

They decorated it themselves using Winckelmans tiles, which they bought secondhand and via a wholesaler.


The couple wanted a bigger bathroom and managed to double its size by expanding into the hallway. “We wanted to create an open-plan living and kitchen space in a way that we could incorporate as much of the beautiful views of the nearby Eusebius church as possible, without limiting the practicality of the rest of the apartment,” says Chantal, who owns the location agency Mucking Afazing. There were several small, disconnected rooms and an entrance hall which was far too big for the couple. It had been renovated after the fire, but the proportions didn’t make effective use of the space. Photograph: Rene van der Hulst/Living Inside Bright example: the opened up living and dining areas with light flooding in from both sides.
