Smart Casual

Sophie and Diederik van der Graaf have created a comfortable family home that still satisfies their design-conscious style cravings

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Having outgrown their canal house above a coffee shop in Amsterdam, Sophie and Diederik van der Graaf were delighted to find a spacious Twenties house close to The Hague, but in one of its greener suburbs. ‘The age and style of the house appealed to us,’ says Sophie. ‘It was light and spacious, with French doors opening onto balconies from two bedrooms, but I thought we should open up the kitchen and rearrange the upstairs layout.’ With 165sq m of floor space to play with, there were a lot of options to investigate.