WINNING STYLE

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

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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