RENOVATION STORY

Trish Thomas and Dan Ellitts have carefully restored their run-down villa, creating a home full of unique charmno

- MARISHA TAYLOR

SITTING ROOM

Good quality shelving was a must throughout the couple’s home. ‘We both love music and to read and between us have hundreds of books and a large vinyl collection with over 1,000 records,’ says Trish. Lancelot coffee table, £599, Tikamoon. Fireplace painted in Tilton, £21.95 for 1ltr, Annie Sloan

KITCHEN DINER

‘I used large Moroccan-style tiles on the kitchen floor and continued them out onto the terrace to make it feel like one space,’ says Trish. By knocking through the rooms and fitting floor-to-ceiling sliding doors, the couple maximised on the space and light. Spaces Bruges petal black tiles, £52.67m, Topps Tiles. Docks fir wood and metal industrial dining table (seen opposite), £161, Maisons du Monde. Similar Williamsburg dining chairs, £475 for two, Cox & Cox

HOME TRUTHS

THE PROPERTY

A five-bedroom, three-storey Victorian townhouse

LOCATION

Southeast London ROOMS Sitting room, living room, kitchen-diner, five bedrooms, two bathrooms

PURCHASED 2017 PREVIOUS PROPERTY

‘We lived down the road in a Victorian terrace,’ says Trish.