TALL ORDER

Clever tweaks enabled Laura Sawyer to enhance the high ceilings of her flat, which she has decorated with a touch of Parisian style

- RACHEL LEEDHAM

HOME TRUTHS

THE PROPERTY Detached house

LOCATION Hertfordshire

ROOMS Kitchen-diner/living area, playroom, utility room, cloakroom, four bedrooms (one en suite), bathroom, dressing area

PURCHASED 2012

PREVIOUS PROPERTY

‘We were living in east London before moving here,’ says Pippa.

Sometimes it is the seemingly small tweaks that can really make a difference to a home and this was certainly the case when Laura Sawyer, a stylist and creative consultant (laura-sawyer.com), came to renovate this first floor apartment within a grand Victorian house in South Croydon. ‘When I carried out the works, probably the change that made the biggest impact was the decision to make all the doors taller and wider,’ she recounts, adding, ‘The flat has really high ceilings and the enlarged doors help to emphasise this. They also enable the light to travel through the spaces.’