WINNING STYLE
25 Beautiful Homes|January 2022
For Lara Kott, the winner of the Town category in our Reader Awards, research and planning really paid off to achieve exactly the look she wanted
SALLY SMITH
WINNING STYLE

KITCHEN-LIVING AREA

The distinct black framed doors anchor the open-plan space while drawing the eye to the garden. Bespoke French windows in aluminium, around £10,000, CJS Exteriors. Bespoke kitchen cabinets, around £25,000; Estatuario worktop, £7,000, all Trilogy Designs. Neolith glass pendant lights, £120 each, Kichler Lighting. Try the Weyburn Pecan bar stools, £310 for two, Perch & Parrow

HOME TRUTHS

THE PROPERTY 1930s detached property

LOCATION Essex

ROOMS Sitting room, kitchen/ dining/living area, playroom, utility room, cloakroom, three bedrooms, bathroom

PURCHASED 2015

PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘We moved here from a newbuild terrace just 10 minutes away,’ says Lara.

DINING AREA

Lara designed this impressive concrete dining table, adding black steel legs to match the doors. Concrete dining table, £3,000, Smith & Goat, has this look. Gubi Beetle dining chairs in Sweet Pink, £275 each, RoyalDesign.co.uk, are similar. Herringbone engineered flooring, from £72sq m, The Natural Wood Floor Company

LIVING AREA

A corner sofa was chosen to separate this area from the other zones in the open-plan space. Cenova corner sofa, from £3,979, BoConcept, has the same look. Chunky knit Charcoal throw, £150, Cox & Cox. Similar Oatmeal waffle throw, from £80, The British Blanket Company. Rug, £250, Daves Handmade Rugs

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