If you’ve been on the Internet over the weekend, or watched the just-dropped new episode of For the Love of Kitchens, featuring cook spaces transformed by UK-based deVol, today’s house tour may look familiar.
Photography by Paul West (@consideredthings).
Grand in stature and moody in tone, the circa-1717 East London home has been immaculately redone by Paul and Michelle.
“When we first viewed the house, we were transformed by how it felt, and inspired and reassured by the level of craftsmanship and care the building has been given through the last 30 years since it was rescued,” Paul recalls.
The front room, with grand full-height windows.
“The ‘bones’ were in excellent order,” Paul says.
Original features (interior shutters, a romantic ceiling fresco) mixes with Paul and Michelle’s clean-lined, modernist-leaning taste.
The couple used Farrow & Ball’s Old White throughout the house.
“We transformed the basement kitchen, which wasn’t in good working order, and shared our vision with deVol to help bring it to life,” Paul says.
Spotted on the kitchen counter: a copy of Remodelista in Maine.
The kitchen features ample storage and, like all rooms in the house, a fireplace.
“We designed the kitchen as two connected spaces: a main kitchen space and a dining space,” Paul says.
The snug dining room, with a bespoke deVol Shaker table, Ercol Heritage Chairs, and a vintage Welsh dresser.
“We wanted to introduce a new laundry/utility room to work better with the flow of the day,” Paul says.
Paul and Michelle added muted, earthy, hues and doses of black throughout the house.
The original stair, in natural light.
“It’s a lovely space to source antiques for, and curate newer pieces, too,” Paul says.
The newly done bath, with roll-top tub.
As far as their progress, Paul reports, “The most recent project, just before winter, was reimagining and landscaping our rear courtyard garden. We sourced some beautiful reclaimed York stone and created a more formal layout that feels more appropriate to this historic townhouse.”
“We’re certainly feeling more settled now,” he adds. However, a house and a home like this is never finished; it’s such a great, flexible canvas and full of potential.