scuffing. We won the contract to rescue a floor that other floor fitters dare not tackle. First of all, the boards on the ground floor had to be sanded down until all the damage […]
Practical elegance that comes with striking hardwood floors London is full of surprises. And, here, in Tooting is one of them. Seen from above, there are neatly ranked houses in pretty tree-lined streets, parks and commons. But look closer at the street names and you will find “Doctor Johnson Street”. Hello, what’s he doing […]
Who cannot fail to love London? Amongst the thickets of untidy streets, traffic jams and noisy construction sites, you will come across a rose. There are quite a few of them but The Bloomsbury hotel is one of the best. You’ll need to keep your eyes open or you will miss it. The Grade-II listed […]
Golden retreat. Once a wine store during the reign of William of Orange, now the living room in Dunbar Wharf. Biography of a 17th century warehouse If only buildings could talk! Dunbar Wharf has a 230-year saga of enterprise, maritime supremacy, riches, tragedy, war, decay and resurrection. All this, from a humble warehouse on Limehouse […]
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