A rainy day by the seaside
Yeah we've got a lovely little fisherman's cottage
I think this is going to be quite titchy inside
Yeah and the bunting is just adding
to this charming coastal feel, isn't it?
Shall we enjoy the view from somewhere warmer?
I love the floor in this corridor
Such a tinsy little hallway
Oh this is lovely
What a big space!
It's huge and so bright as well
You can tell immediately that this has been altered, can't you?
The rooms wouldn't have been like this
You can see from the downstand that there's a beam in there
so there would have been a wall there
And you can tell also from the doorway
that there's a long hall all the way through
So this has obviously been knocked through from
one cottage into another actually
And what a view
That's all the sea in that view, isn't it?
Beautiful
I don't think I needed to see that
to know that the people that live here love living here
This feels like a room that has everything in it
It's got the kitchen and then the dining space
even the fireplace here
You could really just live in this one room, couldn't you?
Oh that would have been the fire in this room
Isn't that amazing?
By knocking it through
they've created this brilliant multi-purpose family space
But also you get this incredible light
by having the dual aspect windows at both ends of the space
I'm also really surprised at how high the ceilings are
How fun that they've framed the window
with these beautiful string lights
And I've just noticed over here the favourite spot
Of course it had to be here, didn't it?
It's such a fun room to be in
You can imagine sitting here around the table socialising
and it's quite a versatile space
because the kitchen is right there
It just feels perfect for a family and for socialising
And you can look out at your own private beach
I know what a view
Wow look at that
You get a much clearer idea
of what these rooms would have actually been like
because that's where obviously the original wall was
It's tiny isn't it?
But cosy
Next door feels like a room for activities, doesn't it?
It feels like you could be busy in there and have family time
but in here it's more of a retreat
somewhere you'd sort of walk into
and dim the lights and really relax in here
It's ideal on a kind of like blustery cold day
you could just close all the doors
and get this room lovely and warm and cosy
Oh this is a much bigger room
than the snug being used for the master bedroom
Sorry I just have to take a moment
to notice just how thick this wall is
It's fantastic
It gives you a wee threshold actually
before you come into the bedroom
It's like a room in itself
I think it's really good that they've given themselves
a really generous space for the master bedroom
The snug can be snug
it's only got to fit a sofa in
You know this is like a king-size bed
and it's a luxury to be able to have that
in a home this kind of proportion
What an amazing spot to spend the afternoon
sitting in your garden looking out at that beautiful cove
I don't think I'd ever get tired
of looking at that view, would you?
And what a way to spend an evening
just looking out enjoying it
Even going for a dip
Oh
Maybe not today Kate
I really like the way the spaces in this home interconnect
and all the spaces communicate into this room
They've gone for quite a typical seaside palette
I might have put a little bit more edge into it
Well I love a seaside theme
so I think I was always going to enjoy
being in such a perfectly charming little home
And they took a lot of inspiration from the outside as well
with those pops of colours and there was lots of blues
They really enjoyed a feature wall in this home
which I always love to see
They had an interesting layout
in terms of the snug and the master bedroom
I think I would have swapped them over
and had one side of the home that was more for sleeping
and another side that was for socialising and relaxing
If I had my way I think I would argue
that every single home should be built by the sea
Water is just such a calming element
and it flows through this building
It's really really delightful kind of
character's instilled into every room actually
It clearly works for the family that are living here
you get the sense that it flows
in the same way that the sea does