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This home was made by joining two separate apartments. So Bustos and her family can enjoy two separate living rooms as well as a sitting area – with sofas – in the kitchen. Bustos also has an office in a separate room. It wasn’t easy to find an apartment with features such as a fireplace, classic mouldings and this kind of carpentry. “The search took me an entire year. I looked everywhere in Madrid,” Bustos recalls. “But looking for a home or work space is one of my favourite hobbies.” Bustos also wanted to minimise the amount of renovation that would have to be done, especially things she couldn’t do herself. The largest renovation in this apartment was in the kitchen. She also carried out some additional modifications: she removed the stucco ceilings, repainted, put up coloured wallpaper and gave the floor a ceruse finish, which underpins the classic style of her apartment.Patricia also likes to design furniture and lamps. The coffee tables and recycled-glass table lamps in this photo are her designs.
Find the funny sideThe most important idea to remember when dithering over any design project is that it’s fine to have fun. Your home doesn’t need to win awards or have gallery-worthy artistic credentials to provide a safe and welcoming environment for your family. If you feel like painting your front door fuchsia pink, just do it!How have you been bold with your décor? Show us your photos in the Comments section.
Rather than continue the side return’s expanse of glass across the whole back of the building, with – for example – a strip of bifold doors that would give a very contemporary feel, a huge, single, pivot window has been fitted to this portion only. This makes the window seat below it a particularly pleasant place to sit, as anyone relaxing there will feel connected to the garden whether the window is open or closed.The lines of the original building remain in the section of wall that helps to form the window seat, while French doors, which complement the architecture of the existing windows, provide access to the patio. Despite not having a wall-to-wall set of windows, there’s plenty of light, thanks in part to the glass roof over the former side return. Be aware that a feature like this will require regular cleaning to look tip-top.See more photos of this extensionHave you completed an extension? Share the lessons you learned along the way – and photos – in the Comments section.
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