Interior design ideas: a glimpse through Tim Bubbs' sixties home

The open-plan sitting room in this 1964 terrace is filled with Danish design, including a leather sofa by Kurt Østervig. Owner Tim Bubb, a dealer in mid-century furniture, reinstated the pine ceiling – stained to resemble the original. Photograph: Michael Franke

A Hans Wegner dining table and chairs in the living room, beyond which lies the second bedroom. The stairs to the right lead to the master bedroom and bathroom. 'It's so unusual to see such bold, modernist architecture in England,' says Bubb. 'It looks more like something you'd find in Copenhagen.' Photograph: Michael Franke

The spiral stairs lead to the first floor sitting room. Bubb removed years of gloss paint to reveal the original wood, at a pace of two steps a week. Photograph: Michael Franke

An Eames lounger in the sitting room. Photograph: Michael Franke

Owner Tim Bubb, who had lusted after a home in Manygate Lane for years. 'It was incredibly exciting, standing in this iconic house I'd desperately wanted for so long, with its original features intact,' he says of his first viewing. Photograph: Michael Franke

The light-filled, top floor master bedroom, with its 50s teak and rattan bed. Photograph: Michael Franke

The bathroom suite is original, the lime green and turquoise tiles added in the 70s by a previous owner. Photograph: Michael Franke

Each terrace has a car port (open-plan garage), reflecting cars' growing importance in the early 60s. Built to a high specification, the houses were originally sold in the early 60s for £7,695 – quite a sum when you consider the average price for a similar house in London was £3,500. Photograph: Michael Franke