AFTER eight years living with a dark and gloomy kitchen, Helen McLean finally has the sociable open-plan space she’s always dreamed of. Although she’d be the first to admit how stressful it was to go through, the transformation has changed how her family lives - and all without the need for an extension. With a busy family life and several pets, carving a new utility room from the garage has also been a boon and gets used every day.
Here, Helen reveals how knocking two rooms together and reconfiguring the existing space has given her a light-filled industrial-style kitchen-diner and living area, lifted by metallic and neon touches.