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OUR COLUMNIST KATE WATSON-SMYTH RENOVATED HER VICTORIAN HOUSE AT LIGHTNING SPEED IN JUST UNDER A YEAR

Words Carolyn Bailey

HOME CV WHO Kate Watson-Smyth, Red columnist, founder of madaboutthehouse.com and author of several interiors books; her husband, Adam Leigh, a brand consultant; and, some of the time, their sons, Isaac, 22, and Noah, 20, along with Enid the cat. WHAT A four-bedroom terraced Victorian cottage in north London. The couple recently downsized to the new house, which has a tiny paved garden that will, one day, be a chic Parisian-style courtyard. When they moved in a year ago, they assumed it was a straightforward renovation of the kitchen and bathroom with some decorating thrown in. It turned out to need all the windows, floors and heating replacing. Hall and stairs When Kate moved in, the hall was tiled in small black and white tiles that were laid diagonally. ‘The effect, as the…

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Red UK (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2023

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