27/08/2026
Project Aldine began with a question bigger than how the house should look: how could it grow with the people living in it?
My clients had recently bought this house in West London and were thinking long-term. Their lives are busy now, but the home also needed to accommodate what might come next.
So the design wasn’t just about creating a home for today. It was about creating one with room to evolve.
That meant resisting the temptation to give every room one fixed purpose.
We looked at the house as a whole and considered how different spaces could adapt over time - places to work, gather, host, retreat and, potentially, support a growing family.
The aim wasn’t to predict the future.
It was to make sure the house had enough flexibility to move with it.
Rather than repeating one aesthetic throughout the house, atmosphere became part of the strategy.
The dining room needed to feel sociable and welcoming.
The new living room became a comfortable retreat.
And the master bedroom was about restoration and calm.
Each space could have a different emotional role while still feeling connected to the same home.
One of the most important decisions had nothing to do with colour or furniture.
We reconsidered how the house itself could be used.
Instead of keeping the main living room on the ground floor, we explored converting a first-floor bedroom into a dedicated retreat.
Its west-facing position suited the clients’ desire for somewhere to unwind later in the day, while moving upstairs created a sense of separation from the more active living and working areas elsewhere in the house.
Sometimes transforming a home starts with questioning what a room is supposed to be.
The master bedroom needed more than a mood board.
Sloping ceilings, eaves storage, bed positioning, circ
