Since they purchased their 1930s townhouse in central London, just over two decades ago, co-founders of Firmdale Hotels and the Kit Kemp Design Studio, Kit and Tim Kemp, have undertaken two major renovations. The first was prompted by a conversation between Kit and fellow designer Robert Kime. ‘He told me that he always advised making the best room in the house the kitchen – and it was like a light had been turned on,’ says Kit, who proceeded to transform their large, barrel-shaped dining room overlooking the garden into the kitchen, adding a conservatory leading off it for dining. ‘Which, of course, we now live in,’ she adds.
More recently, with the couple’s three daughters having flown the nest, it was time to tweak the layout again. ‘We had a…
