The Househunter

A fully restored and extended end of terrace Victorian house in east London.

This room will already be familiar to many of you who stalk the corridors of Instagram, as it was used extensively to illustrate the Unexpected Red Theory (click the link for my thoughts on that) but I wanted to explore the rest of the house, which is for sale via Inigo for £2.5m. Ignore the price (unless you’re looking for a fully restored, extra wide, end of terrace with a two-floor extensio,n including a full-footprint basement in east London). We’re just here for the inspiration.

These doors caught my eye as soon as I saw them, not for the colour but because when we moved into this house I spent several weeks trying to find a way to create a similar set of doors, at an affordable price, to sit between the two halves of our sitting room. With the lowest price at around £5,000 excluding hinges and fitting, I conceded defeat.

But, as a fan of…