Vine Architecture Studio has used an array of warm and natural materials to deck out the living spaces and extension of this Victorian-era home in south London, which was previously a coach house.
Situated in the neighbourhood of Camberwell, Love Walk's formerly "unloved yet characterful" interiors have been updated by Vine Architecture Studio to comfortably accommodate a young family of four.

The building was originally erected as a coach house in the late 19th century, serving as a place to store horse-drawn carriages and other equestrian equipment.
It was converted for residential use in the 1990s, but since then has largely gone untouched.

"The reinvention of existing spaces often poses many challenges, but it has many benefits such as reduced building material knitting into the fabric of a place and reinvigorating the lost soul of a building," explained the studio. "This kind of architectural layering requires the careful identification of the merits of the existing in order to produce a successful summation of old and new."

Preserving a handful of quirky original features, like the dark-blue stable doors on the building's exterior facade, the studio has transformed the ground floor of the house into an open-plan living area.
Walls here have been washed in gypsum ? a sulphate mineral typically used to make up plaster or blackboard chalk ? leaving behind a dusky pink hue. Herringbone-pattern oak floors have also been installed.

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