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With confidence and care, first-time renovators Laura and Paul Clark transformed a dark and dated Victorian semi into a light-filled, playful family home that masterfully blends old with new

See how Laura and Paul masterfully combined old with new to transform their dark Victorian semi

THE OWNERS

Laura and Paul Clark, both tax advisers, live here with their son, Henry, and daughter Edith

THE PROPERTY

A four-bedroom semi-detached Victorian house in Stourbridge, West Midlands

Reclaimed parquet flooring helps to zone the cooking and dining areas, and also brings extra warmth to the space. Laura and Paul chose to keep the existing quirky floor-to-ceiling pine cabinets and have complemented them with a country-style table. Table, Pine Farmhouse Table. For a similar storage bench, try The Cotswold Company