Limewash and a Little Black Magic Brought a U.K. Basement Kitchen Back to Life
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It’s fair to say that designer Banjo Beale likely has plenty of experience in damp environments. Based in the Hebrides of Scotland, a collection of islands scattered on the country’s northwest coast, Beale knows what it’s like to live where wet weather and historic properties are often intertwined. So when he was asked to work on a kitchen renovation clear on the other side of the United Kingdom, in Bath, England, he wasn’t exactly fazed by what he saw.
“The basement kitchen was cold and damp,” he recalls. “Renovating it was all about balance, not restoring the room within an inch of its life.”
