This project began in a large North London home where the client quite suddenly found the need to downsize. We helped to edit and choose existing pieces to put in our client’s new, smaller home, which, alongside an architect, we designed and then project managed on behalf of our client for the duration of the project.

The brief for the new home was to create a complete sanctuary and a sense of living with a beautiful jewel box with a cohesive scheme and sense of wellbeing throughout the space. We wanted to make this client’s home feel completely her own by incorporating (and restoring) treasured pieces from her previous home but giving them a new lease of life in a totally different space with a new beginning.

Every detail was designed and considered by our studio, from the wallcoverings and lighting scheme, to a full joinery package including a bespoke kitchen. We designed a whimsical and theatrical guest room for grandchildren and friends to enjoy, inspired by our client’s travels to India. The hallway was given its own unique identity with vertical stripes and a luxurious velvet curtain. The bathroom was designed to be restful and spa-like but we added a unique art deco painted bath and re–purposed our client’s gilded overmantel mirror to bounce light around the room.

The reception space had to be meticulously designed to house a dining, kitchen and living area. As the kitchen was within the living area we wanted it to be fully disguised as bespoke furniture clad with Gustavian architectural detailing and painted in a deep chocolate gloss.

Finally, an existing outdoor office space was interior designed to feel like an extension of the house, creating a warm and enticing place to work at the bottom of the garden. The walls and ceiling were painted in a mural of leaves and vines by a decorative artist to reflect the surrounding foliage and pink beams were added to inject colour and structure to the space.