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Broadstairs Home

Nestled along the Kent coast, this carefully crafted extension transforms a narrow property into a generous family home, drawing inspiration from the rugged beauty of the stone beaches and the gentle curves of the shoreline.

  • Type Living
  • Location Broadstairs, Kent
  • Status Tender
  • Size 110sqm
  • Year 2023
Broadstairs Home
Every space, detail and crafted corner becomes its own treasure box, together shaping a home that celebrates both the joy of family life and the character of the Kent coast. The project transforms the house with a side and rear extension and a full interior reconfiguration, creating an open-plan living and dining space inspired by the seaside context of Broadstairs.

Design

The proposed design aims to extend both the side and rear of the property, accompanied by internal modifications intended to provide the client with an enhanced, functional open-plan living and dining environment.

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This pair of drawings illustrates how a narrow side and rear extension radically transforms the ground floor.

The cross-section shows how the usable floor area is significantly increased, with natural light introduced through multiple skylights and integrated roof planters.
Broadstairs Home
The extension accommodates a new ground-floor bathroom, a canopy over the front door, and a taller hallway that improves circulation.

Inside, the layout opens into a sizeable kitchen, a generous dining space, and an independent reception room — spaces that reimagine the house for modern family living.
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Ground Floor >

The interiors are treated as distinct “treasure boxes,” each with its own palette and crafted detail. The hallway celebrates its original brick wall under a tall skylit ceiling; the kitchen pairs dark wood, Caesarstone and ribbed glass with pale oak floors; the stair joinery creates a clean, calm backdrop. Each element is carefully composed, like the lining of a lacquered box.

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Bathroom elevations

One of the house’s most striking “treasure boxes” is the ground floor bathroom, where Roerich-inspired mountain mosaics wrap continuously across all walls. White and green pebbles rise into jagged peaks against pink-ochre plaster, transforming the compact room into a painted interior landscape.

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Tiling grid

Using the ancient method of image transfer by guideline grids, each wall surface is carefully set out so the mountain forms align across corners, doors and fittings. A technical drawing becomes the key to unlocking another crafted box in the sequence of interiors.

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The completed bathroom translates the drawings into a vivid, inhabitable landscape. Mosaic mountains rise in shades of blue, green, and white against a striking pink plaster wall, recalling both Roerich’s Himalayan paintings and the colours of the sea at Broadstairs. A basin carved from fossilised wood introduces geological depth, while copper fittings and timber joinery add warmth and tactility to the compact space.
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The extension itself is another form of treasure chest: its curved timber frame and standing seam roof detailed with precision, complete with preset planters for wild grasses. Technical drawings reveal how the architectural shell is engineered to contain and protect the crafted interiors within.
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Broadstairs Home
Broadstairs Home

Upstairs continues the theme of individually decorated boxes. The landing shimmers with woven pendants; the bathroom layers brass, stone and delicate ceramics; the children’s room unfolds like a painted casket with murals of birds and trees. Each space communicates joy of life and nature, unique yet part of a collection.

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Even the smallest details carry the spirit of the project: a nautical paddle turned into a coat rack reflects the seaside setting, while the axonometric shows the extension as a carefully crafted addition to the house.
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Like the interior ‘treasure boxes,’ the exterior form is both playful and precise, enriching the everyday life of the home.

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