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Writer's loft in London's heart
26 March 2009
“Writer Douglas Kennedy in the book-lined loft in the centre of London which is his base for 10 days a month” writes Emma Cullinan of The Irish Times
Douglas explains “The floor-to-ceiling bookshelves are Universal Shelving from Vitsœ. The woman who came to measure up, Tessa, told me about people she knew in the trade: one carpenter, one couple who installed bathrooms, one friend who was a sparks, and those people came into my life.
They were largely in their twenties and thirties, educated and smart and this whole thing came in on budget and on time: flabbergastingly, actually on time, and I was able to move in on the day I wanted. You have to remember, I was an administrator at one time…
...Doing up this loft was one of those nice experiences. The quality of the work was fantastic, there was very little snagging.
The brilliant thing was that everyone who worked on it knew each other and we all got along hugely.”