A moving episode
Did you see the rather moving episode of Channel 4’s Grand Designs Series 22 Episode 8, which featured Tony and Ara’s healing house set in a wonderful woodland garden? This turned out to be quite a big project, starting with the demolition of Tony’s childhood home nestled in an idyllic woodland setting.
Their intention was to create a home of “healing” dedicated to health and wellbeing for themselves and guests, a project which they knew would be challenging and costly – but they had no idea just how challenging it would become.
Four Years of Hard Work
It took the couple an unexpected four years of tremendous personal effort and distressing health setbacks. For Tony, though, he faced an uphill struggle of his initial lack of the skills needed for a selfbuilder but he persevered and overcame that steep learning curve. The shock of Ara’s health challenges were more difficult to come to terms with, but they hope that the house, that was created as a home of healing, would give Ara some comfort, now she is living in a place she calls “paradise”.
“It’s delightful!” said Kevin
We were delighted when Tony chose one of our Modular Staircases to create the beautiful entrance hall of the house. You can see the visual impact of using one of these contemporary, clean and elegant modular staircases when you look at Kevin McCloud’s face as he stepped into the spacious hall. “It’s delightful. It’s airy!” he exclaimed as his eyes swept across the stairs and hallway. Tony’s brief was for a stylish, modern staircase that would fit his open plan hallway, would be easy to install and was cost-effective. The final result clearly fulfilled his expectations – and more!
Perfect use of a Modular Staircase
Take a look at the Channel 4 show to follow the project and you’ll get an understanding of the many, and serious, challenges that the couple faced. From finances, skillsets and serious health issues, the project was fraught with difficulties that had to be overcome as far as humanly possible.
You can watch the Grand Designs episode online
You can watch the episode (Series 22 Episode 8 “Henley”) on this link.
Choice of Modular Staircases
If you would like to create a hallway with such amazing impact, please take a look at our range of Modular staircases and see how we can inspire you. The modular staircase which Tony chose was from the Genius range which, sadly, is no longer in production. Alternative modular staircases are the Stilo70 Modular Staircase Kit or the Vector70 Modular Staircase Kit which have very similar profiles and would look equally stunning in your home. And, of course, they share the same straight forward DIY installation benefits as the Genius which Tony used. If you go to our Modular Staircases pages, you will find plenty of inspiration. And, if you have any questions or would like advice, please do not hesitate to get in touch.