The existing layout worked well, with the sitting and dining areas and small adjoining kitchen running across the front of the flat, and the two bedrooms, plus an en-suite bathroom, located at the back. Unfazed by the previous owner’s liberal use of blue paint, Emma lived in the flat for six months before settling on any changes. She called in Stevensons of Norwich to create new plaster panel mouldings for the sitting and dining space, as well as a relief panel for above the door – all designed to sit gracefully alongside the original cornicing. Paul Massey‘My starting point for each room tended to be a key piece,’ explains Emma. ‘I love entertaining and I wanted the kitchen to feel open, with all my glassware and ceramics out,’ she says.