...y close group of friends in our Cheshire village and hosting everyone is a lovely way to spend an evening. Our house is designed for family life and I’m happiest when it is full of my favourite people. How would you describe the interiors of your house?
Warm, rustic and sensitive…The interiors...
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... it didn’t look like this when we bought it. It wasn’t built with much love: it was full of corridors, the ceilings were low, there were lots of bedrooms and not much living space, and there was carpet everywhere.
“Before buying it we had come very close to purchasing The Framehouse via The...
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...o do something physical and work the clay with my hands – I just fell in love with it. Writing is very abstract and a lot of the time you work on something or pitch an idea and it doesn’t work out, by there’s always a physical end result when making ceramics.”And there’s more creativity in...
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...ying to find a way that we could get outside a bit. In London we live in a lovely loft-style apartment but it doesn’t have any outdoor space, so being able to sit here and look out to the sea is the nicest thing. We’ve been here for almost 10 years now.
“It’s a simple space but it’s the...
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... light and simplicity – there’s nothing unnecessary about it – and I love that stark, jutting concrete exterior, which is balanced by the beautiful curves of the sun terrace. It’s wonderful that it’s on the south coast of England, rather than continental Europe.”
Shirley, London CR0
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...h money for you to have the dream bedroom,” she explains of her newfound love of design, interiors, and quirky furniture. “Finally having the agency and freedom and money to [create my dream space], and also having the credibility to express myself and the time, it was a perfect storm.” We cha...
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...nding a lot of time travelling to east London!”
Fergus: “But it’s lovely to pass by the river in the morning.”
Margot: “Yes, and we see the Houses of Parliament every day; all the great, iconic buildings are right there.
“At first I thought it was going to be terrible leaving Co...
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...nted George Smith chair. “I had absolutely no need for it, but I fell in love with it.”
Courtney fell in love with this malachite secretary desk from Currey and Company after spotting it in their showroom. Given her apartment’s small footprint, each piece has to serve a function. In the ca...
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...razzo? What is it about the material that makes it so special and that you love about it the most?MK: I spent many years as an architectural draftsman and I was exposed to a variety of different products and materials. Few products are truly unique, I mean the ones that can’t be replicated. These ...
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...ding together right down to what type of screws you need.
Lyndsay: “I love the houses sense of potential. Theres still more we want to do and we really enjoy that process – its part of who we are.
When you live in a building that you’re doing up, you get a sense of every space and angle...
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...I much prefer it – it’s edited to the more classic pieces I really love.
My boyfriend, George, and I have lived here for seven months, having bought the place from The Modern House in 2017. We’d been renting around the corner and looking for somewhere for over a year with not much luck,...
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... to a miniature bust of Handel.
,Where do you shop for your home?
,I love Fiona McDonald, I can always find something there. For vases and tableware, you can’t go wrong with Svenskt Tenn, a great department store in Stockholm.
,Top three coffee table books?
,I like scrapbooks so anythi...
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...ally when I have the doors to the balcony open in the summer.
“I also love the area. I’d always lived in west London, previously in Holland Park and Notting Hill, but De Beauvoir Town really drew me in.
“But, and perhaps most importantly, I felt this house had a soul to it, with a lot of...
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... Liam fabricated the black metal pivot lights) but there is nothing more I love than finding a reclaimed or vintage piece which is unique, coming with its own journey and has a story. I love reclaimed yards like Kempton Market or strolling down Golborne Road.”
Sean: “Im not a fan of shops. I...
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...e of my neighbours was having work done. I asked to have a look inside and loved how the architect had opened the space up. I asked who it was, and that’s how I got in touch with Simon Astridge.
“Simon and Ruta Dumciute, the project architect, were absolutely fantastic and I really enjoyed th...
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...rt of London, that’s what, six miles away? But it feels so far away.“I love east now. I feel like one of the oldest people here, though. I still drive a four-by-four and wear make-up, so I’m not sure if I exactly fit in. I’ve felt a whole new lease of life, and I feel energised just walking ...
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...hat idea, then it starts to make sense.
“It’s actually the thing I love most about weaving: that the pattern and the structure are the same thing. It’s not like printing or something where you apply the pattern afterwards; with weaving, its all the same.”
How do you come up with new des...
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...ave travelled.
Here, Rosa shares the story of renovating her flat, her love affair with Bath and why beige has got under her skin. Don’t forget to listen to our brand-new podcast that features Rosa as our inaugural guest. Hear her talk about her three favourite spaces around the world and why ...
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...perilous, so unbelievably steep, it was crazy.
“Still, I just fell in love with it. I love the position of it. The front of the house faces down a street, rather than towards another house, so the views from the windows create a sense of space. It’s a small thing, but it makes you feel safe...
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...aurant, or do shoots or big dinner parties or press dinners. People really love coming into your home and being in that environment. Dan’s so generous in letting me use it.
We’ve done some pop-up events here, where we move all the furniture out and turn it into a restaurant – a Christmas pa...
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...nd all the things you have just accumulated. In my life, I realised that I love my books, and I need them. I need most of my art around me.
“You just need things that fit how you live your life. So, if you’re a house mouse – which I am – you do need somewhere comfortable to sit an...
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...ple over for dinner: what do you cook?
Endless possibilities…
My love
language is definitely food and I’m very extra with it. I have multiple paella
pans, multiple tajine pots and I could go on. I love making foods from all over
the world with the methods and tools as would be used local...
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... joking about doing a new-build. We ended up putting an offer in!“Andrew loves concrete brutalist architecture, but we couldn’t do that here as it’s an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the house had to reflect the local vernacular. We worked with England Architecture, which is run by Nic...
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...g people. You can explain to her what you want in your house, and what you love, and what you dont like and she can almost take a feel of your personality and help you express it in your house, which I think is such a skill.
“She knew that we wanted this house to be a really calm space. It had...
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...ot of the rooms hadn’t been used very often, so it felt unlived-in and unloved. I remember when we first viewed it the curtains were drawn in most of the rooms, so natural light was limited and it felt like a bit of a shell.
“Although the house wasn’t on the High Street, which is where we w...
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