When Jo first saw this house, it was dark, dated, and badly in need of work.
She and her husband made an offer — and it was rejected. A few days later, both of them admitted the same thing: they couldn’t stop thinking about it.
So they went back with another offer. The rest was history.
The renovation took a year — a year of living in a rental nearby, watching the house slowly come apart and back together. The kitchen, once the darkest room in the house, became a double-height space with skylights, an island, a breakfast bar, and an orange sofa she’d been dreaming about since she was a student in Edinburgh.
Jo has never been one to wear uncomfortable shoes just to look good — and the same philosophy runs straight through her house. Comfort always comes first.
“I’m not really a very organised person,” she admits, and the house doesn’t pretend otherwise. But what it might lack in neatness, it more than makes up for in warmth and light.
Every home has a story waiting to be uncovered. At NOSTALGIA, we research and publish bespoke house history books and fine-art prints. Could yours be our next?
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