Just when I thought I was all over pale grey and had definitely slid over to the dark side I see a place like this. All tall ceilings and pale grey walls and I’m completely reinspired again. This apartment is in Edinburgh and is on the market with Savills for offers over £1,200,000.
It has three bedrooms (with a dressing room for the master suite) as well as a west-facing walled garden. Now it’s a slightly odd one in terms of layout as the third bedroom (11′ by 9’8″) isn’t huge, does have its own shower room but is on the lower ground floor. The second bedroom is tucked behind the kitchen and is smaller.
But, and it’s a big but; there’s a huge sitting room next to the really big kitchen diner and another, even bigger, drawing room by the master bedroom suite. So it’s perfect for a couple, especially if one, or possibly both, work from home. I might go and live in it when my children leave home in fact. Except we live in London so that will probably never happen. This can be my fantasy house which I can furnish with all the things Himself doesn’t want – and that will be yesterday’s birdy table, which will go next to that olive green chaise. I have a chaise that needs recovering. Clearly it needs to be green…
I love kitchens that have been put into rooms that didn’t originally have kitchens in. This is so minimal and grand it’s just perfect isn’t it. Another row of open shelves, an antique refectory table, perhaps a rug and I’m ready.
This is it from the other end. The view is clearly fabulous and there’s a marble fireplace as well. Finally the large bedroom. Now there’s the argument for having vintage furniture right there. That dark chest of drawers totally sorts this room out. A modern pale piece wouldn’t work anything like as well. They need a couple of pictures on the walls but perhaps they depersonalised for the estate agent.
What do we think? Are we going to Scotland this week? Or would you rather stay in London? Here’s one you might like – almost the same price and also with three bedrooms. How often does that happen? Fancy a look? It’s on with The Modern House for £1,265,000.
They’ve both even got pink sofas and floorboards – well parquet in Edinburgh. Anyway, it felt like they belonged together on the same page so here they are.
That’s definitely a working fireplace though and they’ve both had kitchens fitted into rooms that weren’t originally created for them.
Mind you, while this one has three bedrooms they are all of average size, rather than the gigantic suite of luxury over the border
What do you think? Both have lovely green views, both would be perfect for couples, both have great sofas. I could definitely imagine a sunny weekend morning with a cup of coffee and the papers on this balcony below.
Which would you choose?
I think I’d could take living in Scotland if I could live there! Love the proportions and minimal furnishings. The grey in the living room is just perfect..
Love them both, but I’d have to go with the first one…lots of space to decorate.
That first one is absolutely divine. Love the sitting room. I’d take just that.