Blank canvas

A newly renovated home has been elevated and personalised with an Anglo-Indian flavour

- JULIET BENNING

Maya Salfati was a latecomer to this north London project and on her first visit, she found work was already in full swing. ‘The house was completely stripped back to the raw brick with only windows, doors and floorboards remaining. It was like a blank canvas,’ she recalls. Her clients, a couple of Anglo-Indian heritage with a young daughter, had embarked on the renovation several months previously but felt that Maya would help them achieve their interior goals. ‘Initially, we didn’t get the right team and had to make bold decisions, including letting go of our first project manager, builder and architect. Although we lost several months, it was the right move,’ says the homeowner.