Five spaces I love at home, each shaped by colour, pattern and the things we’ve collected along the way. Here I’m sharing the stories behind them, along with the sources and details that brought each space together.
Bedroom Corner
This has to be the most calming part of the house with the soft, fresh combination of plaster pink and sage greens, both in the curtains and the murals that I hand-painted. You can find out more about our bedroom scheme here.
Paints: Masquerade Light, Green Stone (all shades) and Loft White - Little Greene
Curtain fabrics and trims: Colefax & Fowler
Knobs: Bombay Duck
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Bathroom basins
These basins were love at first sight and became the starting point for the entire room. They are framed in quartz, a creamy white threaded with soft brown that gives the look of natural stone with the resilience we needed in a family bathroom. From there came soft green and aqua porcelain tiles and the block-printed fabric George and I found in Jaipur for the blinds and the undercounter curtains. The final details - from blue hooks and Rajasthan-inspired frames to a pair of antique elephants - continue that conversation of colour without competing with the basins.
Basins: London Basin Company
Tiles: Ca Pietra
Vanity: Caesarstone Statuario Nuvo
Kitchen Peninsula
Our kitchen was designed around entertaining, which is why we chose a peninsula rather than the island that has dominated British kitchen design in recent years. It gives us generous worktop space while keeping the room open, with plenty of circulation so friends can gather and chat while we cook or host. It’s a decision I discussed with The Sunday Times Style, and one that has proved especially successful in a relatively compact central London house where every inch needs to earn its place.
Worktop: Caesarstone
Pendant & wall lights: Lights & Lamps
Switches: Focus SB
Kitchen tap: House of Rohl's Riobel
Kitchen sink: Shaws
Paint: Little Greene
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Bedroom Murals
My eldest daughter's bedroom is an ode to our time together in India, and the culmination of my love of decorative painting. Once a rather awkward guest room, the space was completely reconfigured, with the chimney breast turned into a feature through the canopy and bespoke shelving, and a jib door leading through to a new wardrobe.
The walls are Little Greene’s Julie’s Dream, a pink that reminds me of garden roses rather than sugary sweetness, punctuated by Carmine and Orange Aurora and a rainbow of colours across the hand-painted murals. The decoration draws heavily on India: flowers bloom across the walls, parakeets and peacocks appear among the foliage, while curtains made from my own block-printed rose design complete the room.
Paints: Little Greene
Switches: Focus SB
Quilt and cushion: Rosanna Falconer
Scalloped duvet cover and pillowcases: Sophie Conran
Sitting Room
It took two years to find the right art for this wall and eventually I found it 4,000 miles away in Jaipur. I fell for a collection of miniature paintings of angarkhas, the long flowing robes once worn across northern India, and worked with Tej at Indian Art House to curate a group of 20 pictures, each more than 40 years old, to complement the warm colours of our sitting room.
The wall itself was built to divide the hallway from the living space, with storage on one side and bookshelves on the other. I love how the finished gallery balances different scales while still feeling cohesive - and, most of all, that it brings a little of Jaipur’s artistry into our London life every day.
Art: Indian Art House
Sofa, armchair and ottoman: OKA
Paint: Little Greene
Trays: Addison Ross
"Our house is fairly central London, where every inch matters. I’ve tried to make each corner count: somewhere for beauty, for the bustle of family life, or, ideally, both."
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