Sir John Soane’s Museum: architect’s most private rooms open to public for first time | Homes and Property

Sir John Soane’s Museum: architect’s most private rooms open to public for first timeArchitect Sir John Soane was a master of space saving. Get ideas from his restored family home.Meticulous work: the restoration of Soane’s private rooms was helped by a watercolour from 1825 of the architect’s own bedroom, by the celebrated artist Joseph Gandy. Image: Gareth Gardener

As part of a £7.5 million project to restore and refurbish Sir John Soane’s Museum in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, the renowned architect’s most private rooms are to be opened to the public for the first time in 160 years.

Ahead of his timeDetail: 1825 watercolour of Soane's bathroom by Joseph GandyJust like the picture: the restored rooms follow the designs captured by Gandy's paintingsAll in the detailSunny: Eliza Soane's morning room

• Book to tour the new rooms at Sir John Soane’s Museum
• Buy At Home with the Soanes by Susan Palmer, published by Pimpernel Press, £12 (including p&p), at shop.soane.org with code SOANE006.