An abundance of bright hues and recycled materials were used by London studio Office S&M to renovate a Georgian townhouse in Islington.
Mo-tel House now has a kitchen at the front
The Mo-tel House project involved remodelling the lower ground floor of a home owned by the founder of online fashion rental service On Loan and her family.
The company promotes reusing garments rather than buying new, so the architects took a similar approach when selecting materials for the renovation.
Rearranging the layout created a space for dining to the rear
These include melted, discarded milk bottles and chopping boards for bathroom counters; leftover marble chips for kitchen worktops; and crushed bricks for ceramic pendant lamps.
"Mo-tel challenged us to see reuse as a design tool for bold new ideas, and we found value and opportunities in materials that would otherwise have been overlooked," said Office S&M founding partner Catrina Stewart. Custom furniture pieces include a seating nook for the dining area, which also incorporates storage
Overhauling the terraced north London home began with opening up the dark and cramped space at the home's entrance level.
Removing the internal dividing wall allowed light to enter the living area from both front and back elevations, and also afforded a change of layout. The kitchen was moved to the front of the building, and a dining and seating area inserted towards the rear.
A wide variety of colours are applied across the open-pla...