TOUGH LOVE

Luxe textural materials and a monochrome palette set a cool industrial tone in Anna and Shane Butterick’s renovated terrace

- JANE CRITTENDEN

Anna and Shane Butterick, co-owners of GSB Building, spent four years looking for an ‘untouched’ house in south London that they could renovate by experimenting with materials, planning the look and feel of a new home before they bought it.

‘We formed ideas around a textured palette of steel, brick, concrete and wood with a distinct industrial feel,’ says Anna, who is also a graphic designer. ‘We wanted to try a micro-cement floor, and to play around with decorative surfaces from XyloCleaf. These come as sheet laminates depicting wood, stone and fabric textures and patterns. They’re so good that even up close they look real.’