There’s a real charm to historic homes, but of all the English architectural masterpieces of decades past, Victorian homes often pose the most challenges, especially when you’re designing rooms that would have looked very different at the time of construction.
The kitchen is usually the first room in need of TLC, typically a long, narrow extension to the rear of the home that feels cramped and disconnected – an issue interior designer Elizabeth Macfarlane was keen to rectify when she bought her red brick Victorian Villa in West London.
