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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

Living room

Ground floor

Living room

Herringbone or engineered oak, a calm colour scheme and lighting for evenings in.

A bright living room with a pale oak herringbone floor and a cream sofa
A snug with a wood burner, oak floor and a woven rug
A living room with a new oak-effect herringbone floor

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

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