BEFORE & AFTER HOUSE: STARTING FROM scratch

SUSIE AND SAM ANDREWS SCRAPPED RENOVATION PLANS TO BUILD THEIR DREAM ECO-CONSCIOUS HOME INSTEAD, CREATING A FLEXIBLE FAMILY LIVING SPACE

- IFEOLUWA ADEDEJI

SMART STORAGE

A wall of cupboards makes a striking feature and hides storage and appliances

HOME NOTES

WHO LIVES HERE?

Susie Andrews, a project manager, lives here with her husband, Sam, a hospital consultant, and their children Emmelline, nine, Molly, seven and Vivien, four.

THE PROPERTY

A newly built detached five-bedroom house in Gloucestershire.

THE VALUE

In 2017 the original two-bed house was bought for £528,000.

Open plan

‘This project was a long time in the planning so over the years of saving pins I started to see what my overall themes and styles were. Initially, I wasn’t confident I could decorate an entire house and thought we’d use an interior designer, but as we went through the process I realised we know what we like.’

BEFORE