Back in 2004, Nabil and Elizabeth Assaf were looking for a way to turn their typical 1970s British bungalow into something more eye-catching. They decided a beautifully designed, contemporary front door would have a transformative effect on their home. When the search for the door of their dreams proved fruitless, they decided to take matters into their own hands. “I enjoy the process of making so I bought some wood from a local timber merchant, and I made a door in the garden,” says Nabil. Within days of fitting the handcrafted door, the Assafs found themselves inundated by passers-by asking where the door was from. Just a year later, Elizabeth and Nabil had left their careers in TV and banking respectively, and, in February 2005, Urban Front was launched.