The house is built around a significant staircase running through its centre: four landings stacked vertically, essentially four mini rooms connecting the floors. Making those connective spaces work as hard as the rooms they lead to was central to the brief, and the linchpin ideas – using colour boldly, commissioning makers and rethinking the lighting from the ground up – were locked in within three weeks.

I worked with Tide Louw at Coat Paints to develop a palette that held its nerve from floor to floor. For the children's bedroom, I commissioned Izzy Bordillon to create a mural alongside a bespoke peachy hue mixed through Coat. Joinery throughout was designed and delivered by Bench Studio. And the bespoke textile screen – part of the linchpin themes – was created by Isabel Fletcher for one of the Bench joinery pieces. Ellie Grierson at Studio EG acted as lighting design consultant, her input helped transform a warren of dark landings into spaces that earn their place in the home.

The project gave me the chance to develop the louder, more playful side of my design voice, and that kind of opportunity only comes about with the right client. The result is a home that's as bold and joyful as the family who lives in it.