The kitchen brings Laura’s love of colour and texture to life. ‘I’m over the moon with it,’ says Laura. ‘It’s just a really cool space to be in and we spend most of our time in here.’
Sink, Crete Tops. Bar stools, RockettSt George. Lights, Dyberg Larsen. Walls painted in Off Black, Farrow & Ball and Green 04, Lick
From the pink island to the neon sign, the kitchen is bursting with personality. ‘Jonny loves cooking on a Friday night,’ says Laura. ‘I’ll be drinking a cocktail and we’ll have the neon light on. I just love it.’
Cooker and extractor fan, Smeg. Tiles, Tons of Tiles. Tap, Lusso Stone. Flooring, Junckers
Laura added a strip of terracotta paint to help zone the dining area in the kitchen. Taking it right up to the ceiling gives an almost canopylike feel. ‘I plan to hang a pendant light above the table, too,’ she says.
Table top, Cosentino. Chairs, Where Saints Go. Walls painted in Red 03 and Pink 02, Lick
Profile
The owners
Laura Magee
(@deco.dwelling), a fashion buyer, lives here with her husband, Jonny Kernohan, a software developer, and their cat, George
THE PROPERTY
A four-bed Victorian semidetached house in Belfast
PROJECT COST
Approx. £30,000
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