Brook Green Interior Design Project
The starting point for this Brook Green interior design project was to help curate a selection of art and interior items from our client’s existing collection. This included a mix of family heirlooms, furniture and interior furnishings. We added new pieces and created a colour palette that successfully brought everything together.
Traditional with a modern twist, the result is an individual design that is perfectly tailored to our client’s taste and lifestyle.
The property combines period features with contemporary design. Crittall framed internal glass allows light to flood through the central areas, amplifying the sense of space. The wide floorboards and bespoke joinery provide a strong foundation for the softer decorative layers.
There is a large open plan kitchen and a snug in the basement. This allows the ground floor living room to be somewhat more formal for entertaining and quieter, individual time.
Elegant, rather than stuffy, we filled the front of the living room with a comfortable velvet sofa and Napoleon Crapaud style occasional chairs. The sofa is a nod to the Howard & Son design, in-keeping with the Edwardian / Victorian modern aesthetic.
The curtains were just too beautiful to replace. We brought the chain stitch embroidery bang up to date by combining it with chunky boucle and herringbone weave on the chairs.
We picked up on the rich raspberry curtain detail and wove it throughout the living room colour scheme and into the hallway. It works perfectly with the neutral backdrop and complimentary moss green colourway.
The pale grey, Farrow and Ball, Cornforth White walls create a quiet canvas for the interesting mix of antiques, art and interior details. We worked closely with our client as the project evolved. She spotted these two Edwardian side tables in an antique shop, for example.
We chose traditional fabrics with a global heritage in the ikat for the lampshades, echoed in the geometric of the cushion pattern.
The peaks and troughs of the flame-stitch rhythm of the Ottoman fabric work with the scalloped detail of the contemporary Coral & Hive rug. The Queen Anne style legs add to the feeling of space under the furniture as well as being in-keeping with the design aesthetic.
Whilst the paint scheme is kept light in the front section of the room, we picked out the dark Card Room Green detailing of the Persian rug to create a beautiful ambiance around the piano. This darker colour is the perfect backdrop behind the artwork, making the colours pop.
Keen to repurpose as many existing family items as possible, we looked around the house for additional chairs that we could use at this end of the living room. We found these two beautiful mid-century pieces that belonged to our client’s Mother.
We re-upholstered the seat cushions in Pierre Frey Devore’ Byblos fabric and combined them with House of Hackney Persian inspired Meymeh fabric cushions. A modern take on a 17th century pattern, this fabric helps to lift the Persian rug that is so beautiful, incredibly fine and tightly woven but in a different context could appear old-fashioned.
The Alfred Newell bobbin table introduces a new piece that will be an antique of the future.
Brook Green Interior Design Project Credits
At Decorbuddi we work as a team with our clients, colleagues and trusted preferred suppliers, each and every one contributing to the successful delivery of the project.
This Brook Green Interior Design Project was led by Decorbuddi Interior Designer Stephanie Bailey
Photographer: KT1 Photography