Barge living

Name: Christina, Rohan, our 2-year-old daughter Elara, and our gorgeous pup, Aluki Location: West London, UK Size: 1800 square feet (internal) Years lived in: 7 months, owned Christina, her partner Rohan, and their daughter, Elara, have a pretty unique house… even in the world of houseboats. Rather than a small boat that’s been transformed into a floating home, they converted a Dutch barge!

One 30-year-old woman shows us around her London houseboat which she shares with her boyfriend and her 2-year-old son.

It was more than simply the romantic notion of life on the canal that led interior designer Rachel Allen to her wide beam barge in Islington, it also offered an affordable but beautiful way to live in central London. Designed, conceptualised and decorated entirely by Rachel, the barge is a marvel and quite unlike any preconceived notions we might hold of canal boats. The panelled walls are painted in ‘Arsenic’ by Farrow & Ball, there are antiques throughout and the most unexpected — but…

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