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A five-storey Georgian townhouse in south London. On the lower-ground floor there's a kitchen with a walk-in larder, family room, WC, utility room and wine cellar. One flight above there's a home office, dining room and WC. On the first floor is a drawing room and guest bedroom with en suite, while the master suite is on the second floor. The top floor has the boys' bedrooms, plus a shower room and access to a roof terrace. A traditional-shaped chandelier is formed with metal and mud beads, while the walls of the hallway provide the perfect backdrop for modern artwork.
Chandelier
Abigail Ahern
1/10 Paintings
William Gear and Claude Venard
2/10 Living room
Beautiful texture and a relaxed style combine to create an easy-going opulence in the living room.
Sofa
SCP
Armchair
Designers Guild
Paint
Blue Blood emulsion from The Paint Library
3/10 Living room shutters
Texture comes in the shape of velvet-soft rugs shot with gold, modern British artwork and the sheen of marble and mother of pearl, and traditional painted wood shutters.
Skull painting
Damien Hirst
Pendant
85 Lamps pendant by Rudy Graumans for Droog at Twentytwentyone
Chest of drawers
Graham & Green
4/10 Dining room
In the dining room, a porcelain chandelier casts a glow over a bespoke table and a set of Wishbone chairs, plus a shopping bike. The purple shade is modern, but true to Georgian style.
Paint
Pelt Estate emulsion from Farrow & Ball
Chandelier
Abigail Ahern
Chairs
CH24 Wishbone chairs by Hans Wegner for Carl Hansen at The Conran Shop
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5/10 Kitchen-diner
The shape of the kitchen table echoes the curve of the house's rear wall and windows, a key feature of its Georgian architecture.
Dining table
Eero Saarinen dining table for Knoll at The Conran Shop
Dining chair
Eva dining chair by John Lewis
Range cooker
Mercury
6/10 Home office
The home office has a serious look with an acid-etched steel desk and Bauhaus lamp. The robot painting is a 're-rendering' by the artist of a larger scale one he'd just sold to a well-known magnate.
Painting
Stephen Skollar from Arcadia Fine Arts
Desk lamp
Kaiser Idell Luxus by Christian Dell for Fritz Hansen at The Conran Shop
Similar desk
Chaplins
Rug
Rex Ray for Bazaar Velvet
7/10 Bedroom
The collection of early black-and-white photographs fit in perfectly with the owner's choice of a cool, monochrome scheme. Shutters are a fantastic way of adding kerb appeal to your home.
Coffee table
Warren Platner for Knoll
Rug
Grecian Key rug from Bazaar Velvet
Similar floor lamp
Sigmar
8/10 En-suite bathroom
Double-sided bathroom mirrors and a marble-clad chest of drawers separate the wet area from a dressing-room zone.
Chest of drawers
Bespoke design by Studio Indigo
Floor tiles
World's End Tiles
9/10 Main bedroom
The main bedroom is a homage to Italian designer Piero Fornasetti. Set against white walls that could look harsh, but grey makes it easier on the eye.
Bed
Savoir Beds
Cushions
The Conran Shop, Designers Guild and Fornasetti
Bedside table
De Parma
10/10 Main en-suite bathroom
A freestanding tub takes pride of place in front of the fire. Flanked by his-and-hers basins, there's plenty of room for the owners to prepare for a new day.
Bath and basin
CP Hart
Artwork
Claude Venard
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Heather Young has been Ideal Home’s Editor since late 2020, and Editor-In-Chief since 2023. She is an interiors journalist and editor who’s been working for some of the UK’s leading interiors magazines for over 20 years, both in-house and as a freelancer.
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