The Handbook of Home Design: An Architect’s Blueprint for Shaping your Home

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She is the architect presenter on BBC2’s “Your Home Made Perfect” and has appeared regularly on Channel Four’s “George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces”. So, I’m often asked to put a second bathroom in, and you can actually make those quite small and compact. If you were potentially thinking of adding another bathroom to a home, which areas of the property would you consider first? First off, for those with large or growing families, an extra ensuite shower room can help alleviate that pinch point which always proves so traumatic in the mornings! She is currently writing a book The Handbook of Home Design: An Architect’s Blueprint for Shaping Your Home, [16] due for publication in September 2022.

Without getting ridiculous with the design, I always want to push things just that little bit further. She always manages to pinpoint exactly what can be improved in a home, whether it’s an urban apartment or an unloved 1960s semi. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH).

And, if you can’t wait till then, Laura’s book Handbook of Home Design: An Architect's Blueprint for Shaping your Home, is out now! As we get older, we’re all going to need assistance at some point, and, with such an advance in brassware finishes, accessible bathrooms can be made to look so much more stylish. Ahead of its launch, we caught up with one its stars, TV architect Laura Jane Clark to find out what we might expect and, of course, chat all things bathrooms. Almost a decade ago, Laura created Lamp Architects to specialise in residential conversions, building extensions and new builds. You still have to work within site constraints, with things like the aspect and where the sun will be, to take into consideration.

I love how she walks you through the process and guiding principles she considers when designing a home plan, and it was fun to see some great interior photos from her projects (several from the show which is fun). In your time, you must have worked on countless properties, but do you prefer renovating an older property, bringing it back to its former glory, or a new build, which offers you, essentially, a blank canvas? Laura Jane Clark is an architect and designer specialising in innovative home design, renovation and new-build houses. So, fitting some kind of stylish built-in bathroom storage is absolutely key, because then you can maximise the space you have.

And when it comes to materials, how do you go about selecting these for bathroom surfaces and what factors do you need to consider? We’ve created several different accessible bathroom in various styles, from industrial to more traditional, and the idea is to move away from clinical and cold to stylish and welcoming.