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A four-bedroom Essex house drawn in pencil on the left, becoming the finished photographed home on the right

Design Ideas

Design ideas for a real Essex home

Start with a familiar Essex home. Watch it go from drawing to finished home, then step inside and explore different ideas room by room.

From first drawing to finished home

Stage 1 of 6, Drawing: the same four-bedroom house Stage 2 of 6, Form and depth: the same four-bedroom house Stage 3 of 6, Materials: the same four-bedroom house Stage 4 of 6, Light and shadow: the same four-bedroom house Stage 5 of 6, Garden and driveway: the same four-bedroom house Stage 6 of 6, Finished home: the same four-bedroom house

6 of 6 · Finished home

A familiar Essex home, finished. Now step inside and explore it room by room.

Explore every room

Tap a room in the house, or choose one below.

A cutaway of a four-bedroom Essex house showing the loft, first floor bedrooms and bathrooms, and the ground floor living room, hall, study, kitchen and dining room, utility, cloakroom and garage office

Hall and stairs

Ground floor

Hall and stairs

First impressions: a floor that copes with muddy boots, a stair runner, panelling and warm lighting.

A hallway with a carpet stair runner, dark painted spindles and an oak floor
A hallway with tongue-and-groove panelling and an oak herringbone floor
A panelled wall painted warm grey with a brass picture light

Inspiration and concept imagery, not photographs of completed Surfaces & Space projects.

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