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Shaws apron sinks, brass gooseneck bridge faucets, and cast bronze hardware are among the ingredients that go into every Mark Lewis kitchen design. Lewis runs his own London interior design firm and is known for inventively channeling centuries past. He\u2019s a stickler for detail\u2014so much so that when he couldn\u2019t find cabinet pulls shelf brackets to his specs, he started making them himself and offering them in his standout home store (here\u2019s a sampling and another).<\/p>\n

Lewis\u2019s pet peeve are \u201ctypical fitted kitchens,\u201d by which he means clinical-white chambers of cabinets. The clients who approached with just such a room felt the same way, and requested a kitchen that looks at home in their Georgian townhouse in North London\u2019s Highgate. At their prompting, Lewis and team took even more care  than usual to \u201crenovate it in a very traditional, sympathetic manner.\u201d Still, rather than a purely historic approach, Lewis threw in a wild card and built much of the new design out of salvaged 1960s school laboratory workbenches. Come see.<\/p>\n

Photography by Beth Davis, courtesy of Mark Lewis Interior Design.<\/p>\n


Above: Anchored by a marble-topped island, the kitchen is filled with details, such as the plaster walls and brick chimney, that look as if they\u2019ve always been there. In fact all of the elements are the result of a lot of work. <\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the most time-consuming parts was using traditional lime plaster,\u201d Lewis tells us. \u201cApplying multiple coats required immense patience, as each layer took significantly longer to dry than modern materials would: we applied two coarse base coats and a fine topcoat, and each was allowed seven to ten days to dry. It was a protracted process, but the result was worth it\u2014staying true to the original construction techniques helped maintain the authentic feel of the house.\u201d Lewis\u2019s clients bought the antique hanging glass lantern in New York.<\/p>\n


Above: The brick fireplace surrounding the Lacanche range is newly exposed\u2014it had been blocked in and plastered over. The reclaimed Spanish encaustic wall tiles are from Maitland & Poate (\u201cChris runs the company and is known for being the nicest man in tiles\u201d). The floor, too, was existing but had been covered in layers of varnish and paint. \u201cWe had to avoid sanding, as that would have killed the age and character of the timber,\u201d says Lewis, so instead the boards were removed, stripped, relaid, and then waxed.
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Above: Here\u2019s Mark Lewis in motion. The counters and island top are 30-millimeter-thick honed Carrara marble. The wooden sash windows are original, newly painted black with linseed paint. And the decorative plasterwork trim had to be replicated due to extensive damage. As for the radiators, they were \u201csourced from a salvage yard, sandblasted, pressure-tested, and given an antique bronze finish.\u201d <\/p>\n

Looking for caf\u00e9 curtain rods like these? See Lewis\u2019s Unlacquered Brass Cafe Curtain Rail Sets.<\/p>\n


Above: The drawers and cabinet doors are iroko wood salvaged from old lab tables, and sourced from Remodelista favorite Retrouvius. The Shaws Belfast Sink has an Aston Matthews bridge faucet. All of the wall lights are by Fritz Fryer, specialists in period-inspired designs.,

Above: Lewis loves that the wood is \u201ccomplete with some of the graffiti left by students.\u201d
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Above: The Moray Drawer Pulls are one of the Mark Lewis Home Shop\u2019s signature hardware designs, handmade in England of sand-cast bronze (and also available as Moray Cupboard Pulls). The Pizza Board with leather hanging strap is also in the shop. Yes, international shipping is available\u2014one of our Mark Lewis orders arrived in a reusable wooden crate (see
\nRemodelista: Rumah Berimpak Rendah<\/em>, page 333, A Better Way to Package and Box). 
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Above: The fridge\/freezer and pantry are concealed behind salvaged wood doors.
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Above L and R: Glimpses of the fridge and freezer ajar. The handles are cast bronze Moray Kitchen Pulls which are made to order, and, like all of Lewis\u2019s hardware designs, come with solid brass screws.
Above: The pantry alongside is fitted with a custom spice rack on the inside door. The island\u2019s vintage stools came from the Kempton antiques market.
Above: Lewis kitchens always have beautiful pantries\u2014he\u2019s the one who told us about Fair-Well in London, a service that delivers bulk organic kitchen staples via a vintage electric truck. <\/p>\n

More favorite Mark Lewis Interior Design projects:<\/p>\n