Take a look inside a detached new-build
Take a look around this detached new-build property in essex. Look at this house tour from Ideal Home for inspiring decorating and style ideas from reader's homes. For more house tours check out Housetohome
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A five bedroom, open-plan, family home has been created on the site of an old bungalow that had subsidence.
1/8 Exterior | Detached new build | House tour | Ideal Home | PHOTO GALLERY
2/8 Kitchen | Detached new build | House tour | Ideal Home | PHOTO GALLERY
The cream units and overmantel shelf that frames the hob create a simple, but grown-up space.
Table
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3/8 Living room fireplace | Detached new build | House tour | Ideal Home | PHOTO GALLERY
The huge double height chimney breast, together with the Art Nouveau-style stone surround, gives the living room an impressive focal point.
Stone surround and mirror
The Edwardian Fireplace Company (opens in new tab).
4/8 Dining room | Detached new build | House tour | Ideal Home | PHOTO GALLERY
A separate dining room creates a more formal space for entertaining, good for evening dining without the kids!
Dining table
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5/8 Bedroom | Detached new build | House tour | Ideal Home | PHOTO GALLERY
This pretty feminine bedroom mixes features french-style furniture with clean white walls.
Bedlinen
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6/8 Bathroom | Detached new build | House tour | Ideal Home | PHOTO GALLERY
Sailing boat and lighthouse motifs are fun in the bathroom.
Sailing boat boxes
Laura Ashley (opens in new tab)
7/8 Childrens-bedroom2
The canopy over the bed gives the room its own 'sails'. Fun accessories create a pirate theme - perfect for this boy's bedroom.
Bunting
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This may be a new-build house but the bathroom has pure period style. The marble-top washstand was found in a junk shop.
Wooden letters
Emily Readette-Bayley (opens in new tab).
Heather Young has been Ideal Home’s Editor since late 2020, and also edits its sister title Style At Home. She is an interiors journalist and editor who’s been working for some of the UK’s leading interiors magazines for over 20 years, both in-house and as a freelancer.
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