Three beauties from The Modern House this week. The first is on for just under four million quid but let’s not bother about that. It’s been done by David Adjaye, who does amazing things that we can’t afford but can, perhaps be inspired by.
It’s called Fog House because of the diffused light that enters through a wall of sandblasted glass on the top floor. It has live/work use, and was the studio of the artist Marc Quinn prior to its conversion from an old warehouse for a client who requested total privacy.
Now the colours might be a little bright for me although I like to think that I would have a purple kitchen in an otherwise monochrome scheme and I love this open shelving room divider about although the less said about the beach round the bottom of the bath the better.
That view though…
But moving onto something a little quieter. This three bedroom loft apartment is also for sale via The Modern House for £2,250,000. It occupies the entire first floor of a former textile factory in Spitalfields.
This is very white and the only colour comes from the art on the walls. I love this kitchen although I might tempted to paint the cupboards in a very dark grey. But then, of course, once you start where do you stop?
Just imagine having all this space though. And even though it’s only on the first floor there is access by private lift.
There are three double bedrooms, two of which have en suite bathrooms and a guest cloakroom. As well as enough space to roller skate around to your heart’s content. Or Segway… I rode one the other day it was quite possibly the most fun I’ve ever had. It was in Paris too. Doubly wonderful. Anyway back to the houses.
This final property is a 17th century timber-framed house which has been completely restored and renovated and gathered much praise in the architectural press. See what you think. It’s a lesson in mixing old and new to great effect.
It’s the cheapest of the three at £1,295,000 and is in Deptford, east London. It has lots of polished concrete floors with the original brick exposed at points throughout the building. I just love this bathroom for example.
It was done for an art collector and gallerist and the spaces have often doubled up as galleries.
There are three bedrooms, one of which is an en suite with bathroom and dressing room in as well. This is my favourite house this week – I just love the concrete floors and the antique furniture.
What do you think?
I agree, the one in Deptford is definitely my favourite this week. Those walls look fantastic
Whilst I do love a bit of exposed brick/fin de siècle decay I have a feeling if I ever tried it myself it would just look like I’d argued with the plasterer and they’d walked off in a huff. This feeds into my sneaking suspicion that rooms which photograph beautifully are not always rooms that look great (or are pleasant to live in) in real life!
I think that’s possibly very true and I know EXACTLY what you mean about the plasterer walking off in a huff. But sometimes making something look good is just about trusting in your own decision. It’s like clothes – if you feel good you will look good, if you feel uncomfortable it will show people are more likely to think your outfit doesn’t work.