Luxury home company shortlisted for national award

A director of an Exeter-based luxury home design business has been shortlisted for a national award.

Mark Newbery of Sapphire Living Space, Topsham, achieved the esteemed nomination for a kitchen he designed for a Torquay home.

Mark will find out if it has won the award, run by Designer magazine, a special lunch in London’s Embankment Gardens on November 12.

He said it was exciting to be on the shortlist.

“It is normally London-based companies that are shortlisted so it is hugely exciting that we are on it. There have also been an unprecedented number of entries this year so that is even more encouraging,” he said.

“The business began two years ago because we wanted to bring top-end designs to the South West. Before that, people wanting these sorts of designs had had to go to London.”

To enter the awards, Mark had to submit images of the kitchen and show how the client brief was realised into the finished product.

Sapphire Living Space began as a luxury kitchen and bathroom company but it has evolved into luxury living for every room in the home.

The showroom contains two floors of working kitchens and bathrooms, has a unique spiral wine cellar and also offers furniture and accessories.