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
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
MFI
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.
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
Ercol
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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
Laura Ashley
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
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
Little Eskimo
8/8
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.
Heather Young has been Ideal Home’s Editor since late 2020, and Editor-In-Chief since 2023. 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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