Homes: lost and found – in pictures

Rough and ready surfaces, reclaimed objects – put to new and interesting use – and quirky touches are the hallmarks of this small Victorian house in Brighton. In the living room, the chairs and sofa are covered in old kilims – SCP sells vintage ones. A table, made for owner, Stacy Sirk by Baileys combines a vintage mirror top, edged with fluorescent strip, with a dustbin. The photographs are by Sirk’s father, mounted in street-find frames and displayed on narrow shelves made from reclaimed floorboards. eframe has an online service to create your own bespoke frame and mount. Photograph: Holly Jolliffe

Sirk has created a side-table/desk/shelf using a scaffolding plank mounted on brackets originally made for a toilet cistern. The hat-rack was made with vintage drawer knobs. Amsterdam-based Leslie Oshman makes the totes using old oil paintings. The flooring is made from Corten B metallic-finish tiles from Tau, used throughout the house. An origami butterfly sculpture is housed in a vintage glass cloche on a wooden plinth. Sirk picked up the vintage desk chair at a reclamation shop. Photograph: Holly Jolliffe

Sirk collected these vintage metal signs on work trips to the US and India, displayed alongside a 50s wrought iron standard lamp found in bits on the street. ebay is a good source of vintage signs, both original and reproduction. Photograph: Holly Jolliffe

Sirk created this glorious wall finish by sanding back through layers of paint to the cement below. The dining table, in reclaimed wood with antique legs, is by Baileys, and is used with street-find chairs and a kilim-covered bench. Sirk collects shades, fittings and coloured flex on her travels and has her electrician fit them. Rockett St George sells lighting flex and fittings in various colours. For a similar candleholder to Sirk’s DIY pipe and plumbing parts design, try Nick Fraser. The wall letters were salvaged from a fun fair in Chicago – Not on the High Street sells a good selection. Photograph: Holly Jolliffe

In the kitchen, a cupboard featuring vintage kitchenalia by Steve Handley is mounted above an old radiator with built-in plate warmer. Try The Old Radiator Company for vintage designs, and Art Radia for reproductions. Or try Salvo for local reclamation companies. Photograph: Holly Jolliffe

In the basement study/guest bedroom, Sirk exposed the brickwork fireplace, rendering over breezeblocks. She hung a roll of vintage wallpaper, bought at a car boot sale (try vintagewallpaperonline.com), on a hanger. The yellow chair was a street find that she had reupholstered; it matches the handmade felt toadstools on the hearthstone (try folksy.com for similar pieces). The table mixes an industrial base with a framed watercolour painting top while the painting on the chimneybreast was found leaning against a Brighton skip. The Dancing Trees sells a selection of woven willow balls. Photograph: Holly Jolliffe

In the bathroom Sirk contrasts one wall of grey-grouted Metro tiles with a wall of mismatched tiles, all in “dirty cream”, sourced mainly at car boot fairs. Sirk had a cabinet made in Amsterdam for the reclaimed bathroom sink using old wood and marble. A trio of ceramic radiator humidifiers (Sirk collects them) stands by the tap, below a tin mirror, reclaimed from a boys’ borstal. Photograph: Holly Jolliffe

In the second bedroom, an old railway sign, used as the base for an oil painting (which has been flipped), serves as a headboard. On the 70s drawer/shelf (a charity shop find) sits a lamp with an old bouillon can as its shade. Search for collectable vintage tins on ebay, and look for flea markets here. Photograph: Holly Jolliffe

Old bulb crates are wall-mounted as bedside tables – try Hen and Hammock for similar. Above them, brioche tin lights hang from wooden shelf brackets. Re-Found sells lights made from vintage jelly moulds and colanders. Photograph: Holly Jolliffe

Sirk had the Shaker-style kitchen cabinets made by Sussex cabinetmaker, Levick Jorgensen, with off-black stone worktops and mismatched vintage knobs and handles. For a similar kitchen off-the-peg try Davonport. The sink, now re-enameled, was originally a cast-iron baby bath, reclaimed from a Netherlands orphanage – contact The Bath Business for re-enameling. The splash-back has an industrial feel with metro tiles and grey grout. Sirk made the vegetable basket from tart tins fixed with a metal rod, and adorned the utility room door with rolls of player piano music and Brighton theatre billheads. Photograph: Holly Jolliffe