Houzz TV: Tour a Victorian Home Updated With Colour and Storage
Watch and read how a designer found on Houzz helped a couple add bold hues and personality to their home
Mitchell Parker
3 October 2023
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After moving into their Victorian home, this couple in their thirties needed help adding colour, storage and features for entertaining guests. Not knowing where to begin, they searched Houzz for help. A Houzz concierge – part of the Live Connections feature available to Houzz Pro members – matched their project needs to, and connected them with, designer Josephine Lecoufle-Vinet.
Josephine brought in warm blues and greens to add bold colour without it feeling cold. In the kitchen, new cabinets add storage and style, while a short peninsula projecting from a bank of navy blue cabinets creates an intimate breakfast area and a spot for guests to gather around during parties. Lively patterned floor tiles perk up the atmosphere.
In the dining room, wallpaper mimics the look of wood panelling to create texture and cosiness around a large table, where the couple enjoy playing board games with friends. A bespoke wood media unit in the adjoining living area features open and closed storage.
Josephine gave the couple’s bathroom a seaside vibe with wavy blue wallpaper and teal fish scale tiles in the shower. And wallpaper on the ceiling in the warm green bedroom adds a fun element that maintains a cosy vibe.
To see more great projects where the homeowner found their professional via Houzz, take a look at our Born on Houzz series.
Josephine brought in warm blues and greens to add bold colour without it feeling cold. In the kitchen, new cabinets add storage and style, while a short peninsula projecting from a bank of navy blue cabinets creates an intimate breakfast area and a spot for guests to gather around during parties. Lively patterned floor tiles perk up the atmosphere.
In the dining room, wallpaper mimics the look of wood panelling to create texture and cosiness around a large table, where the couple enjoy playing board games with friends. A bespoke wood media unit in the adjoining living area features open and closed storage.
Josephine gave the couple’s bathroom a seaside vibe with wavy blue wallpaper and teal fish scale tiles in the shower. And wallpaper on the ceiling in the warm green bedroom adds a fun element that maintains a cosy vibe.
To see more great projects where the homeowner found their professional via Houzz, take a look at our Born on Houzz series.
House at a Glance
Who lives here? A couple
Location Newham, east London
Size Four bedrooms and two bathrooms; 100 sq m
Designer Josephine Lecoufle-Vinet of JLV Design
Photos by Matt Gamble
In the kitchen, Josephine added more cabinets and created pantry storage. A wood worktop adds warmth, while patterned floor tiles give the space a cheery look. “[It makes] the room cosier and warmer,” Josephine says.
Watch now: Look inside this updated Victorian home on Houzz TV
Who lives here? A couple
Location Newham, east London
Size Four bedrooms and two bathrooms; 100 sq m
Designer Josephine Lecoufle-Vinet of JLV Design
Photos by Matt Gamble
In the kitchen, Josephine added more cabinets and created pantry storage. A wood worktop adds warmth, while patterned floor tiles give the space a cheery look. “[It makes] the room cosier and warmer,” Josephine says.
Watch now: Look inside this updated Victorian home on Houzz TV
The bank of navy cabinets creates bold contrast, and the peninsula forms a breakfast bar for the couple or an area for guests to gather for a drink. “It’s very nice to have this additional space in the kitchen,” Josephine says.
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A large wood table in the dining room gives the couple adequate space for playing board games with friends.
A warm blue-green wakes up the walls, while wallpaper that mimics the look of wood panelling adds texture and interest. “I’m a big fan of wallpaper,” Josephine says. “I think it adds so much to any room – so much texture and colour.”
The wallpaper also carries over the vertical pattern from the real wood slats used in the living room media unit, creating continuity between the spaces. “And for a fraction of the price,” Josephine says.
Wall painted in Oval Room Blue, Farrow & Ball.
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A warm blue-green wakes up the walls, while wallpaper that mimics the look of wood panelling adds texture and interest. “I’m a big fan of wallpaper,” Josephine says. “I think it adds so much to any room – so much texture and colour.”
The wallpaper also carries over the vertical pattern from the real wood slats used in the living room media unit, creating continuity between the spaces. “And for a fraction of the price,” Josephine says.
Wall painted in Oval Room Blue, Farrow & Ball.
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Dark blue walls enliven the living room. Josephine designed the custom-built floating unit to fill the wall space, hold the TV, and provide areas for storage and display.
Walls painted in Sloe Blue, Farrow & Ball.
Walls painted in Sloe Blue, Farrow & Ball.
The unit features drawers that match the wall colour and light wood details, including open shelves for books, plants and other items. Vertical slats add visual texture and create continuity with the wood panel-look wallpaper in the adjoining dining room.
In the bathroom, wavy blue wallpaper and teal fish scale tiles jazz up what was once an all-white space. “You’ve got this very nice feeling of being by the sea with the colour scheme and the waves of the wallpaper,” Josephine says.
In the bedroom, Josephine didn’t want to add wallpaper because there are mirrored wardrobes across from the bed and the reflection could make the room look too visually chaotic. Instead, she added wallpaper to the ceiling and brought it down a few inches onto the walls, adding a fun punch of pattern and colour without losing the cosy feel.
The wallpaper complements warm green walls. “Since the pandemic, I’ve been using a lot of greens, because we were lacking foliage and being able to go outside,” Josephine says. “I tried to bring the green inside. And obviously green is a soothing colour.”
Walls painted in Green Smoke, Farrow & Ball.
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What did you like about Josephine’s design for this home? Share your thoughts in the Comments.
The wallpaper complements warm green walls. “Since the pandemic, I’ve been using a lot of greens, because we were lacking foliage and being able to go outside,” Josephine says. “I tried to bring the green inside. And obviously green is a soothing colour.”
Walls painted in Green Smoke, Farrow & Ball.
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What did you like about Josephine’s design for this home? Share your thoughts in the Comments.
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Hello! I want to know how much the design and interior design service costs for a bedroom and a bathroom
Good bathroom colour.