# @nancygouldstone on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DJ1JBOHobNp
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/59846436-nancygouldstone-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-05-19T09:35:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NANCY GOULDSTONE ARCHITECTS (@nancygouldstone) — https://gondola.cc/nancygouldstone

## Caption

Renovating a period home is not just about choosing paint colours and adding plug sockets.

Done well, it’s a conversation between past and present; preserving character, rethinking space, updating infrastructure and making the house work beautifully for modern life.

Our latest journal post explores the architect’s role in this process: what we do, how we think, and why it matters.

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Image 1: Layering old and new: reinstating the original design fireplace and cornicing and designing bespoke joinery, and adding modern furniture that complements the calm elegance of the space.

Image 2: The process is a collaboration between the client and architect, establishing a design that everyone feels confident and excited to progress with is key in the preliminary stage

Image 3: In period homes, kitchens are often completely rethought. They are spaces to entertain as well as for everyday family life.

Image 4: Retaining and restoring beautiful historic features like this arch-headed sash window is central to retaining the soul of a building 

Image 5: Every restoration project begins like this. Behind the scenes, solving structural issues, unpicking past alterations and coordinating all the moving parts.

Image 6: Incorporating art early on in the design process allows for the reinstated period features like cornicing, wall panelling to fit the artwork

Image 7: Using early concept models allows the design to develop in an accessible and exciting way.

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