How we've designed an exceptional home for a couple's collections in Notting Hill

So many books still to be read. So many paintings to be hung. Two sets of family heirlooms that are so charming but hard to select. A life that is rich and layered but not colour-coordinated.

We love clients with eclectic tastes, artistic infatuations, and tons of books. We're very good at helping them edit their beautiful mess.

This project needed a whole new layout, which required structural changes. It also needed painstaking work to restore many missing Victorian features.

Then our attention went to the interior design. This included studies of lighting and colour. We selected them to elevate and complement the clients' art and objects.

We designed the private garden and worked with a gardener on its planting.

The project is a labour of love. It's an orchestration between the clients, the contractor, and a team of specialists. It also involved many artists and artisans who have designed and made special pieces for the house.

All the furniture is new, except for a few antiques that had been in our clients’ families for years.

However, by mixing the new pieces with the clients’ art collection and family heirlooms, the result is personal and original. "It's as though no interior designer had been involved," a friend of the family commented.

We take that as the ultimate compliment!

This project has been featured in both national and local press. House and Garden included it in an issue about "Five exceptional houses." The Resident London Magazine described it as rich in “fresh ideas that sit seamlessly within the period property, providing a design narrative that spans decades”.

Read the full features here.