A 1960s house, rebuilt around the lives being lived inside it.

Handcrafted light-grey brick wraps the new extension, connecting the old and new volumes with an honesty rooted in the landscape. Rather than demolish and begin again, the existing structure was respected and extended, the new growing from the old with quiet integrity. Large black-framed glazing opens the interior directly to the garden, dissolving the boundary between inside and out.

Magnificently simple, yet beautifully detailed and rich in texture. This is a home built for a family who moves fast, lives fully and needs their spaces to keep up. And running beneath every decision is a shared instinct: to choose things made well, sourced honestly, and built to last.

The kitchen is where that intention is most felt. Handleless white cabinetry runs floor to ceiling, calm and architectural. Against it, a black-stained sawn oak island stands warm and grounding, a smooth concrete worktop sitting across the top as a quiet counterpoint. The feature of the room is the splash-back, reclaimed tiles sourced through Maitland & Poate, patterned, worn at the edges, each one slightly different, carrying the memory of a previous life into an entirely new context. An island big enough for homework and dinner parties in equal measure. A room designed around the way families actually move through a day.

Near the entrance, a wall of floor-to-ceiling oak cupboards, one for each member of the family, organises the clutter of a busy life, each with its own place. The kind of detail that makes the difference between a house and a home that actually works.

Raw timber storage units by Lombok bring unhurried natural warmth to the living spaces. A Woodnotes rug woven from natural paper yarn anchors the room with texture and quiet craft. Pieces from antique dealers and preloved sources sit together, chosen for their beauty and because they already exist. Linen curtains pool at the windows. Organic cotton resses the beds.

This is a home that absorbs the chaos of a full family life and gives it back as calm. Every material — from the handcrafted brick on the outside to the linen at the windows and the organic cotton on the beds — reflects a design practice built on an ethical foundation: where responsible choices and beautiful spaces are not in tension. They are, in fact, the same thing.