dado rail leel and unifies the room, despite the different leels and ones such as cooin and eating areas). A wooden dining table and chairs brin a more traditional feel to the space, echoin the older parts of the house, and the enineered wood oorboards were not onl a costefficient option, but also brin warmth, as well as practicality to the space.  didnt want a itchen  would be worrin about, lauhs all And m two bos reall test it to its limit or all, the biest challene was completing the project during the Covid locdowns ot onl did this dela the start of the buildin wors, but the famil found the needed to stay living in the property, and not relocate to Sally’s parents, as originally planned. “My memories are that is was a very intense period, recalls all he sain race was the nurseries were still open, but it was a juggling act nstead, the builders, A Contractors, created a temporar itchen in the double reception room, which was sealed off from the


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extension by a plywood wall. hat was m hih point, sas all  loed them tain down that temporar wall, despite the new itchen not bein uite finished, but  ot a sense it was worth it


he build itself went er smoothl apart from a leain pipe at  am, which was swiftl fixed b their builders and now the famil hae lied in their new space since   extendin out, up and een to the side, the ensen famil now have all the space they need with two growing bos, main this the foreer home the had dreamed of


heir new extension has transformed not ust how they use the house, but how they live, too. he itchen is where we spend most of our time, sas all e hae oodles of space, which is exactly why we did it. It is a very social space  loe that we can hae people around, as it ust absorbs people ut the thin  loe most, is the sense of liht e spent a lot of time talin about it with ster and now  ust loe it here at all times of the da


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