When My Boat Came In

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With a magical leap of the imagination, architect Chris Dyson turned an East End Georgian silk shop, set in a Christmas-card streetscape, into a happy family home.

LIKE most architects' homes, Chris Dyson's family house in east London is a work in progress. He has just put the finishing touches to an oak cupboard in the kitchen "to hide away the freezer and washing machine ... along with all those things you don't want to look at", he says.

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When My Boat Came In

Salvaged timber floorboards have been newly installed in the children's bedrooms and he has recently changed the colour schemes in some rooms.

"People forget that for the very modest cost of a few pots of paint it's possible to effect big changes."

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